Sorry to clarify. It doesn't work in UEFI mode with an interface that only has tagged VLANs. With the system attached to a port on untagged VLANs it does work.
----- Original Message ----- | The ipxe.efi file does not work with this hardware at all seemingly. When | booting ipxe.efi I get error http://ipxe.org/err/7f11e094 | I've updated all the firmware on the machine included BIOS and UEFI firmware | and iPXE simply doesn't work with this system in UEFI mode. It does however | work in BIOS mode and so I've decided to continue on in that mode on this | particular system until I can do further testing at some other time. If | there are any tests that you would like me to run I would need to attempt to | run them by the end of day today. | ----- Original Message ----- | | Hi James, | | | Snponly uses the firmwares own driver, just like with UNDI it's not likely | | that vlan works. | | | You will probably want to use the full ipxe.efi instead since it have | | native | | drivers for many cards, but still with snp/nii fallback. | | | Without using the native drivers in ipxe, you are in the mearsy of the | | manufacturers undi/snp/nii stack that is most likely not tested with any | | kind of vlan. | | | Regards Christian | | | On 8 Jul 2015 19:06, "James A. Peltier" < [email protected] > wrote: | | | | | | 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 | _______________________________________________ | 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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