Re: [xcat-user] Unable to kickstart, perhaps due to multiple interfaces

wxp Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:53:48 -0700

In your case, the compute node was trying to download genesis.* file. It means the node booted with a nic which does not have mac configured in the node definition.

Generally, we have a mac for the install nic configured in the 'mac' attribute. After running of 'nodeset', you can see a block in the /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases for the node with the mac and ip specified. If your node tries to boot from this instal nic, xCAT would tell it to download kickstart files. If not, xCAT does not know this mac address (not defined in the mac attribute), xCAT will lead it to download 'genesis' to do the discovery.

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----- Original message -----
From: Stephen Cartwright <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc:
Subject: [xcat-user] Unable to kickstart, perhaps due to multiple interfaces
Date: Sun, Jul 17, 2016 12:40 AM

Hi there,

I am trying to kickstart a system (IBM/lenovo x3550 with RHEL6.7) using xcat 2.8.5 and I can not seem to get it to install.

I install using the commands:

nodeset node osimage=rhels6.7-x86_64-install-compute

rsetboot node net; rpower node reset

I see it successfully start the xCAT network boot agent, load the kernel /tftboot/xcat/genesis.kernel.x86_64 and /tftboot/xcat/genesis.fs.x86_64.lzma

But anaconda never seems to start, and it is stuck on "network configuration complete, commencing transmit of discovery packets"

This may have something to do with the fact that this machine has an external interface and an internal interface, so I am wondering if this could be an issue? If so how to disable the external interface until the machine has been installed?

Thank you for your time!

Stephen

P.S.

I have placed the information regarding the nodes below:

bootparams

"node","xcat/osimage/rhels6.7-x86_64-install-compute/vmlinuz","xcat/osimage/rhels6.7-x86_64-install-compute/initrd.img","quiet repo=http://!myipfn!:80/install/rhels6.7/x86_64 ks=http://!myipfn!:80/install/autoinst/node ksdevice=eth2 cmdline console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200",,,,,

mac

"node",,"40:F2:E9:0D:F8:D4",,

noderes

"node",,,,,,,,"eth2","eth2",,,,,,,,,,,

nodehm

hosts

"node","192.168.200.13",,,,

nodelist

"node","compute.big,x86_64,ipmi,all","booting","07-16-2016 05:35:46",,,,,,,,,

chain

"node","install rhels6.7-x86_64-compute","boot",,,,

nodetype

"node","rhels6.7","x86_64","compute","rhels6.7-x86_64-install-compute",,,,

ipmi

"node","node-mgmt",,,,,,,

lsdef -t node

Object name: node

arch=x86_64

bmc=node-mgmt

bmcpassword=password

bmcusername=user

chain=runcmd=bmcsetup,shell

cons=ipmi

currchain=boot

currstate=install rhels6.7-x86_64-compute

groups=compute,x86_64,ipmi,all

initrd=xcat/osimage/rhels6.7-x86_64-install-compute/initrd.img

installnic=eth2

ip=192.168.200.13

kcmdline=quiet repo=http://!myipfn!:80/install/rhels6.7/x86_64 ks=http://!myipfn!:80/install/autoinst/node ksdevice=eth2 cmdline console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200

kernel=xcat/osimage/rhels6.7-x86_64-install-compute/vmlinuz

mac=40:F2:E9:0D:F8:D4

mgt=ipmi

netboot=pxe

_ondiscover_=nodediscover

os=rhels6.7

postbootscripts=otherpkgs

postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles

primarynic=eth2

profile="">

provmethod=rhels6.7-x86_64-install-compute

serialport=0

serialspeed=115200

status=booting

statustime=07-16-2016 05:35:46

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