On another system on the network, could you try arping -I <interface> 10.52.96.36
That is dracut doing an arp before taking the address and erroring because it senses it would conflict with some other server on the network that is arp replying claiming that address in use already. -----Original Message----- From: Pharthiphan Asokan <paso...@ddn.com> Reply-To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] Configuring external DHCP server with xCAT Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:40:15 +0000 I tried with xnba and after booting “I am getting dracute Warning: Duplicate address detected” and it keeps retrying From: Jarrod Johnson [mailto:jjohns...@lenovo.com] Sent: 20 June 2018 20:26 To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] Configuring external DHCP server with xCAT There was a recent thread with another user using external DHCP: https://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/mailman/xcat-user/thread/29ab7994faef2a3 514c4fe1b8a416dd812c7c570.camel%40cscs.ch/#msg36337178 If you are using ‘xnba’ netboot method for http transfer/UEFI boot support, then there are some unusual gymnastics for the DHCP server to do. If using noderes.netboot=pxe however, then you can largely ignore those complexities, though you won’t be able to boot UEFI mode… From: Pharthiphan Asokan <paso...@ddn.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:28 AM To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [External] [xcat-user] Configuring external DHCP server with xCAT Hello, I have DHCP Server configured and working on a server other than xcat server. how to setup the external dhcp server with the xCAT, I couldn’t get the node booted for installation I have stopped and disabled the dhcpd server on xCAT Server and configured site "dhcpsetup","0",, Anything else that need to be done to get the installation done through pxe ? tabdump site #key,value,comments,disable "blademaxp","64",, "domain","ime.md.ddn.com",, "fsptimeout","0",, "installdir","/install",, "ipmimaxp","64",, "ipmiretries","3",, "ipmitimeout","2",, "consoleondemand","no",, "master","10.52.96.35",, "forwarders","10.52.96.48,10.52.96.49",, "nameservers","10.52.96.48,10.52.96.49",, "maxssh","8",, "ppcmaxp","64",, "ppcretry","3",, "ppctimeout","0",, "powerinterval","0",, "syspowerinterval","0",, "sharedtftp","1",, "SNsyncfiledir","/var/xcat/syncfiles",, "nodesyncfiledir","/var/xcat/node/syncfiles",, "tftpdir","/tftpboot",, "xcatdport","3001",, "xcatiport","3002",, "xcatconfdir","/etc/xcat",, "timezone","US/Eastern",, "useNmapfromMN","no",, "enableASMI","no",, "db2installloc","/mntdb2",, "databaseloc","/var/lib",, "sshbetweennodes","ALLGROUPS",, "dnshandler","ddns",, "vsftp","n",, "cleanupxcatpost","no",, "dhcplease","43200",, "auditnosyslog","0",, "xcatsslversion","TLSv1",, "auditskipcmds","ALL",, "dhcpsetup","0",, Thanks Pharthiphan Asokan --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 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
