Can't set my Ignite Client to do 100FDX... anyother clues?

[Alzhy]

I am booting off tape or cd and using that to get to my Ignite Server. My client is using not the on-board 100BT lan but an add-on card.

I can Ignite alright but since our switch is set to 100FDX and I can't have the below at all work to plumb the client's lan to 100FDX -- my ignite is agonizingly slow. I can't boot accross the LAN using this card.

My INSTALLFS and WINSTALLFS are correct:

iux01# head IINSTALLFS
# instl_adm defaults:
# NOTE: Manual additions between the lines containing "instl_adm defaults"
# and "end instl_adm defaults" will not be preserved.
server="192.168.1.77"
netmask[]="0xffffff00"
route_gateway[0]="192.168.1.1"
route_destination[0]="default"
( lan[].driver == "btlan" | lan[].driver ~ "gelan" )
{
_hp_lanadmin_args="-X 100FD"

[ /opt/ignite/boot/Rel_B.11.23 ]
root@thptem1b # head -20 IINSTALLFS
# instl_adm defaults:
# NOTE: Manual additions between the lines containing "instl_adm defaults"
# and "end instl_adm defaults" will not be preserved.
server="192.168.1.77"
netmask[]="0xffffff00"
route_gateway[0]="192.168.1.1"
route_destination[0]="default"
( lan[].driver == "btlan" | lan[].driver ~ "gelan" )
{
_hp_lanadmin_args="-X 100FD"
}
env_vars += "TZ=PST8PDT"
# end instl_adm defaults.

# head WINSTALLFS
# instl_adm defaults:
# NOTE: Manual additions between the lines containing "instl_adm defaults"
# and "end instl_adm defaults" will not be preserved.
server="150.234.120.91"
netmask[]="0xffffff00"
route_gateway[0]="150.234.120.3"
route_destination[0]="default"
( lan[].driver == "btlan" | lan[].driver ~ "gelan" )
{
_hp_lanadmin_args="-X 100FD"

[ /opt/ignite/boot/Rel_B.11.23 ]
root@thptem1b # head -20 WINSTALLFS
# instl_adm defaults:
# NOTE: Manual additions between the lines containing "instl_adm defaults"
# and "end instl_adm defaults" will not be preserved.
server="150.234.120.91"
netmask[]="0xffffff00"
route_gateway[0]="150.234.120.3"
route_destination[0]="default"
( lan[].driver == "btlan" | lan[].driver ~ "gelan" )
{
_hp_lanadmin_args="-X 100FD"
}
env_vars += "TZ=PST8PDT"
# end instl_adm defaults.


I can't move the drop to the CoreIO lan.

Is there another trick to say tweak the client's config file so that on plumb up of the client's lan -- it invokes lanadmin? Maybe drop to a comand line on Ignite-UX?

[Michael Steele_2]

Hi Nelson:

Can you paste in 'ioscan -funC lan'. And verify the lan drivers for new patches?

[Alzhy]

Hi Mike,

Here it is, I am using lan1

# ioscan -funC lan
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
==================================================================
lan 0 0/0/0/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI 10/100Base-TX Core
/dev/diag/lan0 /dev/ether0 /dev/lan0
lan 1 0/5/0/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A5230A/B5509BA PCI 10/100Base-TX Addon
/dev/diag/lan1 /dev/ether1 /dev/lan1
lan 2 1/12/0/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A5230A/B5509BA PCI 10/100Base-TX Addon
/dev/diag/lan2 /dev/ether2 /dev/lan2



And here's the snippet of the client's install log: (Notice, there's no even lanadmin attempts by the IUX to plumb lan1 to 100FDX)..

======= 07/08/08 21:47:35 EDT HP-UX Installation Initialization. (Tue Jul 08
21:47:35 EDT 2008)
@(#) Ignite-UX Revision C.6.7.79
@(#) install/init (opt) $Revision: 10.412 $

* Scanning system for IO devices...
* Querying disk device: 0/8/0/0.5.136.0.7.15.3 ...
* Querying disk device: 0/8/0/0.5.136.0.7.15.5 ...
* Querying disk device: 1/2/0/0.6.136.0.7.15.3 ...
* Querying disk device: 1/2/0/0.6.136.0.7.15.5 ...
NOTE: Default (boot) source does not appear to be a valid (or complete)
install source, switching source to Network
* Setting keyboard language.
* Could not get DHCP information. No host specific network defaults
will be supplied. (dhcpclient returned: 9)
* Bringing up Network (lan1)
add net default: gateway 192.168.1.1
* NFS mounting clients directory.
* Using client directory: /var/opt/ignite/clients/0x00306E21D5C6
* Checking configuration for consistency...

[Alzhy]

BTW, ignore the IP address mismatches..

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Hi Nelson,

I had a lot of Google hits with "+100FD +Ignite +site:itrc.hp.com". Here's one:

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1215618680335+28353475&threadId=883526


Pete

[Alzhy]

Pete,
I think this tracks my reading in IUX. That lan settings will only work if it is an LAN boot. So I guess the thread suggests that I need to rehash my boot tape then...

Ok will try sir.

[TwoProc]

Howdy Nelson,

Here is a link that might be helpful:

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90772/ch08s01.html

[Alzhy]

The "recipe" in Pete's find worked...

It turns out as the good Ignite-UX manual states -- instal_adm setting ON the Ignite Server only affects LAN booted install clients.

For Media booted (tape or CD helped clients) - the media's INSTALLFS/WINSTALLFS files need to have that directive.

So: (am doing this from a 11.11 system with no tape drive)

From your Ignite server:

instal_adm -d >cfg
add: _hp_lanadmin_args="-X 100FD"

Create your media lif:

/opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif -m -l /var/tmp/new_lif_file -d /var/tmp -r B.11.23 -R

-R

Bring the new_lif_file to the client with the writable boot tape, then create the boot tape:

/usr/bin/dd if=/var/tmp/new_lif_file of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Boot from TAPE and Ignite from your Igniet-Server and your LAN regardless of instance wil now be plumbed up to 100FDX.


Awesome! Learned something new on the internals of IUX today!

Thanks all!