Dynamic workload movement with BladeSystem Matrix: Fluid movement between physical and virtual resources for flexibility and cost-effective recovery

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If the user has several NICs on the target machine, one of which has a MAC address of 11-AA-22-BB-
33-CC, and wishes to force the third configuration from the source machine to be applied to that NIC.
The following command line run before the image is moved will achieve the desired results:
hppint -a 3 11-AA-22-BB-33-CC
When the image is moved to the target server, Network Configuration #3 will have been applied to
the NIC with a MAC address of 11-AA-22-BB-33-CC
The following is a look at the command line help information displayed by PINT.
HP Portable Images Network Tool
Version 1.1.0.x
Usage: hppint [options]
-h, -?, -help Show this information
-v, -version Display version information
-m Force hppint to attempt a migration
-l List the contents of the configuration file
-i Initialize the configuration file based on
the current configuration.
-c=[n] Sets a limit on the number of connections
or that will be left active after the next
-connections=[n] migration. This will only cause connections
that are configured for DHCP and which have no
link to be disabled. To turn this feature
off, use just -c with no parameter.
-a <configuration> <MAC address> Add <MAC address> to the
User-MAC-List section for
<configuration>.
<MAC address> should be in the form 00-11-22-33-44-55
<configuration> is the configuration number displayed with
the -l command
-d <MAC address> Delete <MAC address> from
all of the User-MAC-List
sections in the
configuration file.
<MAC address> should be in the form 00-11-22-33-44-55
Linux
Even though the way that Linux gathers its information from the server and how it moves
configurations are done completely differently than on Windows, the algorithm used to match
candidates and targets is the same.