The nodeset seems to be the key. It produces:
hpccn-001: Error: Unable to identify plugin for this command, check
relevant tables: noderes.netboot=(grub2[-]?.*);nodehm.mgt
And it is true - nodehm.mgt is not set. I'm looking at the man page right
now, and I'm not sure what it should be set to - all the settings seem to
assume that I have IPMI or BMC or something similar. The man page just says
this:
power The method to use to control the power of the node. If not
set, the mgt attribute will be used. Valid values: ipmi, blade, hmc, ivm,
fsp, kvm, esx, rhevm. If "ipmi", xCAT will
search for this node in the ipmi table for more info. If
"blade", xCAT will search for this node in the mp table. If "hmc", "ivm",
or "fsp", xCAT will search for this node in
the ppc table.
mgt The method to use to do general hardware management of the
node. This attribute is used as the default if power or getmac is not
set. Valid values: openbmc, ipmi, blade, hmc,
ivm, fsp, bpa, kvm, esx, rhevm. See the power attribute
for more details.
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Thomas Alandt <tala...@lenovo.com> wrote:
> Did you try something like this? It will set up your chain tab for your
> osimage.
>
> #nodeset <noderange> osimage=<osver>-<arch>-netboot-compute
>
> Reboot the nodes after
>
> And did you create the stateless image?
> #lsdef – t osimage
>
> to find your available images
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Kevin Keane [mailto:kke...@sandiego.edu]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 31, 2017 11:25 AM
> *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list
> *Subject:* [xcat-user] Stateless node - can't get it to boot image
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to set up a new cluster with stateless nodes, but whatever I
> do, I can only seem to get it to boot to the genesis image.
>
> I set up my node manually (no discovery); the node does not have IPMI, BMC
> - just plain PXE. The node does get the correct IP from the DHCP server.
>
> My hunch is that my problem is related to the node's chain attribute, but
> I am not sure what to set there. Most people seem to set
> "runcmd=bmcsetup,shell" but since I don't have a BMC, that's probably not
> the correct setting for me.
>
> Or maybe my problem is somewhere different?
>
>
>
> Here is my node definition:
>
> Object name: hpccn-001
> arch=x86_64
> groups=compute,all
> initrd=xcat/osimage/hpccn-netboot-image/initrd-stateless.gz
> installnic=mac
> ip=192.168.101.3
> kernel=xcat/osimage/hpccn-netboot-image/kernel
> mac=52:54:00:f2:e6:39
> netboot=xbna
> nichostnamesuffixes.eth0=-compute
> nichostnamesuffixes.eth2=-imm
> nicips.eth0=192.168.100.3
> nicips.eth2=192.168.101.3
> os=rhels7.4
> postbootscripts=otherpkgs,confignics
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupntp
> primarynic=mac
> profile=hpccn
> provmethod=hpccn-netboot-image
> serialport=0
> serialspeed=115200
> status=shell
> statustime=10-30-2017 08:37:51
>
> And the osimage definition:
>
> Object name: hpccn-netboot-image
> exlist=/install/custom/netboot/rh/hpccn.rhels7.4.x86_64.exlist
> imagetype=linux
> osarch=x86_64
> osdistroname=rhels7.4-x86_64
> osname=Linux
> osvers=rhels7.4
> otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/rhels7.4/x86_64
> otherpkglist=/install/custom/netboot/rh/hpccn.rhels7.4.x86_
> 64.otherpkgs.pkglist
> partitionfile=/install/custom/netboot/rh/hpccn.rhels7.4.x86_
> 64.cfglocaldisk
> permission=755
> pkgdir=/install/rhels7.4/x86_64
> pkglist=/install/custom/netboot/rh/hpccn.rhels7.4.x86_64.pkglist
> postinstall=/install/custom/netboot/rh/hpccn.rhels7.4.x86_
> 64.postinstall
> profile=hpccn
> provmethod=netboot
> rootimgdir=/install/netboot/rhels7.4/x86_64/hpccn
> synclists=/install/custom/netboot/rh/hpccn.rhels7.4.x86_64.synclist
>
> The node gets the correct IP address from DHCP, and xnba booting works,
> but then goes to the genesis kernel (which either stops booting, or goes to
> the shell if I add chain=shell), as the Apache log file shows:
>
> 192.168.101.3 - - [30/Oct/2017:08:34:55 -0700] "GET
> /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nets/192.168.101.0_24 HTTP/1.1" 200 245 "-"
> "iPXE/1.0.3-131028 (d603e)"
> 192.168.101.3 - - [30/Oct/2017:08:34:55 -0700] "GET
> /tftpboot/xcat/genesis.kernel.x86_64 HTTP/1.1" 200 4152336 "-"
> "iPXE/1.0.3-131028 (d603e)"
> 192.168.101.3 - - [30/Oct/2017:08:34:55 -0700] "GET
> /tftpboot/xcat/genesis.fs.x86_64.gz HTTP/1.1" 200 36402928 "-"
> "iPXE/1.0.3-131028 (d603e)"
>
> --
>
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