Specifies the host name of the diskless server. The default setting for HOSTNAME is the value returned by the hostname command. In most cases, the default setting is appropriate and should not be changed (see the note that follows for exceptions).

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Note: If your diskless server has multiple network interfaces, HOSTNAME must be set to the name assigned to the network interface where the diskless LAN is attached.

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For example, suppose your server has two network interfaces: an FDDI network interface with the host name calvin, and an Ethernet interface to the diskless LAN with the host name ether-calvin. In this example, the correct setting is HOSTNAME=”ether-calvin”.

Specifies the hostname of the server. The default setting is the value specified by the HOSTNAME variable. Do not change this value.

Specifies whether to obtain the client's host name and address from the NIS database. The default setting is no.

Set SERVER_NIS to yes if you want share_inst to obtain client addresses from the NIS hosts database. When you set SERVER_NIS to yes, share_inst makes an entry for this client in the bootparams map on the NIS master server if the master server is a Silicon Graphics system (see Hint that follows).

If you set SERVER_NIS to yes, client entries are added to the bootparams map on the NIS master server when the share tree is installed; but, you should expect some delay before the client entry is propagated to other NIS servers.

Set SERVER_NIS to no if you want share_inst to obtain client addresses from the server's local /etc/hosts file. If you set SERVER_NIS to no, share_inst will make an entry for this client in the local server's bootparams file.

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Tip: If the NIS master is not a Silicon Graphics system and you want a client entry in the master's NIS bootparams map, set SERVER_NIS to no; then, after you run share_inst, move the bootparams lines from the diskless server's /etc/bootparams file to the map on the NIS master.

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Specifies the pathname to the root of the diskless tree; that is, this directory contains the subdirectories for the share tree, client trees, and swap trees (see Figure 2-2).

Set DISKLESS to the pathname of the root of your diskless tree.

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Note: When you execute share_inst, it reads only the first 37 characters of the combined characters in SHARE and DISKLESS, so you might need to limit the character-count of this variable.

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Specifies the pathname to the root of the share tree (see Figure 2-2). The default setting for SHARE, $DISKLESS/share/$RELEASE, specifies the root of the share tree. Do not change this setting.

The default setting assigns $DISKLESS the value that you specified for DISKLESS, the previous variable. This setting assigns $RELEASE the name of the share tree, which you supply as an argument to the share_inst command when installing the share tree (see“The share_inst Command”).

Specifies the CPU subsystems in client workstations. You can assign these values to CPUBOARD:

IP6
IP12
IP20
IP22

Set CPUBOARD to the values needed by your clients. If your clients include different workstation models, you might need to assign multiple settings. Check the samples in Example 3-3 (or the client.dat file) for the correct format of your settings.

Specifies the type of CPU architecture in client workstations. You can assign these values to CPUARCH:

R3000 
R4000 

Set CPUARCH to the values needed by your clients. If your clients include different workstation models, you might need to assign multiple settings. Check the samples in Example 3-3 (or the client.dat file) for the correct format of your settings.

Specifies the machine architecture of the client workstations. You can assign these values to MACH:

IP6
IP12
IP20
IP22

Set MACH to the values needed by your clients. If your clients include different workstation models, you might need to assign multiple settings. Check the samples in Example 3-3 (or the client.dat file) for the correct format of your settings.

Specifies the type of graphics subsystems in client workstations. A subgroup designation is also required in this setting. You can assign these values to GFXBOARD:

ECLIPSE  -mSUBGR=ECLIPSE
EXPRESS  -mSUBGR=EXPRESS
LIGHT    -mSUBGR=LIGHT
LIGHT    -mSUBGR=LG1MC
NEWPRESS -mSUBGR=NEWPRESS
NEWPORT  -mSUBGR=NG1

Set GFXBOARD to the values needed by your clients. If your clients include different workstation models, you might need to assign multiple settings. Check the samples in Example 3-3 (or the client.dat file) for the correct format of your settings.

For Indy workstations, specifies the video chip. The default setting is null, which indicates non-Indy systems.

Set VIDEO to VINO if your client base includes any Indy workstations.

is the flag for the release_name argument.

is the name of the working copy of share.dat, without the .dat extension. This file will provide configuration information about the share tree (see “Creating a Working Copy of the Share Tree File” for details).

is the flag to delete a share tree.