Re: Kickstart install over gige interface on HP zx6000

Jason,
 Can you please describe your EXACT boot process(from machine startup to
installer screen) when you try to install one of these nodes. I think you
have a problem with the way your actually installing it not in the
configuration.

We've had no problems whatsoever installing these machines here at Rice
and we are using the GigE ports. Then again, we decided NOT to go with
kickstart and use SIS instead based on a large number of
researched factors.

Sincerely,

Brent Clements
HPC Technology Specialist
Information Technology
Rice University


On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Jason Holland wrote:

>
> I have discovered something else.  When I use the 10/100 interface, from
> the efi shell I initiate a lanboot and I see the DHCP requests in the logs
> on the dhcp server.  However, when it starts the install, I don't see
> another DHCP request, even though I specified that for the install and its
> getting a dynamic address and somehow using it.  Why in the world is that?
> Is it somehow passing the initial ip address into the install?  How would
> it know where to get it from??
>
> 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:
>
> > Jason,
> >  If your not getting a dhcp request from the machine then you have another
> > problem. Either configuration or hardware on the client. Check the cable.
> >
> > Can you send your kickstart file to me?
> >
> > -Brent
> >
> > Brent Clements
> > HPC Technology Specialist
> > Information Technology
> > Rice University
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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