Re: custom hw_detect script not working due to biosdevname

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This seems more like a cobbler question than a cheetah question.  Does the
Networking section on
http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.6.0/3/5_-_Kickstart_Templating.html help
at all?

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James Abbatiello

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Jagga Soorma <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We have been using cobbler to provision servers for a few weeks now on
> hp hardware without any issues.  We just got one dell server and all
> of a sudden my networking is screwed up and looks like it is due to
> how dell servers behave due to the biosdevname package by default.  On
> the dell server my interface is setup as em1 instead of eth0 and this
> is what I am doing in one of my cobbler snippets that is now broken
> due to me looking explicitly for eth0:
>
> --
> $ cat centos66/hw-detect
> #set $mac = $getVar('$mac_address_eth0')
> #if $mac
> #set $mac_prefix = $mac[0:8]
> #if $mac_prefix == "00:0c:29" or $mac_prefix == "00:05:69" or
> $mac_prefix == "00:50:56"
> #set global $machinetype='virtual'
> #else
> #set global $machinetype='physical'
> #end if
> #end if
> --
>
> This is just a quick way for me to detect if it is a virtual or
> physical machine.  How can I test for the existence of em1 instead?
> So basically it would check eth0 if that is what is being defined by
> the user or em1 if that is what is being added on the "cobbler system
> add" command.
>
> I tried just using $getVar("mac_address") but that does not seem to
> work.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>This seems more like a cobbler question than a cheeta=
h question.=C2=A0 Does the Networking section on <a href=3D"http://www.cobb=
lerd.org/manuals/2.6.0/3/5_-_Kickstart_Templating.html">http://www.cobblerd=
.org/manuals/2.6.0/3/5_-_Kickstart_Templating.html</a> help at all?<br><br>=
-- <br></div>James Abbatiello<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Jagga Soorma <span d=
ir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">jagga=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi All=
,<br>
<br>
We have been using cobbler to provision servers for a few weeks now on<br>
hp hardware without any issues.=C2=A0 We just got one dell server and all<b=
r>
of a sudden my networking is screwed up and looks like it is due to<br>
how dell servers behave due to the biosdevname package by default.=C2=A0 On=
<br>
the dell server my interface is setup as em1 instead of eth0 and this<br>
is what I am doing in one of my cobbler snippets that is now broken<br>
due to me looking explicitly for eth0:<br>
<br>
--<br>
$ cat centos66/hw-detect<br>
#set $mac =3D $getVar(&#39;$mac_address_eth0&#39;)<br>
#if $mac<br>
#set $mac_prefix =3D $mac[0:8]<br>
#if $mac_prefix =3D=3D &quot;00:0c:29&quot; or $mac_prefix =3D=3D &quot;00:=
05:69&quot; or<br>
$mac_prefix =3D=3D &quot;00:50:56&quot;<br>
#set global $machinetype=3D&#39;virtual&#39;<br>
#else<br>
#set global $machinetype=3D&#39;physical&#39;<br>
#end if<br>
#end if<br>
--<br>
<br>
This is just a quick way for me to detect if it is a virtual or<br>
physical machine.=C2=A0 How can I test for the existence of em1 instead?<br=
>
So basically it would check eth0 if that is what is being defined by<br>
the user or em1 if that is what is being added on the &quot;cobbler system<=
br>
add&quot; command.<br>
<br>
I tried just using $getVar(&quot;mac_address&quot;) but that does not seem =
to<br>
work.=C2=A0 Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
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