not sure how to do that - i have listed all of the asu options on the server and disabling non-raid sas adapters i am not sure how to do? do you have an example of 3650m5 with sas hba cards boot manager options and settings?
thanks, damir On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:43 PM Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, so it must have bios booted then…. > > > > How about using asu to disable the boot firmware for the non-RAID SAS > adapters? That may simplify things back down to reason. > > > > *From:* Damir Krstic [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:26 PM > > > *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list > > *Subject:* Re: [xcat-user] frustration with booting of x3650m5 > > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user >
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