topic Re: Which lan interface to boot off? in Operating System - HP-UX

Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:55:28 GMT

I defined the dbprofile. Now when I do:

lanboot select -dn profile1

I see all these MAC addresses. I only have 2 core IO network drops on this machine, why is it showing 6 and which one do I choose?
(Although it may have another network card)

Shell> lanboot select -dn profile1
01 Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(0016353EBD9C)
02 Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|1)/Mac(0016353EBD9D)
03 Acpi(HWP0002,200)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(0012799EC870)
04 Acpi(HWP0002,200)/Pci(1|1)/Mac(0012799EC871)
05 Acpi(HWP0002,300)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(0012799EC282)
06 Acpi(HWP0002,300)/Pci(1|1)/Mac(0012799EC283)
Select Desired LAN: 01
Selected Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(0016353EBD9

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

Tim Nelson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:00:39 GMT

The sompleton way is to boot from each one until you find one that works..

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:08:52 GMT

It's trying to something, being stuck here for the last 10 minutes.
Should I stop this and try another interface?
Is it supposed to be waiting like that?

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WARNING: Multiple console output devices are configured. If this message remains on the screen for more than a few minutes, then this is not the device in use by HP-UX as the console output device. If you would like this device to be the one used by HP-UX as the console output device, reboot and use the EFI boot manager or the EFI 'conconfig' command to select this device and deconfigure the others.
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Launching Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALL
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Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:19:59 GMT

Looks like wrong interface, trying next one.

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:39:24 GMT

All the wrong ones errored out immediately -

Select Desired LAN: 06
Selected Acpi(HWP0002,300)/Pci(1|1)/Mac(0012799EC283)

BC was not started.BC was not started.
Client MAC Address: 00 12 79 9E C2 83 BC was not started.
PXE-E12: Could not detect network connection. Check cable.
Exit status code: Invalid Parameter

However,the only good interface hangs right here. Any idea how long I should wait?

Launching Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALL
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Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

Tim Nelson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:53:58 GMT

It should not be more that 5 minutes.

You may be running into an old lan config issue ( just maybe ).

There is a way to force the booted lan interfaces to 100FD, if they error to HD then you will be waiting forever.

CHeck here..
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-6584/ch09s08.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

rick jones — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:14:43 GMT

How "far" from the boot server is the system, and potentially how "lossy" the path between the two? TFTP is not known to deal with latency well, and it deals with packet losses even worse.

Depending on the sort of system you have, you may have virtual media support, which may work "better" for some definition of better - again depending on your network. It won't use TFTP and should be a bit more robust in the face of network issues.

As for FD vs HD etc - IIRC the interfaces at EFI will default to autoneg. Personally I know of no way to disable that (nor should one for gigabit interfaces). My inclination would be to suggest that if the switch is hardcoded to set it to autoneg. If the switch cannot correctly autoneg, consider replacing the switch - http://www.hp.com/go/procurve :)

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

Torsten. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:08:35 GMT

Did you read the warning about multiple console devices?

Use

conconfig

to check and adjust!

Your servers has already booted from the kernel!

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:50:22 GMT

Does this look right?

Shell> conconfig

CONSOLE CONFIGURATION

Index Primary Type Device Path
----- ------- ----- ----------
1 S Serial Acpi(PNP0501,0)
2 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,700)/Pci(1|1)
3 NC VGA Acpi(HWP0002,700)/Pci(2|0)

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:53:23 GMT

I don't get it.

How do I do that without bring the machine I am trying to Ignite up? It's currently down.

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There is a way to force the booted lan interfaces to 100FD, if they error to HD then you will be waiting forever.

. . .

instl_adm -d > /tmp/cfg.tmp

Edit the file:

vi /tmp/cfg.tmp

Add the following clause:

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:54:23 GMT

It's on the same subnet. And the interface I am using is Gig. Is that the source of the problem?

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How "far" from the boot server is the system, and potentially how "lossy" the path between the two? TFTP is not known to deal with latency well, and it deals with packet losses even worse.

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

Torsten. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:55:01 GMT

This is the serial console over MP (primary).

"Does this look right?"

It depends on what connection do you use.

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:56:48 GMT

I am using remote console.

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:58:24 GMT

Do you mean it booted from the Ignite image kernel on the Ignite-UX server or do you mean it booted from the kernel on the local hard drive?

Am I making the network connection and reaching the Ignite server?

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Your servers has already booted from the kernel!

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

Torsten. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:59:11 GMT

So you connect to MP over LAN?

What is your server model?

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:06:35 GMT

Here is the process I do:

Shell> dbprofile -dn profile1 -sip xx.xxx.0.159 -cip xx.xxx.0.156 -gip xx.xxx.0.254 -m 255.255.255.0 -b "/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi"

Shell> dbprofile
Profile List

Profile Name: profile1
Network Type: IPv4
Client IP address: xx.xxx.0.156
Gateway IP address: xx.xxx.0.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Server IP address: xx.xxx.0.159
Boot File: /opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi
Optional Data:

Shell> lanboot select -dn profile1
01 Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(0016353EBD9C)
02 Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|1)/Mac(0016353EBD9D)
03 Acpi(HWP0002,200)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(0012799EC870)
04 Acpi(HWP0002,200)/Pci(1|1)/Mac(0012799EC871)
05 Acpi(HWP0002,300)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(0012799EC282)
06 Acpi(HWP0002,300)/Pci(1|1)/Mac(0012799EC283)
Select Desired LAN: 01
Selected Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(0016353EBD9C)

Client MAC Address: 00 16 35 3E BD 9C
Client IP Address: xx.xxx.0.156
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
BOOTP Server IP Address: xx.xxx.0.159
DHCP Server IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Boot file name: /opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi

Retrieving File Size.
Retrieving File (TFTP).
@(#) HP-UX IA64 Network Bootstrap Program Revision 1.1 Downloading HPUX bootloader Starting HPUX bootloader
Obtaining size of fpswa.efi (328192 bytes)
Downloading file fpswa.efi (328192 bytes)

(C) Copyright 1999-2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
All rights reserved

HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.037

Booting from Lan
Obtaining size of AUTO (226 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (226 bytes)
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Downloading file AUTO (226 bytes)

Obtaining size of AUTO (226 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (226 bytes)
1. target OS is B.11.23 IA
2. target OS is B.11.31 IA
3. Exit Boot Loader

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Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:08:33 GMT

Model is rx2620.

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

Torsten. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:09:17 GMT

Launching Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALL
SIZE: Text:36241K + Data:8027K + BSS:8579K = Total:52848K

at this point the install kernel is downloaded and ready to boot.

From now on all the output goes to the primary console, until this point the output goes to all devices.

Next message should be

Console is on a Serial Device
Booting kernel...

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

dictum9 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:18:28 GMT

And here is what happens at this point. Seems to wait here forever. How long do I wait?

Choose an operating system to install that your hardware supports:1

Obtaining size of AUTO (226 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (226 bytes)
Obtaining size of Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALL (24081572 bytes)
Downloading file Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALL (24081572 bytes)
> System Memory = 24555 MB
loading section 0
....................................................................... (complete) loading section 1 ................ (complete) loading symbol table
Obtaining size of Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALLFS (44957696 bytes)
Downloading file Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALLFS (44957696 bytes)
loading ram disk file (Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALLFS).
......................................................................................
(complete)

================================================================================
WARNING: Multiple console output devices are configured. If this message remains on the screen for more than a few minutes, then this is not the device in use by HP-UX as the console output device. If you would like this device to be the one used by HP-UX as the console output device, reboot and use the EFI boot manager or the EFI 'conconfig' command to select this device and deconfigure the others.
================================================================================

Launching Rel_B.11.23/IINSTALL
SIZE: Text:36241K + Data:8027K + BSS:8579K = Total:52848K

Re: Which lan interface to boot off?

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:19:36 GMT

Shalom,

I contact my network group and they tell me which interface is hooked up.

If I'm feeling really smart, I use tcpdump or wireshark on another system to look for MAC addresses that match this display and therefore pic my interface.

If I have plenty of time, I use the aforementioned boot until it works technique, though that can waste time as it always seems the LAST one I pick works.

You might want to actually work with networking and choose the best interface based on how you plan to use the system. Do you plan to use Auto Port Aggregation for example.

It is also nice to have networking and boot disk on a different I/O card so you can hot swap a failed card without taking your system down.

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