What happens when it does attempt to PXE boot over the 10g?  nodels
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On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:55 AM, DeFalco, Darian <ddefa...@cshl.edu> wrote:

> I'm trying to PXE boot an IBM System x3550 M4 Server (7914) via its Emulex
> OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3 - rev 02) with no success.
>
> The 10gb interface is going over one switch, and the twisted pair is on
> another. The management node is connected to each of these switches by its
> own respective 10gb and twisted pair NICs.
>
> I can PXE boot off the 3550's twisted-pair interfaces without a problem.
> When it does boot into discovery mode, it identifies the 10Gb interface and
> gives it an IP via DHCP. I can verify connectivity to the 10gb from the
> management node by pinging the compute node from the management node when
> it is PXE booted via the twisted pair.
>
> I've used telnet into port 80 to verify connectivity via the 10gb's
> private cluster IP addresss. I've checked the settings in the Emulex
> utility to verify that PXE booting is enabled and that it detects a link.
>
> I've verified that the dhcpd.conf file specifies the correct ip for
> next-server for the twisted pair interface (172.31.11.12)  and 10gb
> interface (172.20.11.12), as well as the correct filename for the twisted
> pair (filename = "
> http://172.31.11.12/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nets/172.31.0.0_16";) and 10gb
> interface (filename = "
> http://172.20.11.12/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nets/172.20.0.0_16";).
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darian J. DeFalco
> Systems Engineer
> Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
> (516) 367-8362
>
>
>
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