Hi Jarrod, Thanks so much for your reply. Here is the output of the command you requested:
[xCAT Genesis running on qstorage24 /]# efibootmgr -v Fatal: Couldn't open either sysfs or procfs directories for accessing EFI variables. Try 'modprobe efivars' as root. I did try modprobe efivars but it tells me that module efivars is not available. Thanks, Damir On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:39 AM Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user >
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