How would I go about getting that primary nic into the nics table?
This is the command we use to add the node definition:
nodeadd ${base_name}${node} groups=${group},all
chdef ${base_name}${node} arch=x86_64 mgt=ipmi cons=ipmi
ip=${base_net}.${ip_net}.${ip} netboot=petitboot installnic=mac
primarynic=mac bmc=${base_net}.${idrac_net}.${ip}
chdef ${base_name}${node} bmcusername=${bmc_user}
bmcpassword=${bmc_pass} nicips.bmc=${base_net}.${idrac_net}.${ip}
nicaliases.bmc=${base_name}${node}.drac.${domain_name}
nicnetworks.bmc="dracnet" nictypes.bmc="bmc"
chdef ${base_name}${node}
nicaliases.bmc=${base_name}${node}.drac.${domain_name} nictypes.bmc=bmc
nicnetworks.bmc=dracnet
if [ ! -z "${ib_present}" ]; then
chdef "${base_name}""${node}"
nicips.ib0="${base_net}.""${ib_net}"."${ip}"
nicextraparams.ib0="Type=InfiniBand CONNECTED_MODE=yes MTU=65520"
nicnetworks.ib0="ibnet" nictypes.ib0="Infiniband"
nicaliases.ib0="${base_name}""${node}".ib.${domain_name}
chdef "${base_name}""${node}" -p postscripts="confignics
--ibaports=1"
fi
chdef -t node "${base_name}""${node}" -p postscripts="confignetwork
-s"
chdef -t node "${base_name}""${node}" provmethod=${os_image}
makehosts "${base_name}""${node}"
Once the node is booted into genesis, we associate the node with the info
captured in discoverydata.
I suppose the only reason that the others are in the nics table is because
we wanted them configured in DNS with those aliases.
So, node 1 is c001.cluster. To get to the iDRAC, it's c001.drac.cluster
and InfiniBand is c001.ib.cluster
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:22 AM Russ Auld <russa...@comcast.net> wrote:
> If you would like the Ethernet interface configured, add it to the nics
> table. The IP address shown by lsdef is probably coming from the hosts
> table.
> The hosts table is useful if you want to build out /etc/hosts by running
> makehosts.
> It?s also the right place to list interfaces that are not configured
> in-band, such as bmc?s. The nics table is where you want to list all
> in-band interfaces (to be configured by the os).
>
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 10:58 AM <aaronhc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Going to respond to both of you in a single email.
>>
>> Russell,
>>
>> Was not aware of confignics going away. Will look into replacing that
>> piece correctly.
>>
>> Nathan,
>>
>> The nics table says this about the node:
>> "c001","bmc!172.16.4.26,ib0!172.16.8.26",,,"ib0!Infiniband,bmc!bmc",,"bmc!dracnet,ib0!ibnet","ib0!c001.ib.cluster,bmc!c001.drac.cluster","ib0!Type=InfiniBand
>> CONNECTED_MODE=yes MTU=65520",,,,
>>
>> Also, one of my team mates pointed out that the network-scripts RPM is
>> not being installed by default.
>>
>> Adding that RPM to the osimage template and adding
>> systemctl enable network-scripts
>> systemctl start network-scripts
>> To the %post section of the template has corrected the issue.
>>
>> It does seem a bit odd though that something like that wouldn't be
>> included and enabled by default.
>>
>> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 2:59 AM Russell Auld <russa...@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> First, I think confignics has been superseded by confignetwork;
>> Regardless of that, you should only call one of them.
>>
>> Second, are you using the ?nics? table? If not, please look into it. If
>> yes, please show the settings for the node.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* aaronhc...@gmail.com <aaronhc...@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 12, 2021 4:13 PM
>> *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> *Subject:* [xcat-user] Node nic config error during install
>>
>>
>>
>> xCAT 2.16.1
>>
>> CentOS 8.3
>>
>>
>>
>> When the node finishes installing, the network doesn't come up.
>>
>>
>>
>> The postscript is set to do it.
>>
>> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,confignics
>> --ibaports=1,confignetwork -s
>>
>> However, it doesn't.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I attempt to run it manually, I get this error:
>>
>> [root@c001 xcatpost]# /xcatpost/confignetwork -s
>> [I]: NetworkManager is active
>> [E]:Error: Can not determine proper install nic.
>> [I]: There is no other nic device to configure.
>>
>>
>>
>> There is an ifcfg-eno1 file present, which is wrong:
>>
>> [root@c001 network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eno1
>> # Generated by parse-kickstart
>> TYPE=Ethernet
>> DEVICE=eno1
>> UUID=3f02c4a7-daf5-4404-8fe7-43492454ef92
>> ONBOOT=yes
>> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>> IPV6INIT=yes
>> PROXY_METHOD=none
>> BROWSER_ONLY=no
>> DEFROUTE=yes
>> IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
>> IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
>> IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes
>> IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no
>> NAME="System eno1"
>>
>>
>>
>> There is also an ifcfg-xcat-eno1 file, which is what should be configured.
>>
>> [root@c001 network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-xcat-eno1
>> DEVICE=eno1
>> IPADDR=172.16.0.26
>> NETMASK=255.255.252.0
>> BOOTPROTO=none
>> ONBOOT=yes
>> NAME=xcat-eno1
>> AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY=9
>> MTU=1500
>>
>>
>>
>> 2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state
>> UP group default qlen 1000
>> link/ether 18:03:73:1c:77:b8
>>
>>
>>
>> lsdef for the node shows these:
>>
>> ip=172.16.0.26
>> mac=18:03:73:1c:77:b8
>>
>>
>>
>> Any idea why this is failing?
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a first attempt to get this set up on 8.x
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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