By coincidence, I am actually working on a similar issue right now,
although I'm trying to get netboot to work.
I don't have a complete answer, but I can point you to a few things:
- You probably would want to assign an IP address as well.
- You may want to check out the chain attribute as well (note: I know that
my chain is not correct, so don't just copy that!)
Here is my node definition - it isn't working, either, but I think I might
be a few steps ahead of you, so you may still get some ideas from it:
Object name: hpccn-001
arch=x86_64
chain=runimage=
http://192.168.101.1/tftpboot/xcat/osimage/rhels7.4-x86_64-netboot-hpccn/initrd-stateless.gz
groups=compute,all
installnic=mac
ip=192.168.101.3
mac=52:54:00:f2:e6:39
netboot=xbna
nichostnamesuffixes.eth2=-imm
nichostnamesuffixes.eth0=-compute
nicips.eth2=192.168.101.3
nicips.eth0=192.168.100.3
os=rhels7.4
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
primarynic=mac
profile=hpccn
provmethod=netboot
serialport=0
serialspeed=115200
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Imam Toufique <techie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> We are trying to test xcat out in our cluster and I need some help.
>
> Here is the issue I have:
>
> I have followed the following document to setup the environment:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/XCAT_iDataPlex_Cluster_Quick_Start/
>
> I added my first node manually, as I did not want auto discovery. Here is
> my
>
> [root@xcatmaster xcat]# lsdef n02
> Object name: n02
> arch=x86_64
> groups=compute
> installnic=mac
> mac=00:24:E8:36:AD:95
> netboot=xnba
> os=centos6.9
> postbootscripts=otherpkgs
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
> primarynic=mac
> profile=compute
> provmethod=centos6.9-x86_64-install-compute
>
> The node above does not have BMC, it is a standard PC. when I power on
> the node, i see the following messages in syslog:
>
> Oct 24 10:16:20 10.1.1.61 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Beginning echo
> information to discovery packet file...
> Oct 24 10:16:20 10.1.1.61 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Discovery
> packet file is ready.
> Oct 24 10:16:20 10.1.1.61 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Sending the
> discovery packet to xCAT (10.1.1.20:3001)...
> Oct 24 10:16:20 10.1.1.61 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Sleeping 5
> seconds...
> Oct 24 10:16:21 10.1.1.63 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Couldn't find
> MTM information in FRU, falling back to DMI (MTMS-based discovery may fail)
> Oct 24 10:16:21 10.1.1.63 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Beginning echo
> information to discovery packet file...
> ^C
> [root@xcatmaster xcat]# tail -f computes.log
> Oct 24 10:17:41 10.1.1.63 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Couldn't find
> MTM information in FRU, falling back to DMI (MTMS-based discovery may fail)
> Oct 24 10:17:41 10.1.1.63 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Beginning echo
> information to discovery packet file...
> Oct 24 10:17:42 10.1.1.63 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Discovery
> packet file is ready.
> Oct 24 10:17:42 10.1.1.63 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Sending the
> discovery packet to xCAT (10.1.1.20:3001)...
> Oct 24 10:17:42 10.1.1.63 (none) xcat.genesis.dodiscovery: Sleeping 5
> seconds...
>
> I think it is trying to look for BMC and not finding it, therefore, it
> just keep looking for it? I am no expert in xcat, but is there a way to
> disable BMC discovery in xcat for nodes that do not have BMC?
>
> Please help, I need to get this thing up and going.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
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