What do the contents of /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/s001-clu look like on the management node?
-----Original Message----- From: Nicolas Roosen <nicolas.roo...@hpe.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2018 10:12 AM To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] HP DL380 Gen9 and xCat On 06/08/2018 03:57 PM, Jarrod Johnson wrote: > When you see nothing, is this the video or the serial terminal seeing nothing? > The serial terminal, I'm doing the installation remotely. And I do see some messages right after the boot, but then, nothing else I've enclosed a log of the boot process taken from the serial console. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicolas Roosen <nicolas.roo...@hpe.com> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2018 9:53 AM > To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] HP DL380 Gen9 and xCat > > Peter, > > On 06/08/2018 03:35 PM, peter CZ1 Peng wrote: >> Hi ,Nicolas >> I see that the message output with the driver ,so question here >> >> 1: do you have any GPU install in this server > > indeed there are two Nvidia GPU installed. > >> 2: can you try to disable the nouveau on os install ? >> > > In fact I already tried that, the messages disappears on the console, but > still the server doesn't boot further. > > And also, the first time I somehow managed to install the server, I did it > without changing the default kernel options. > > The "rcons" console supposedly works because I can use it if I boot the > server on the local drives (it has been installed once using xcat). > > I suspect I might have hanged something inadvertently, but cannot find what > causes the server not to boot further when re-installing it ... > > I recall there is maybe a way to "ssh" into the server while it is > installing, but couldn't make it work (it is CentOS 7.3). > > >> Method to disable the dirver >> R::rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau R::nouveau.modeset=0 Example for >> node01 [root@mgt ~]# tabdump bootparams >> #node,kernel,initrd,kcmdline,addkcmdline,dhcpstatements,adddhcpstatem >> ents,comments,disable >> "node01","xcat/osimage/rhels7.2-x86_64-install-compute/vmlinuz","xcat >> /osimage/rhels7.2-x86_64-install-compute/initrd.img","quiet >> inst.repo=http://172.20.0.1:80/install/rhels7.2/x86_64 >> inst.ks=http://172.20.0.1:80/install/autoinst/node01 ip=dhcp inst.cmdline >> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8r","R::rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau >> R::nouveau.modeset=0",,,, [root@mgt ~]# [root@mgt ~]# lsdef node01 | grep >> addkcmdline >> addkcmdline=R::rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau R::nouveau.modeset=0 >> >> >> hope this help >> >> Peter CZ peng >> Department :Complex Solution Rack TE >> Address:ISH3 Shenzhen >> Lenovo China >> +86 86361590 >> +86 18129979128 >> 609 1590 >> peng...@lenovo.com >> >> >> Lenovo.com /www.lenovo.com >> Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Blogs | Forums >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicolas Roosen <nicolas.roo...@hpe.com> >> Sent: Friday, June 8, 2018 9:21 PM >> To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [External] [xcat-user] HP DL380 Gen9 and xCat >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to install a HP Proliant DL380 Gen9, in "Legacy BIOS" mode. >> >> The server has been integrated into xcat, but every time I try to install it >> (nodeset osimage), the server boots, download the initrd, and nothing >> happens. >> >> When I launch the console (rcons), it looks like "stuck", without any >> messages beside these: >> >> [ 21.550488] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table >> invalid >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:30 2018][ 21.988127] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: priv: >> GPC0: 419df4 00000000 (1940820e) >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:30 2018][ 22.019890] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: priv: >> GPC1: 419df4 00000000 (1940820e) >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:30 2018][ 22.051407] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: priv: >> GPC2: 419df4 00000000 (1940820e) >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:30 2018][ 22.083623] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: priv: >> GPC3: 419df4 00000000 (1940820e) >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:37 2018][ 22.284643] nouveau 0000:84:00.0: DRM: >> Pointer to flat panel table invalid >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:37 2018][ 22.732089nouveau 0000:84:00.0: priv: GPC0: >> 419df4 00000000 (1d40820e) >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:38 2018][ 22.763476] nouveau 0000:84:00.0: priv: >> GPC1: 419df4 00000000 (1d40820e) >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:38 2018][ 22.794649] nouveau 0000:84:00.0: priv: >> GPC2: 419df4 00000000 (1d40820e) >> [Thu Jun 7 17:49:38 2018][ 22.825464] nouveau 0000:84:00.0: priv: >> GPC3: 419df4 00000000 (1d40820e) >> >> I know this has worked, because the server could be installed once. >> But now I try to re-install it, and nothing happens. >> >> I setup xcat in debug mode (1), but there are no specific messages into the >> logs. >> >> What could I look for in order to debug this installation? >> >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> Nicolas >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --------- 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 >> > -- Nicolas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
