Hosts File Format - Motorola OM 1000 Installation And Operation Manual

C-6 Initialization Information

Hosts File Format

The hosts file, specified in the FOF, defines the names and IP addresses of all other devices in
the headend LAN with which the OM 1000 must communicate.
In the hosts file, all lines must be either comment or data lines, and each line must be
terminated with a carriage return or a carriage return plus line feed. Comment lines begin with
a # character in the first position. Data lines describe hosts using three fields separated by any
number of spaces or tabs:
The first field identifies the IP address of the host
The second field identifies the instance name of the host
The third field identifies any aliases for the host
Figure C-2 provides an example of a hosts file:
Figure C-2
Sample hosts file
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# OM1000 Software Host File
#
# FILE INFO:
# $Workfile: om1000.hst
# $Revision: 1.3.1.0
# $Date: 04 Jun 2002 09:34:24
#
# DESCRIPTION:
# This file describes a number of hostname-to-address mappings for the
# GI Network Elements referenced by the OM-1000
#
# NOTES:
# This file is read by the OM during initialization. The OM uses a
# local copy of this file unless it cannot find it or is forced to
# download it from the boot server via a "force" command in the
# associated file-of-files.
#
# FORMAT:
# IP Address
#
# EXAMPLES:
# 0.0.0.0
# 168.84.252.12
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
0.0.0.0 NOHOST
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Host Name
NOHOST
DAC001