[xcat-user] Booting QS22

[George Wm Turner]

Make sure you have the latest firmware; one of our sys-admins was  
having problems acquiring the DHCP address the mgm node was handing  
out; once firmware was upgraded everything worked as it should.

george wm turner
high performance systems
812 855 5156



On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Andrey Brindeyev wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can anybody help me to troubleshoot QS22 boot process?
>
> I have QS22 node defined in xCAT 2.1.1:
> # lsdef qs22
>
> Object name: qs22
>   arch=ppc64
>   cons=blade
>   currchain=boot
>   currstate=install rhels5.3-ppc64-qs22
>   getmac=blade
>   groups=cell
>   id=14
>   initrd=xcat/rhels5.3/ppc64/initrd.img
>   kcmdline=nofb utf8 ks=http://172.20.0.1/install/autoinst/qs22  
> ksdevice=eth1 noipv6
>   kernel=xcat/rhels5.3/ppc64/vmlinuz
>   mac=00:1A:64:B8:06:7F
>   mgt=blade
>   mpa=amm001
>   netboot=yaboot
>   nfsserver=172.20.0.1
>   nodetype=blade
>   os=rhels5.3
>   primarynic=eth1
>   profile=qs22
>   rack=2
>   room=218
>   serialflow=hard
>   serialspeed=19200
>   slot=14
>   status=installing
>
> I have two ethernet switches installed in my Bladecenter H chassis -  
> eth0 for System x blades & SOL on QS22 and eth1 for QS22 installation.
> But my QS22 fails to get an IP address using second Ethernet card:
>
> 0 > devalias
> disk0 : /axon at 30000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix at 4000004600000000/usb at 1/sbc- 
> dev at 3
> mfd : /axon at 30000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix at 4000004600000000/usb at 1/sbc- 
> dev at 3
> nvram : /axon at 10000000000/plb5/plb4/opb/ebc/nvram at 2000000
> net : /axon at 10000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix at 4000004600000000/ethernet at 1
> ohci1 : /axon at 30000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix at 4000004600000000/usb at 1,1
> ohci0 : /axon at 30000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix at 4000004600000000/usb at 1
> ipmi : /axon at 10000000000/plb5/plb4/opb/ebc/ipmi at 2600008
> pmi : /axon at 10000000000/plb5/plb4/opb/ebc/ibm,pmi at 2600000
> net1 : /axon at 10000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix at 4000004600000000/ethernet at 1,1
> net0 : /axon at 10000000000/plb5/plb4/pcix at 4000004600000000/ethernet at 1 ok
> 0 > boot net1
> Trying to load:  from: /axon at 10000000000/plb5/plb4/ 
> pcix at 4000004600000000/ethernet at 1,1 ...
> Bootloader 1.5
> Reading MAC address from device: 00:1A:64:B8:06:7F
> Requesting IP address via DHCP:  451
>
> Switch in Bay 2 is ok (I set IP address on blade HS21 XM in same  
> chassis on eth1 and can ping it from mgt node - external x3650  
> server).
> Even the internal port GigabitEthernet 1/0/14 is down (my QS22 is  
> installed in 14th slot):
>
> #show interfaces gigabitEthernet 1/0/14
> GigabitEthernet1/0/14 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
> Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is 001b.9052.798e (bia 001b. 
> 9052.798e)
> MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
>    reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
> Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
> Keepalive set (10 sec)
> Auto-duplex, Auto-speed, link type is auto, media type is 1000BaseX
> input flow-control is off, output flow-control is unsupported
> ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
> Last input never, output 00:04:29, output hang never
> Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
> Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
> Queueing strategy: fifo
> Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
> 5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
>    0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
>    Received 0 broadcasts (0 multicasts)
>    0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
>    0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
>    0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input
>    0 input packets with dribble condition detected
>    9784 packets output, 699736 bytes, 0 underruns
>    0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
>    0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
>    0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
>    0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
>
> Should I configure something using SMS other than setting net1 as  
> first boot device?
>
> WBR, Andrey.
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