What hardware are you using? for some pxe firmwares, in the past it was
required to change the syslinux pxe conf
use either
LOCALBOOT 0
or
KERNEL chain.c32
APPEND hd0
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 6:04 AM, Xiao Peng Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> #1 Since we did not add the template files for CentOS7, you should
> manually add the link of rhels7 from /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh to
> /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos. Then run nodeset again, the correct
> kickstart file will be generated.
>
> #2 Regarding the reinstall issue, you can try to get the information from
> syslog. Search 'xCAT' keyword in the /var/log/messages during the OS
> deployment phase and show it me.
>
> Thanks
> Best Regards
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> 19:55:45---Hi Wang, I managed to get past the initial discovery iss]Chris
> Hadjigeorgiou ---2015/04/13 19:55:45---Hi Wang, I managed to get past the
> initial discovery issue, I think it's because I
>
> From: Chris Hadjigeorgiou <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Date: 2015/04/13 19:55
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Node provisioning
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Wang,
>
> I managed to get past the initial discovery issue, I think it's because I
> hadn't set a root password in the passwd table.
> After that the systems got stuck due to wrong options in the kickstart
> file which is not compatible with anaconda from CentOS 7.
> I then used one of the template kickstarts which didn't have anything in
> the preinstall or postinstall sections and commented/modified the
> following options:
> langsupport
> mouse none
> changed zerombr yes to just zerombr.
>
> I also had to add the %end directive to the %pre and %post sections and
> move the %end for the %package section one line above %pre
>
> When everything was corrected node n1 installed but then went into a
> reinstallation loop.
> I then copied back the original kickstart which xcat created and did the
> same modifications as above, then it complained about the following issues:
>
> - compat-libstdc++-33 is not available in the repo
> - The following groups don't exist System Tools, Network Server and Legacy
> Software Development
>
> At which point I chose to ignore the above package/groups and continue
> installation.
> Installation seemed to finish successfully but upon reboot the nodes tried
> to install again.
>
> The output for the commands you requested:
>
> [root@xcat ~]# tabdump discoverydata
>
> #uuid,node,method,discoverytime,arch,cpucount,cputype,memory,mtm,serial,nicdriver,nicipv4,nichwaddr,nicpci,nicloc,niconboard,nicfirm,switchname,switchaddr,switchdesc,switchport,otherdata,comments,disable
> "80828CCE-A61C-E211-AFE6-001E67245320",,"undef","04-10-2015
> 12:48:12","x86_64","32","Genuine Intel(R) CPU @
> 2.60GHz","32134MB",,"............","eth0!cxgb4,eth1!cxgb4,eth2!igb","eth2!
> *192.168.1.4/16*
> <http://192.168.1.4/16>","eth0!00:07:43:11:5A:90,eth1!00:07:43:11:5A:98,eth2!00:1E:67:24:53:20","eth0!0000:02:00.4,eth1!0000:02:00.4,eth2!0000:06:00.0","eth2!Onboard
> Ethernet 1","eth2!1","eth2!PowerVille","eth0!Agent instance for device not
> found ,eth1!Agent instance for device not found ",,"eth0!Agent instance for
> device not found ,eth1!Agent instance for device not found
> ,eth2!MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDwbwQN+Od8RurHCczzo8LcWWN5tKrbe8CbjGTHI719YrJqo20J8Ft8mYLuoN9p9oabKL/zCtKzSuYzqxyiiq8G5wwvdqfCDZ/a5+ojDggE+O47hMR8o+461CL081AaQVoCmXaPc/fOA3bQD00jQmFlsTXeIePeHdlVhB/ITWDSuQIDAQAB","eth0!Agent
> instance for device not found ,eth1!Agent instance for device not found
> ","<discoveryotherdata>
> <disksize></disksize>
> <mac>cxgb4|eth0|00:07:43:11:5A:90|</mac>
> <mac>cxgb4|eth1|00:07:43:11:5A:98|</mac>
> <mac>igb|eth2|00:1E:67:24:53:20|*192.168.1.4/16* <http://192.168.1.4/16>
> </mac>
> <sha512sig>
> N899GFpdHSwTf5WIKXkU4JVd3peux57kKlL3ZHxhrm7EeKZMawgtVaOomy1RoF4e
> 7rAQega7sEMgFTcdMWWEczaQ8js/HGBc8yUpGZA30jXaeCB4Y12fPQnjwlzYEAzG
> HXNtRv49v1TBxDssojZzm/WU5BEOEyi3SG2KKiPKx+I=
> </sha512sig>
>
> <xcatpubkey>MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCgE/dsB38ppb1h8xXRCvPJylh5Nw68l2wabfXbQAzQcU0RO3UiMNv6fF15QsxGujG5bLUH/FfD61nfM12e4uqr4+s5Q+dKGgXFyBfHUApSRk/i9YRQHMEktv3dgYjB+XVJI01Q5IkYrqgOTpz62/8RTDfG6uxG3dVPcUsbZduZSwIDAQAB</xcatpubkey>
> </discoveryotherdata>
> ",,
> "8069638D-121B-E211-8919-001E67245878",,"undef","04-10-2015
> 16:57:19","x86_64","24","Genuine Intel(R) CPU @
> 2.00GHz","32134MB",,"............","eth0!igb,eth1!igb","eth0!
> *192.168.1.6/16*
> <http://192.168.1.6/16>","eth0!00:1E:67:24:58:78,eth1!00:1E:67:24:58:79","eth0!0000:06:00.0,eth1!0000:06:00.1","eth0!Onboard
> Ethernet 1,eth1!Onboard Ethernet
> 2","eth0!1,eth1!2","eth0!PowerVille,eth1!PowerVille","eth1!Agent instance
> for device not found ",,"eth1!Agent instance for device not found
> ","eth1!Agent instance for device not found ","<discoveryotherdata>
> <disksize></disksize>
> <mac>igb|eth0|00:1E:67:24:58:78|*192.168.1.6/16* <http://192.168.1.6/16>
> </mac>
> <mac>igb|eth1|00:1E:67:24:58:79|</mac>
> <sha512sig>
> SeRy+hFsDWxVhfKmnM2lI2eq0QJNBkYXWKnauW+6dyGjp//q1aWsv0cYl7V9H1lr
> qfDvvPypeyFLSp9sXyhEPmKXu94mSm2jGQOiSbF6J2RLGV0Vqj4K2oKhiFcJnL3F
> nlZ5VZ4LXQwRD2mypzdF41slSFGygoXY0bJlR25FgYA=
> </sha512sig>
>
> <xcatpubkey>MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC9WoGQewdd0WGQBK2IRAag++ZDHWm8WZjZqhDnoID+TDH/lMCx1/jAKP5EciW/yfwm+LLP1bkDMNC98+g7CD9KtWMoBGpYs6PVsX7zJSjUwvCX53bIEfho8SWM+jsMkcl+OEsWOv9zXy5l4DBymo0MkXiTuMeWQl82cW0TFukR+wIDAQAB</xcatpubkey>
> </discoveryotherdata>
> ",,
>
> [root@xcat ~]# lsdef n1-n2
> Object name: n1
> arch=x86_64
> cpucount=32
> cputype=Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 2.60GHz
> currchain=boot
> currstate=install centos7-x86_64-compute
> groups=compute,all
> initrd=xcat/osimage/centos7-x86_64-install-compute/initrd.img
> kcmdline=quiet repo=http://!myipfn!:80/install/centos7/x86_64
> ks=http://!myipfn!:80/install/autoinst/n1 ksdevice=00:1e:67:24:53:20
> kernel=xcat/osimage/centos7-x86_64-install-compute/vmlinuz
> mac=00:1e:67:24:53:20
> memory=32134MB
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=xnba
> os=centos7
> postbootscripts=otherpkgs
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
> profile=compute
> provmethod=centos7-x86_64-install-compute
> serial=............
> supportedarchs=x86,x86_64
> Object name: n2
> arch=x86_64
> cpucount=24
> cputype=Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 2.00GHz
> currchain=boot
> currstate=install centos7-x86_64-compute
> groups=compute,all
> initrd=xcat/osimage/centos7-x86_64-install-compute/initrd.img
> kcmdline=quiet repo=http://!myipfn!:80/install/centos7/x86_64
> ks=http://!myipfn!:80/install/autoinst/n2 ksdevice=00:1e:67:24:58:78
> kernel=xcat/osimage/centos7-x86_64-install-compute/vmlinuz
> mac=00:1e:67:24:58:78
> memory=32134MB
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=xnba
> os=centos7
> postbootscripts=otherpkgs
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
> profile=compute
> provmethod=centos7-x86_64-install-compute
> serial=............
> status=installing
> statustime=04-13-2015 11:25:45
> supportedarchs=x86,x86_64
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 13 April 2015 at 09:27, Xiao Peng Wang <*[email protected]*
> <[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Could you show me the output of commands:
>
> 1. tabdump discoverydata
> 2. lsdef n1
>
> Thanks
> Best Regards
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Wang Xiaopeng (王晓朋)
> IBM China System Technology Laboratory
> Tel: 86-10-82453455
> Email: *[email protected]* <[email protected]>
> Address: 28,ZhongGuanCun Software Park,No.8 Dong Bei Wang West Road,
> Haidian District Beijing P.R.China 100193
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> 19:11:57---Hi all, I'm trying to set up xCAT 2.9 on some Intel x86_]Chris
> Hadjigeorgiou ---2015/04/10 19:11:57---Hi all, I'm trying to set up xCAT
> 2.9 on some Intel x86_64 nodes with CentOS 7 and
>
> From: Chris Hadjigeorgiou <*[email protected]* <[email protected]>>
> To: *[email protected]* <[email protected]>
> Date: 2015/04/10 19:11
> Subject: [xcat-user] Node provisioning
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to set up xCAT 2.9 on some Intel x86_64 nodes with CentOS 7
> and I've come across a few obstacles.
> Firstly, I've been following the idataplex quick start guide to set up
> xCAT.
> I've reached the step of adding a dynamic range to the cluster network:
>
> [root@xcat templates]# lsdef -t network -o 192_168_0_0-255_255_0_0
> Object name: 192_168_0_0-255_255_0_0
> dhcpserver=192.168.1.1
> dynamicrange=192.168.1.2-192.168.1.128
> gateway=<xcatmaster>
> mask=255.255.0.0
> mgtifname=eth0
> net=192.168.0.0
> tftpserver=192.168.1.1
>
> Next the guide goes into using the idataplex templates which some are
> not available in the e1350 folder,ie compute. Thus I tried to manually add
> the node attributes as shown in the advanced guide, which won't work when
> defining specific node attributes since it requires the nodes MAC
> addresses.
>
> I did create a compute group with the following:
> Object name: compute
>
>
> members=n1,n10,n11,n12,n13,n14,n15,n16,n17,n18,n19,n2,n20,n3,n4,n5,n6,n7,n8,n9
> provmethod=centos7-x86_64-install-compute
>
> In the end when I tried to do the node discovery I ended up with the
> following undefined node:
>
> [root@xcat ~]# nodediscoverls
> UUID NODE
> METHOD MTM SERIAL
> 80828CCE-A61C-E211-AFE6-001E67245320 undef
> undef ........
>
> And when I try to define it I get:
>
> [root@xcat ~]# nodediscoverdef -u 80828CCE-A61C-E211-AFE6-001E67245320
> -n n1
> Error: The node [n1] should have a correct IP address which belongs to
> the management network.
>
> Then the node is stuck with the 'commencing transmit of packages'
> message.
> If anyone can provide some help it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris
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