I'll try to do this through email, but may break down to a direct conversation 
(if you like).

If you can 'nodeset shell' and boot the system to network, I'm interested in 
"efibootmgr -v" output.  Usually in a UEFI style boot, you'll get an entry like:
Boot0009* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6    
HD(1,800,19000,2737e48b-741f-461b-8ab1-7c7ea9ef8706)File(\EFI\redhat\grub.efi)

If legacy booting and/or wanting the generic style options to work 
straightforward way without having to contend with external LUNs confusing 
things too much, the easiest thing to do would be to disable the boot support 
of the uefi/option rom for the adapter.  For example (adjust for your slot).

n1: DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot1=Disable
n1: DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot1=Disable
From: Damir Krstic [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:15 AM
To: xCAT Users Mailing list
Subject: [xcat-user] frustration with booting of x3650m5

I just finished installing couple of new NSD servers using RH6.6. After the 
installation they would not boot from the local hard drive(s) (LSI M5210 
RAID1). I went into bios and added boot option "generic" and added hard disk 0 
through 4 and the servers booted fine after that.

However, after plugging in SAS cables to DCS3700 controller and zonning the 
LUNs on the 3700 servers are not booting (constant boot loop). I've added and 
removed generic boot option (hdd) and I've changed boot mode from UEFI to 
legacy and still can't get them to boot. It's been very frustrating morning to 
say the least.

Anyone else experience anything like this on 3650M5?

Thanks,
Damir
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