Re: gPXE Second network card "Cannot start" W2kr2iSCSI boot

Hi Shao,

Yes, the NIC starts fine with an identical image booted off of a local 
(ATA) hard disk. The two NIC's are identical, and onboard, lspci -v 
output below.

I have tried this on three blades, and had the same results, so it's 
definitely not a hardware issue.

I have just tried to uninstall and reinstall the card, and it worked (in 
the same way as disable-enabling it), but then the image wouldn't boot 
as reinstalling the network card seems to take out the iSCSI boot 
initiator software.


Will.

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704S 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
         Subsystem: IBM Device 029c
         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
         Memory at fbff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
         Memory at fbfe0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
         Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
         Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device
         Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
         Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data <?>
         Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ 
Queue=0/3 Enable-
         Kernel driver in use: tg3
         Kernel modules: tg3

01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704S 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
         Subsystem: IBM Device 029c
         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
         Memory at fbfd0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
         Memory at fbfc0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
         Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
         Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device
         Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
         Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data <?>
         Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ 
Queue=0/3 Enable-
         Kernel driver in use: tg3
         Kernel modules: tg3



Miller, Shao wrote:
> Good day Will,
>
> In regards to your concern about a SAN-booted Windows 2003 failing to
> start the non-SAN NIC:
>
> Does the NIC start properly if you boot the computer from an HDD with
> the exact SAN image on it?
>
> Have you tried completely uninstalling the troubled NIC and
> re-installing it?
>
> Is the second NIC the same as the SAN-booting NIC (same driver and/or
> same PCI VENdor and DEVice IDs)?
>
> - Shao Miller
>    


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