Re: [xcat-user] Crash during PXE boot

2018-03-08 Thread Hakan Bayındır
Hi Kevin, When I tried to PXEBoot some new servers we got, the servers ignored xCAT's default PXELinux booting process, so I converted their boot mode to Legacy (BIOS based), and installed them without problem. Since our time was limited, I had no time to work on that issue further. You may try

[xcat-user] Crash during PXE boot

2018-03-08 Thread Kevin Keane
I'm trying to PXE-boot a new server (during the discovery process, so xCAT only has very limited information about it so far). IPMI and the serial console are working, so I can collect the log information. The crash happens in DxeCore.efi. The first question is whether xCAT supports PXE booting

Re: [xcat-user] How to configure IPMI?

2018-03-08 Thread Kevin Keane
Thank you so much, Victor and Casandra! It's making sense now, and I to it at least partially to work. So to summarize: - I predefine a node with the final name and attributes I want. - bmcdiscover uses nmap to scan for new systems with IPMI, but otherwise powered off, and generates temporary