it was looping again but with what seemed more of a delay before a reboot. model of the sas controller is LSI3008. if you need anything else, please let me know. I really appreciate all your help.
Damir On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:44 PM Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > If the symptom changed from looping to hanging, then I'll need the adapter > model of the slot1/slot4 SAS cards to give precise guidance. Probably a > good idea to let me know that anyway. > > > > *From:* Jarrod Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 4:37 PM > > > *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [xcat-user] frustration with booting of x3650m5 > > > > Does it loop failing to boot or does it hang trying to boot? > > > > *From:* Damir Krstic [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 4:26 PM > *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [xcat-user] frustration with booting of x3650m5 > > > > we initially disabled > > DevicesandIOPorts.EnableDisableOnboardDevices_Slot1=Disabled > > and > > DevicesandIOPorts.EnableDisableOnboardDevices_Slot4=Disabled > > With this setting system booted but did not see any LUNs. > > After your email, we re-enabled aforementioned settings and disabled > following: > > DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot1=Disable > > DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot4=Disable > > DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot1=Disable > > DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot4=Disable > > And system now is again not booting. > > Thanks, > > Damir > > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:06 PM Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Did you disable the slots or just the 'Legacy' and 'UEFI' items? The > 'Legacy' and 'UEFI' items control how it can boot, but: > > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.EnableDisableOnboardDevices_Slot2=Enable > > If that is not 'Enable' for the slot, then the OS won't see it either. > > > > So that should be 'Enable', and the other two things should be 'Disable' > for easiest scenario. Is this currently the situation? > > > > *From:* Damir Krstic [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:59 PM > > > *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [xcat-user] frustration with booting of x3650m5 > > > > that worked in terms of getting the nsd server to boot but since both sas > controllers are disabled, i can't see the LUNs. So how do I get this server > to boot AND see all the LUNs i.e. have SAS HBAs enabled? > > > > thanks, > > Damir > > > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:29 PM Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So first is to get the asu utility: > > https://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-ASU > > > > There is 'pasu' frontend in latest latest xCAT that will work with that > package. If installing that rpm, try: > > pasu <nodename> show all > > > > As an example > > > > Failing that: > > asu64 --host <immhostorip> --username USERID --password Passw0rdhere show > oll > > > > So I have a x3650 M5 here, I don't know which slots are installed where in > yours. > > (edited) > > # pasu x1 show all|grep Slot > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot1=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot2=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot3=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot4=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot5=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot9=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot1=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot2=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot3=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot4=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot5=Enable > x1: DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot9=Enable > > > > So let's say that my SAS hba was in slot5: > > # pasu x1 set DevicesandIOPorts.Legacy_Slot5 Disable > > # pasu x1 set DevicesandIOPorts.UEFI_Slot5 Disable > > > > Rinse and repeat per relevant HBA. > > > > UEFI style boot is meant to simplify this scenario, but this is a way to > make things back to as simple as they were before external block devices > start mucking about. > > *From:* Damir Krstic [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 2:59 PM > > > *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [xcat-user] frustration with booting of x3650m5 > > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user >
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