Further to this I have tried the same operation while running the machine in UEFI mode and it does work there. I was able to boot and install successfully. After installing the OS we used Dell Open Manage to update all of the machine devices and there was a UEFI update applied. I'll be attempting to switch back to UEFI mode later today and will report back any process
----- Original Message ----- | ----- Original Message ----- | | ----- Original Message ----- | | | | Which NIC are you using and are you UNDI or using the Native driver? UNDI | | | VLAN support is very spotty vendor to vendor within the UNDI stack. | | | | | | On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:33 PM, James A. Peltier < [email protected] > | | | wrote: | | | | | | | I have a Dell R730XD which seems to be misbehaving. When booting off a | | | | VLAN | | | | it seems that the connection is extremely slow. The script that is | | | | embedded | | | | is very simple and after 10 minutes it still hasn't booted to the menu | | | | system, which is again very small scripts. Any idea what I might be | | | | able | | | | to | | | | do to provide you with more information to troubleshoot it? | | | | | | | | | | #!ipxe | | | | | | | | | | echo Hi There! We will be booting from http://mirror.its.sfu.ca/ today. | | | | | | | | | | echo It is assumed that you have dhcp networking. | | | | | | | | | | echo Here we go! | | | | | | | | | | :retry | | | | | | | | | | vcreate --tag 300 net0 | | | | | | | | | | sleep 5 | | | | | | | | | | ifconf --configurator dhcp net0-300 | | | | | | | | | | boot http://mirror.its.sfu.ca/ufds/menu/bootstrap | | | | | | | | | | -- | | | | | | | | | | James A. Peltier | | | | | | | | | | IT Services - Research Computing Group | | | | | | | | | | Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus | | | | | | | | | | Phone : 604-365-6432 | | | | | | | | | | Fax : 778-782-3045 | | | | | | | | | | E-Mail : [email protected] | | | | | | | | | | Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices | | | | | | | | | | Twitter : @sfu_rcg | | | | | | | | | | Powering Engagement Through Technology | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | ipxe-devel mailing list | | | | | | | | | | [email protected] | | | | | | | | | | https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel | | | | | | | | | -- | | | | | | There is never time enough to do it right, but there always seems to be | | | enough time to do it again. | | | | | The Dell R730XD comes equipped with a quad port Broadcomm BCM5720 PCI-E | | network adaptor. The system is currently in UEFI mode. I might place it in | | BIOS mode later today to see if it behaves any differently, but ultimately | | I'd rather have it in UEFI mode. | | | -- | | | James A. Peltier | | | IT Services - Research Computing Group | | | Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus | | | Phone : 604-365-6432 | | | Fax : 778-782-3045 | | | E-Mail : [email protected] | | | Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices | | | Twitter : @sfu_rcg | | | Powering Engagement Through Technology | | | _______________________________________________ | | | ipxe-devel mailing list | | | [email protected] | | | https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel | | Forgot to mention that I am using snponly.efi for the driver. | -- | James A. Peltier | IT Services - Research Computing Group | Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus | Phone : 604-365-6432 | Fax : 778-782-3045 | E-Mail : [email protected] | Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices | Twitter : @sfu_rcg | Powering Engagement Through Technology | _______________________________________________ | ipxe-devel mailing list | [email protected] | https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel -- James A. Peltier IT Services - Research Computing Group Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 604-365-6432 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : [email protected] Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices Twitter : @sfu_rcg Powering Engagement Through Technology
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