I had what sounds like the same issue on a Dell 6420. We had to update the bios and use BIOS boot mode instead of UEFI.
Sam Davis Kennesaw State University On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 6:21 PM John McCulloch <jo...@pcpcdirect.com> wrote: > I am troubleshooting an image load issue on a new install. > > > > When attempting to download the diskless image / hostname.uefi file, the > client returns "Connection timed out (http://ipxe.org/4c0a6012)" > > > > In the past we’ve had this sort of issue with spanning-tree running on the > switch. > > We have configured the switch with all ports set to “spanning-tree rstp > edge-port” > > > > xCAT is running in a VM on a Dell R640 Red Hat Virtualization host. > > The client compute node is a Dell C6420 > > The client NIC is a BRCM GbE 4P 5720-t rNDC > > > > From a Dell R640 on the same network we're able to retrieve the > hostname.uefi file: > > > > [root@apollo-m-01 ~]# wget http:// > <address>:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/apollo-g-01.uefi > > --2019-06-12 16:59:28-- http:// > <address>/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/apollo-g-01.uefi > > Connecting to <address>:80... connected. > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > > Length: 113 > > Saving to: ‘apollo-g-01.uefi’ > > > > 100%[===================================================================================================================================>] > 113 --.-K/s in 0s > > > > 2019-06-12 16:59:28 (18.9 MB/s) - ‘apollo-g-01.uefi’ saved [113/113] > > [root@apollo-m-01 ~]# cat apollo-g-01.uefi > > #!gpxe > > chain http://${next-server}:80/tftpboot/xcat/elilo-x64.efi -C > /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/apollo-g-01.elilo > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > John McCulloch > > PCPC Direct, Ltd. > > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user >
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