The next thing that it would be doing at this point is downloading the rootimg
via the http server on the management node.
Maybe check the httpd logs?
-- ddj
> On Jul 3, 2018, at 4:28 PM, Sam Davis <aractha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I see that this list does strip attachments. The last line on the console
> when it effectively hangs is:
>
> [ 925.551288] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eeno1: link becomes ready
>
> From: david_john...@brown.edu <david_john...@brown.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 4:01 PM
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] New XCAT installtion PXE boot issue.
>
> So a quick question is how long is never? I had a similar situation today
> and the setupntp script was taking a really long time but finally gave up.
> The problem for me was that chronyd was not configured on the management node
> to respond on any network interfaces. Chronyd has replaced ntpd on redhat 7.
>
> -- ddj
> Dave Johnson
>
> On Jul 3, 2018, at 2:55 PM, Sam Davis <aractha...@gmail.com
> <mailto:aractha...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to setup a new HPC cluster using XCAT (2.14). I have
>> installed the management node and created the boot image (RHEL 7.5). The
>> node has been discover and PXE boots, downloading the image file. But the
>> boot process stalls and never finishes. I have even copied over a working
>> RHEL 7.3 image from our other cluster to see if that is the issue. I’ve
>> tried disabling and enabling hyperthreading in the client machine. I’ve
>> also updated the firmware on the client machine. Does anyone have any ideas
>> of what I might try next?
>>
>>
>>
>> Node Hardware
>> IBM x3850 X5
>> 256 GB RAM
>> Machine Type 7143 AC1
>> 4 x Intell Xeon E7 4820
>>
>> <shcpboot.jpg>
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