From: Ignacio Vidal (ividal@BIYCSA.COM.AR)
Date: Tue Dec 24 2002 - 06:42:17 EST
Theresa:
As said by Ray, host_id under Solaris are 6 last hexadecimal digits from the mac address.
Donīt know if under AIX the policy is the same.
Bye
Ignacio
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Ray Schafer [mailto:ray.schafer@VERITAS.COM]
> Enviado el: viernes, 20 de diciembre de 2002 18:07
> Para: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Asunto: Re: Hostid in Hex?
>
>
> Theresa,
>
> If this is for a license, keep in mind that the hostid is
> nothing more that
> the HEX representation of the IP address associated with the machines
> bostname. (For example, 0xc4010101 is hex for 196.1.1.1, and
> 0xc0a803ce is
> hex for 192.168.3.206). If you change the IP address for
> that, the hostid
> will change and the license will no longer work.
>
> If they can, they should use the 'uname -m' output. On AIX
> this is the
> equivalent to the Solaris hostid. It is tied to the hardware
> and will not
> change until the motherboard is replaced.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theresa Sarver [mailto:tsarver.IFMC@SDPS.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 1:35 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Hostid in Hex?
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>
> Ah...to be humbled again....
>
> Thanks Bill!
>
> Theresa
>
> >>> Bill_Verzal@BCBSIL.COM 12/20/02 12:55PM >>>
> Run the "hostid" command ?
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> Forgive me if this is a silly question - but is there a way to get a
> "hostId" in hex? I've been asked to provide some information
> and I'm not
> sure where to get it.
>
> Here is a sample of what the vendor is requesting:
>
> Hostid :
> c1f1n1in: 0xc4010101
> c1f1n3ex: 0xc0a803ce
>
> If this looks familiar to anyone please let me know what
> command I can use
> to get the info.
>
> Thanks, and Happy Holidays!
> Theresa
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