booting a integrity rx2600 server from ignite server

[Jack Coolidge]

I'm trying to boot a integrity rx2600 from a ignite server running 11.11. The ignite-ux version on the 11.11 server is B.4.1.61. The client fails to boot. The client doesn't have an OS installed so I'm trying to boot the client from the EFI boot manager. It doesn't seem to be a network problem as there are other non-integrity systems on the same switch that can boot from the ignite server.

The following error message is shown on the client:

Running LoadFile()

Starting: venus lan0

@(#) HP-UX IA64 Network Bootstrap Program Revision 1.0
Downloading HPUX bootloader
TFTP failed due to - 0x8000000000000012
Press Any Key To Continue ...

This problem seems specific to integrity server only. Can someone help?

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

I do not know the rp2400 but could it be that you try booting on gbit lan. I rememeber something about that that did not work. Can you try is on 100Mbit.

Gideon

[Jack Coolidge]

I'm booting the client using the 100BaseT lan card.

[Steven E. Protter]

You can only boot Ignite off the BUILT in lan card.

Not add in 100 Base T or anything else.

instl_adm -d

that will show current configuration.

After booting, you can run the actual transfer through any NIC you want.

on the server

tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

then boot Ignite client watching the log output. This will lead you to the problem.

SEP

[Steven E. Protter]

Something always comes to mind AFTER i hit submit.

1) The CORE OS must be swcopied to the Ignite server for the install to work right.
2) If the server is PA-RISC, you will need an Itanium Core OS cd to build secondary core OS for your Itanium clients.

SEP

[Scot Bean]

I think SEP is heading in the right direction.

Ignite support for Itanium 11.22 started with release version 4.x.

Ignite support for Itanium 11.23 started with version 5.x.

Your 11.11 server can run this, may need to install the Itanium modules, tho.

[Jack Coolidge]

I think my server is setup correctly as I can install other IPF systems from it. I'm using the builtin lan card to boot my client.

Tailing the syslog.log file on the server, showed the following messages:

Mar 2 10:34:47 cornholio tftpd[4281]: Timeout (no requests in 10 minutes)
Mar 2 10:43:53 cornholio tftpd[4338]: Transfer timed out
Mar 2 10:53:28 cornholio tftpd[4336]: Timeout (no requests in 10 minutes)
Mar 2 10:57:06 cornholio tftpd[4389]: Transfer timed out

Could it be that the tftpd requires a longer timeout interval for the integrity servers?

[Simon Lowther]

installing itanium systems requires extra configuration on the ignite server, so the srevers bootp responds to the itanium systems anonymous boot requests

follow link for details

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90788/00/00/17-con.html#bgbdhfeg

[Pratyush Paul_1]

Hi -

Probably tftp is not working. Please do this from the client.

#tftp
tftp> connect
tftp>status
tftp>get /tmp/pp ( any file under /tmp)

should get the following

code violation ( then you are fine)
time out ( you will not be able to ignite)

Ignite uses the built in LAN, hence Gigabit ethernet cannot be used.

Check the default on the ignite server.

#instl_adm -d

you should see an entry as
init _hp_lanadmin_args="-S 1"

if it is not there you have to do this.

#instl_adm -d > /tmp/config
#vi /tmp/config (edit and include the init line)
#instl_adm -f /tmp/config ( will update the defaults)
#instl_adm -d ( to see if it had been included)

Please let me know if this works.

regards

Pratyush