LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Using IPv6 Addresses
90 Administering Platform LSF
Sun Solaris
example
For example, Sun NIS uses the /etc/hosts file on the NIS master host as input, so
the format for NIS entries is the same as for the
/etc/hosts file. Since LSF can
resolve this case, you do not need to create an LSF hosts file.
DNS configuration
The configuration format is different for DNS. The same result can be produced by
configuring two address (A) records for each Internet address. Following the
previous example:
# name class type address
host.domain IN A AA.AA.AA.AA
host.domain IN A BB.BB.BB.BB
host-AA.domain IN A AA.AA.AA.AA
host-BB.domain IN A BB.BB.BB.BB
Looking up the official host name can return either address. Looking up the
interface-specific names returns the correct address for each interface.
For a dual-stack host:
# name class type address
host.domain IN A AA.AA.AA.AA
host.domain IN A BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB::BBBB
host-AA.domain IN A AA.AA.AA.AA
host-BB.domain IN A BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB::BBBB
PTR records in DNS Address-to-name lookups in DNS are handled using PTR records. The PTR records
for both addresses should be configured to return the official name:
# address class type name
AA.AA.AA.AA.in-addr.arpa IN PTR host.domain
BB.BB.BB.BB.in-addr.arpa IN PTR host.domain
For a dual-stack host:
# address class type name
AA.AA.AA.AA.in-addr.arpa IN PTR host.domain
BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB:BBBB::BBBB.in-addr.arpa IN PTR host.domain
If it is not possible to change the system host name database, create the hosts file
local to the LSF system, and configure entries for the multi-homed hosts only. Host
names and addresses not found in the
hosts file are looked up in the standard name
system on your host.
Using IPv6 Addresses
IP addresses can have either a dotted quad notation (IPv4) or IP Next Generation
(IPv6) format. You can use IPv6 addresses if you define the parameter
LSF_ENABLE_SUPPORT_IPV6 in
lsf.conf; you do not have to map IPv4
addresses to an IPv6 format.
LSF supports IPv6 addresses for the following platforms:
◆ Linux 2.4
◆ Linux 2.6
◆ Solaris 10
◆ Windows
❖ XP