bootpd messages

[ahsusr]

I'm getting the following message every two minutes. The server running on 5.l ML04 and also as NIM server.
BOOTPD: Received boot request.
BOOTPD: request from hardware address 000000000000
BOOTPD: hardware address not found: 000000000000
BOOTPD: Finished processing boot request.
I can understand bootp responding to the request. but i don't understand why/how the hardware adress shows as '000000000000'. Can someone help me to understand? How to fix this?

Thanks

 

[aixboss]

An adapter can sometimes have a mac address of all zero's. This can be caused by incorrect drivers for the network adapter as is the case for some adapters on Linux machines where the incorrect module is being used.

I would find out if at all possible what client is actually making the bootp request. Is it definitely one of your NIM clients or another machine on the network?

 

[ahsusr]

I don't know a way of finding who makes the request. How to find out?