Is the external DHCP server ISC or other? Can you share how you tried to do the adaptive DHCPOFFER with different filenames depending on the request?
In the future, I hope to provide ProxyDHCP which would allow direct DHCP OFFER control for PXE filename without imposing on addressing, but for now... -----Original Message----- From: Carmelo Ponti (CSCS) <cpo...@cscs.ch> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2018 12:09 PM To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] UEFI installation problem Jarrod, On Thu, 2018-06-07 at 15:00 +0000, Jarrod Johnson wrote: > Is that preceeded by a lot of the same output over and over? Yes, I'm seeing the same message many times > I see xnba downloading xnba, which should not be happening…. Dhcp > should be doing a different offer… We are using a centralized DHCP at CSCS (not the one offered by xCAT). I tried to configure it to respect the xCAT rules but maybe I'm doing something wrong. Any advice? Carmelo > > From: Carmelo Ponti (CSCS) <cpo...@cscs.ch> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2018 10:21 AM > To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [External] [xcat-user] UEFI installation problem > > Hello, > > I would like to install a intel server board S2600WT (BIOS version > SE5C610.86B.01.01.0011 08/10/2015) using xcat with UEFI but I got the > following error at the console: > > xCAT Network Boot Agent > iPXE 1.0.3-131028 (d603e) -- Open Source Network Boot Firmare -- http > ://ipxe.org > Features: HTTP HTTPS iSCSI DNS TFTP EFI > net1: 90:e2:ba:a1:56:f4 using <NULL> on EFI SNP (open) [Link:up, TX:0 > TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0] DHCP (net1 90:e2:ba:a1:56:f4) ...... ok Next server: > 148.187.xxx.xxx > Filename: xcat/xnba.efi > tftp://148.187.xxx.xxx/xcat/xnba.efi ... ok Could not boot image: > Error 0x7f38e002 (http:/ipxe/org/7f38e002) No more network devices > Could not boot image: Error 0x7f048002 (http:/ipxe/org/7f048002) No > more network devices > > Currently I'm using xCAT 2.13 and following the server configuration: > > Object name: server01 > arch=x86_64 > bmc=148.187.xxx.xxx > bmcpassword=xxxxxx > bmcusername=root > cons=kvm > currchain=boot > currstate=install rhels7.4-x86_64-cscs_storage > groups=all,cscs > hostnames=server01.cscs.ch > interface=eno1 > ip=148.187.xxx.xxx > mac=90:e2:ba:a1:56:f4 > mgt=ipmi > netboot=xnba > nfsserver=148.187.xxx.xxx > nodetype=osi > os=rhels7.4 > postbootscripts=otherpkgs > postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles > power=ipmi > primarynic=eno1 > profile=cscs_storage > provmethod=rhels7.4-x86_64-install-cscs_storage > status=powering-on > statustime=06-07-2018 15:49:19 > tftpdir=/tftpboot > tftpserver=148.187.xxx.xxx > > dhcp is configured as following: > > host server01.cscs.ch { > hardware ethernet 90:E2:BA:A1:56:F4; # 10G ETH0 NIC > fixed-address 148.187.xxx.xxx; > filename "xcat/xnba.efi"; > next-server 148.187.xxx.xxx; > } > > When I ran "nodeset server01 osimage=rhels7.4-x86_64-install- > cscs_storage" > > The following 3 files are created in /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes : > > server01 > server01.elilo > server01.uefi > > I'm suspecting a problem with the BIOS version but I'm not sure. > > Thank you for any advice, > > Carmelo Ponti > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Carmelo Ponti System Engineer > > CSCS Swiss Center for Scientific Computing > > Via Trevano 131 Email: cpo...@cscs.ch<mailto:cpo...@cscs.ch> > > CH-6900 Lugano http://www.cscs.ch > > Phone: +41 91 610 82 15/Fax: +41 91 610 82 82 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Carmelo Ponti System Engineer CSCS Swiss Center for Scientific Computing Via Trevano 131 Email: cpo...@cscs.ch CH-6900 Lugano http://www.cscs.ch Phone: +41 91 610 82 15/Fax: +41 91 610 82 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
