Hello,
When I change netboot to pxe, i can boot esxi5.1 successfully. But I still
have two questions:
1) what reason when I used xnba, it will loop infinite to install?
2) when installation has been successfully, if definition update in lsdef,
as below information from that environment, status still get at installing.
is it working as design?
lsdef esxi5host:
Object name: esxi5host
arch=x86_64
bmc=9.115.235.135
bmcpassword=PASSW0RD
bmcport=1
bmcusername=USERID
cons=ipmi
currchain=boot
currstate=boot
groups=all
installnic=vmnic1
ip=192.168.1.5
kcmdline=-c xcat/netboot/esxi5.1/x86_64/hypervisor/boot.cfg.install ks=
http://192.168.1.2/install/autoinst/esxi5host
kernel=xcat/netboot/esxi5.1/x86_64/hypervisor/mboot.c32
mac=6C:AE:8B:60:FE:03
mgt=ipmi
netboot=pxe
nfsserver=192.168.1.2
nodetype=osi
os=esxi5.1
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
primarynic=vmnic1
profile=hypervisor
provmethod=install
status=installing
statustime=06-11-2013 15:20:14
xcatmaster=master
Thanks,
yixuan
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From: Yixuan Huang <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM
Subject: install esxi4.1 and 5.1 on system x server
To: [email protected]
Hello,
When I tried to install esxi4.1 and 5.1 with xcat 2.8.1. I met following
issue.
It can be booted and successfully installed, and reboot, but pxe will
install esxi server again...
lsdef esxihost (which esxihost is my esxi node information):
Object name: esxihost
arch=x86_64
bmc=9.115.235.135
bmcpassword=PASSW0RD
bmcport=1
bmcusername=USERID
cons=ipmi
currchain=boot
currstate=install esxi4.1-x86_64-base
groups=all
installnic=eth1
ip=192.168.1.4
kcmdline=xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/vmkboot.gz quiet repo=
http://192.168.1.2:8
0/install/esxi4.1/x86_64
ks=http://192.168.1.2:80/install/autoinst/esxihostksde
vice=vmnic1 --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/vmkernel.gz ---
xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/bas
e/sys.vgz --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/cim.vgz ---
xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/ienv
iron.vgz --- xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/install.vgz ---
xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/m
od.tgz
kernel=xcat/esxi4.1/x86_64/base/mboot.c32
mac=6C:AE:8B:60:FE:03
mgt=ipmi
netboot=xnba
nfsserver=192.168.1.2
os=esxi4.1
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
primarynic=eth1
profile=base
provmethod=install
status=installing
statustime=06-09-2013 17:32:39
xcatmaster=master
Any idea to solve that issue? And how to debug if there has such issue,
when I enable SOL, it cannot work for esxi installation, no output to SOL
session.
Another question is, when I used esxi5.1 to install, it still use legacy
CSM PXE, not the UEFI pxe.
Thanks,
yixuan
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