Re: Kickstart install over gige interface on HP zx6000

1.  Dell 5224 gige switch
2.  tcpdump shows no DHCP traffic in this particular situation
3.  I see no DHCPDISCOVER, DHCPOFFER, or DHCPREQUEST in my syslog either.
When using the 10/100 interface, I see entries.
4.  It looks like it is sending out a request, though tcpdump would seem
to say that it is definately not.

I am beginning to think its timing out before the card starts talking on
the network.

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

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Brent M. Clements wrote:

> 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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