Re: Kickstart install over gige interface on HP zx6000

1. What switch do you have?
2. Have you done a tcpdump?
3. What does your dhcp server's syslog say.
4. Is the machine in question even sending out a request?


-Brent

Brent Clements
HPC Technology Specialist
Information Technology
Rice University


On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Jason Holland wrote:

>
> Hello,
>   I'm hoping someone can help with this peculiar problem.  I am trying to
> setup an automated kickstart install on an HP zx6000.  The machine has
> dual interfaces, 1 10/100 and also a gige interface.  Our cluster
> currently takes advantage of the gige interface, so consequently I'd like
> to do my automated installs over that interface.  However, the RedHat
> installer will not assign a dhcp address during the install, it just
> hangs.  It gets weird.  This works perfectly fine if I use a static
> address, so the interface is good and functions.  DHCP assignment will
> work if I use the 10/100 interface, so DHCP is setup correctly.  When I do
> a lanboot from the EFI shell and select the gige interface, I get an IP
> address, and the tftpboot sequence kicks off ok.  But somehow if fails to
> get an ip during the install.  Has anyway had this problem before?  Seems
> very odd to me.  We are using RedHat Advanced Workstation 2.1 Update 2.
> The installer recognizes the nic card and even loads the correct module,
> but it will not assign an ip address.  Yes, I have the right interface set
> in my ks.cfg file.  That file, btw, is passed inside initrd.img.  And I
> have tried setting ksdevice=eth1 in my elilo.conf file, but that doesn't
> seem to work either.  It only fails with DHCP and gig card, everything
> else I try works fine.  Any pointers would be appreciated.  Thanks
>
> Jason P Holland
> Texas Learning and Computation Center
> http://www.tlc2.uh.edu
> University of Houston
> Philip G Hoffman Hall rm 207A
> tel: 713-743-4850
> cell: 281-451-5991
>
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