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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=workstation1
GATEWAY="10.1.0.25"
The GATEWAY value is used if no GATEWAY is defined in a network port’s configuration file.
/etc/resolv.conf
Sample snippet from /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.9.201.1
/etc/hosts
You may need to edit the loopback setting which may look like 127.0.0.1 vxfhost.localhost.localdomain
localhost by default. Optionally add hostname / IP address pairs for other workstations on your network.
Sample snippet from file:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.100 workstation1
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethn
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethn, where n specifies the ethernet port number, usually 0 for the
first on-board port. If your workstation has an add-on ethernet card installed, the Linux operating system
may assign ports eth0 through eth3 to the add-on card. In such a case, the on-board Ethernet ports become
eth4 and eth5.
Optionally set the GATEWAY if not set in /etc/sysconfig/network.
Sample snippet from file:
DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="static"
IPADDR="192.168.1.100"
NETMASK="255.255.0.0"
ONBOOT="yes"
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
You'll need the following from your network administrator:
■ A unique static IP address and host name for your system
■ The network gateway IP address.
■ The subnet mask of your network.
■ DNS server IP address(es).
Disable operating system updates
OS updates may interfere with the application so it is strongly recommended to disable automatic updates,
and to decline any offered package upgrades. To disable automatic updates, in a terminal, as root:
■ On Red Hat Linux:
chkconfig rhnsd off
chkconfig yum-updatesd off
/etc/init.d/rhnsd stop
/etc/init.d/yum-updatesd stop
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