Could not find Q_BOOT device

[DuKul]

Guys,

two days before I could not believe my eyes - some very old error message rose up from the land of the dead again:

Boot File Name: /opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi
Boot File Size: 31232

 Downloading NBP file...

  Succeed to download NBP file.

......

       * Preparing to execute init...
=======  01/14/15 09:27:28 EST  HP-UX Installation Initialization.
         @(#)Ignite-UX Revision C.7.12.519
         @(#)ignite/launch (opt) Revision:
         /branches/IUX_RA1103/ignite/src@82875 Last Modified: 2011-01-20
         21:10:40 +0530 (Thu, 20 Jan 2011)
       * Configuring RAM filesystems...
       * Scanning system for IO devices...
       * Boot device is:
WARNING: Could not find Q_BOOT device.  Cannot determine what the boot device
         was.
WARNING: Could not find source device in ioscan output.  You must select from
         the list of devices below to use for the source device:
index       HW-path         Class   description
0)  0/0/0/1/0/0/4        usb        HP_UHCI_Virtual_Controller
1)  0/0/0/2/0/0/0        ext_bus    PCIe_SAS_SmartArray_P410i_RAID_Controller
2)  0/0/0/2/0/0/0.0x0.0x1000000c0000000 disk       HP_EH0300FBQDD
3)  0/0/0/2/0/0/0.0x0.0x1010000c0000000 disk       HP_EH0300FBQDD
4)  0/0/0/5/0/0/0        fc         HP_451871-B21_8Gb_Dual_Port_PCIe_Fibre_Channel_Mezzanine_(FC_Port_1)
5)  0/0/0/5/0/0/1        fc         HP_451871-B21_8Gb_Dual_Port_PCIe_Fibre_Channel_Mezzanine_(FC_Port_2)
6)  0/0/0/29/0           usb        Intel_UHCI_Controller
7)  0/0/0/29/1           usb        Intel_UHCI_Controller
8)  0/0/0/29/7           usb        Intel_EHCI_64-bit_Controller
9)  0/0/0/30/0/4/0       graphics   PCI_Display_(1002515e)
10)  0/120                processor  Processor
11)  0/122                processor  Processor
12)  0/124                processor  Processor
13)  0/126                processor  Processor
14)  0/128                processor  Processor
15)  0/130                processor  Processor
16)  0/132                processor  Processor
17)  0/134                processor  Processor
18)  1/0/0/2/0/0/0        ext_bus    PCIe_SAS_SmartArray_P410i_RAID_Controller
19)  1/0/0/5/0/0/0        fc         HP_451871-B21_8Gb_Dual_Port_PCIe_Fibre_Channel_Mezzanine_(FC_Port_1)
20)  1/0/0/5/0/0/1        fc         HP_451871-B21_8Gb_Dual_Port_PCIe_Fibre_Channel_Mezzanine_(FC_Port_2)
21)  1/120                processor  Processor
22)  1/122                processor  Processor
23)  1/124                processor  Processor
24)  1/126                processor  Processor
25)  1/128                processor  Processor
26)  1/130                processor  Processor
27)  1/132                processor  Processor
28)  1/134                processor  Processor
29)  64000/0x0/0x0        escsi_ctlr USB_Mass_Storage_Virt_Ctlr

Enter the index corresponding to the device to use
as the installation source, 'r' to rescan, or 'q' to reboot:

Background: I am trying to install the new BL870c i4 machine via Ignite from Ignite_Server C.7.12.519.

The machine nicely communicates via TFTP, it contacts Ignite_Server, downloads install image for 11v3, however, when trying to use associated network card again, it is not able to find it. Rescan of course does not help.

Have anybody of you, guys, have stumbled upon such an issue?

[Torsten.]

Ignite too old?

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=IGNITEUXB

current version is 7.18!

Maybe this can help too:

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02793471

What is the OS version do you want to install?

Must be 2012.09 or newer, AFAIR.

[DuKul]

Hi,

yes, the Ignite is quite old, however I have been trying other troubleshootings around as the Ignite resides on production server :-)

I have checked the advisory earlier - I do not have the problem with DVD. I am trying to install HP-UX 11v3 March2014 release, via the network. One i4 machine has been installed via local virtual DVD mount - it is OK, however, I need to have solved this problem for the future possible restores via Ignite (net_recovery).

Anyway, update of the Ignite is an option. AFAIK the newest version of the Ignite has to be accompanied with PAX-Enh utilities, which I am not yet familiar with....As PAX-Enh deals with ACLs, any thing one has to bear in mind?

[Torsten.]

OK, installation is one point, proove ignite to work is another.

I successfully installed several such blades like this:

Install the first blade and configure, insert another pair of disks in a free blade, create a logical drive and clone the OS via drd clone. This takes around 15 minutes or less. Then take these disks to the next blade, start in single user and and run set_parms initial. Works great. Once done, you could test making an ignite backup of a blade and restore it.

[Torsten.]

Additional advise:

Switch the smart array controller to RAID mode and install the OS onto a logical drive.

Otherwise the disk replacement will be a pain once a disk will fail.

;-)

[DuKul]

That's a nice trick, thanks ;-) . However I cannot go physically to the DC to do the exchanges of the blades....so I have to remain at "remote admin" place, ya know.

I will try to update Ignite.....

Anyway, I have found the doc which is dealing with pretty the same issue, however in HPVM, when it is caused by too low a memory. Perhaps Ignite, or EFI cannot assign more memory than 2GB during the process. I have investigated the possibility how to specify how much mem should EFI/Ignite use for the client, but I was not able to find....