Hello Nate, I replace the xnba files with the one provided here:
https://www.xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-dep/2.x_Linux/beta/xNBA/ both bios and uefi boot failed again in the same scenario. I also recreated an ipxe.efi binary as described here (https://github.com/Hoeze/ipxe), but I guess it’s the same binary as for the link above. Here the efi boot failed, too. I’m currently using xCAT version 2.15. Does the latest version contain the patches or even newer supporting the latest generation of dell r640? Many thanks in advance. Cheers, -Frank From: Heckes, Frank <hec...@mps.mpg.de> Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 2021 21:59 To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] sles12.5 net-installation fails Hello Nate, Many thanks for your quick reply. No the nodes affected are all new HW. Interestingly it works with a RHEL7.{7,8} install and netboot (ramfs). An older bare-metal node and VMs are still working with a sles12.{4,5}. Many thanks for the pointer, I forgot to query the github. I’ll check the patches. Cheers, -Frank From: Nathan A Besaw <bes...@us.ibm.com <mailto:bes...@us.ibm.com> > Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 2021 21:48 To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] sles12.5 net-installation fails Hi Frank, Have you successfully installed these nodes using xCAT previously or is this is a new cluster? If these are newer x86 servers, you may need the patches discussed here: <https://github.com/xcat2/xNBA/issues/2#issuecomment-720693322> https://github.com/xcat2/xNBA/issues/2#issuecomment-720693322 Nate "Heckes, Frank" ---02/03/2021 02:39:13 PM---Hi all, I’ve a problem installing sles12.4 or 12.5 on our compute nodes (Dell PowerEdge R640). The i From: "Heckes, Frank" <hec...@mps.mpg.de <mailto:hec...@mps.mpg.de> > To: "xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> " <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: 02/03/2021 02:39 PM Subject: [EXTERNAL] [xcat-user] sles12.5 net-installation fails _____ Hi all, I’ve a problem installing sles12.4 or 12.5 on our compute nodes (Dell PowerEdge R640). The installation breaks after successfully downloading the initrd, kernel (via http) and xnba.kpxe file (via tftp). The installation stops with the linuxrc – tui, immediately after querying for an IP Address via dhcp. It is possible to start a shell and verify that the network is up and running (see below). I don’t see any logfile in the mounted initrd file,and no hint raising the xCAT debug level to 2. Does anyone ran into this problem before and has a workaround or at least an idea how-to enable logging to find the root cause. Many thanks in advance. Cheers, -Frank Heckes Expert Mode -> show config . . . network interface states: ▒││ │ │ ││ lo: up ▒││ │ │ ││ eth0: setup-in-progress ▒││ │ │ ││ eth1: device-unconfigured ▒││ │ │ ││ eth2: device-unconfigured ▒││ │ │ ││ eth3: device-unconfigured Expert Mode -> start shell Tail of var/log/boot.msg <6>[ 94.467797] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device eth0 <5>[ 94.508878] [qede_link_update:2409(eth0)]Link is up <6>[ 94.508923] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Interface is up and can ping xCAT mgmt. node: 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 34:80:0d:c1:93:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 134.XX.XXX.XXX/21 brd 134.XX.XXX.XXX scope global eth0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::3680:dff:fec1:9300/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever ping 134.XX.XXX.244 PING 134.XXX.XXX.XXX (134.XX.XXX.244) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 134.XX.XXX.244: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.147 ms 64 bytes from 134.xx.XXX.244: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.246 ms 64 bytes from 134.XX.XXX.244: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.200 ms [attachment "smime.p7s" deleted by Nathan A Besaw/Poughkeepsie/IBM] _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
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