During ignite install HPVM Guest crash ,SSN_ASSERT: Assertion failure at

[vandevoort]

Hi,
we discovered on several systems ( blades BL870 and BL860C) systems during installing an new Guest from Ignite
that this will crash : see logging below:

Shell> lanboot select -dn profahp002
01 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Mac(FABA15542FF1)
02 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(A2DA5F1F9633)
03 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(121AC610B7EC)
Select Desired LAN: 01
Selected Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Mac(FABA15542FF1)


Client MAC Address: FA BA 15 54 2F F1
Client IP Address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
BOOTP Server IP Address: XXX.XXX.XXX.YYY <- hidden
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 (172 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (172 bytes)
Obtaining size of AUTO (172 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (172 bytes)



Obtaining size of AUTO (172 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (172 bytes)
1. target OS is B.11.31 IA
2. Exit Boot Loader

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

Obtaining size of AUTO (172 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (172 bytes)
Obtaining size of Rel_B.11.31/IINSTALL (52351286 bytes)
Downloading file Rel_B.11.31/IINSTALL (52351286 bytes)
> System Memory = 17402 MB
loading section 0
...................................................................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
.................... (complete)
loading symbol table
Obtaining size of Rel_B.11.31/IINSTALLFS SSN_ASSERT: Assertion failure at P:\EFI.41bl3\edk\drivers\ssnundi\undi.c(1546): IrdIndex != AdapterInfo->SsnInfo.ProdIrdIndex
EASSERT FAILED: P:\EFI.41bl3\edk\drivers\ssnundi\undi.c(1546): IrdIndex != AdapterInfo->SsnInfo.ProdIrdIndexN




*** A fatal error has occurred -- VM terminated ***

By restart Guest from Host and restart system will continuing installing.

sometimes this occurs more than once after each other, It seems that resetting the lan interface on the host , will solved this for a while , repeating installing other guest via same interface can result in same crashes.
we have HP-UX 11V3 2009 HPVM 4.1 , patches and bundles up to March 2010 , Ignite Version C.7.8.201 .
I had same kind of problem in another environment year ago on 11v3 ( sep 2008) HPVM 4.0 and lower version Ignite ..


does someone got an idea?

[Anonymous]

It will be fixed in HPVM V4.2 patch later this year. Log a HP support case if you are interested in tempfix.
Or use workaround - either try multiple times or install using VIO and switch to AVIO after wards.

[vandevoort]

Thanks ..
question do I have to Upgrade to HPVM4.2 ?
or will this patch also be available or suitable for HPVM4.0 and or HPVM4.1
greetings Wim .

[Paul D. Simpson]

I am seeing the same issue on an rx7640 running VSE4.0 on HPUX 11.31.

The Assertion failure during ignite panics & reboots my rx7640 host server

Anyone else seen this?


SCREEN DUMP FROM GUEST:

Shell> lanboot select -dn Ignite
01 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(E6BD96E0234C)
02 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Mac(4ABADBE7F5E9)
Select Desired LAN: 01
Selected Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(E6BD96E0234C)


Client MAC Address: E6 BD 96 E0 23 4C
Client IP Address: 10.10.73.56
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
BOOTP Server IP Address: 172.16.232.99
Gateway IP Address: 10.10.73.1
DHCP Server IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Boot file name: /opt/ignite/boot/hpux.efi

Retrieving File Size.
Retrieving File (TFTP).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 2.036

Booting from Lan
Obtaining size of AUTO (224 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (224 bytes)
Obtaining size of AUTO (224 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (224 bytes)



Obtaining size of AUTO (224 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (224 bytes)
1. target OS is B.11.23 IA
2. target OS is B.11.31 IA
3. Exit Boot Loader

Choose an operating system to install that your hardware supports:2

Obtaining size of AUTO (224 bytes)
Downloading file AUTO (224 bytes)
Obtaining size of Rel_B.11.31/IINSTALL (51055320 bytes)
Downloading file Rel_B.11.31/IINSTALL (51055320 bytes)
> System Memory = 4090 MB
loading section 0
.................................................................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
................. (complete)
loading symbol table
Obtaining size of Rel_B.11.31/IINSTALLFS SSN_ASSERT: Assertion failure at P:\EFI.40bl10\edk\drivers\ssnundi\undi.c(1546): IrdIndex != AdapterInfo->SsnInfo.ProdIrdIndex
EASSERT FAILED: P:\EFI.40bl10\edk\drivers\ssnundi\undi.c(1546): IrdIndex != AdapterInfo->SsnInfo.ProdIrdIndexN


CONSOLE THEN FREEZES AS HOST IS PANICKING

[Ed Budurka]

Well this is my first attempt at answering a question (I'm a newbie), so sorry if i mess up the protocol. I stumbled onto your problem, exactly what I've been experiencing past few days. After much research, I believe the answer to this problem (at least mine is now resolved). There is an older HP document http://docs.hp.com/en/7947/UsingIgniteWithHPVMmay05.pdf detailing use of Ignite and Integrity VM's. Go to pages 4 and 5. My problem was apparently a disconnect between the new VM client and theIgnite server. I resolved this by editting the /etc/bootptab file on the Ignite server to include a reference to my new VM Client (ip address, mac address (use hpvmstatus -P yourvmclient to get it). I then went thru the power on, reset sequence and all was well and Ignite install then worked fine. I'm now booted up and Ignite aware etc etal.

[Eric SAUBIGNAC]

Bonsoir,

Just an update to this thread : PROBLEM STILL EXISTS WITH HPVM 4.2 / HP-UX 11iv3 March 2010 / IGNITE C.7.10.472. Host boxes are BL870c. Virtual NICs in the VM are AVIO.

It finally worked without moving virtual NIC from AVIO to VIO, but I don't know exactly how :-( I have some leads :

- The Name/IP of the VM I was trying to install was not referenced in the DNS. Corrected.

- The Ignite feature is assumed by the VM Host. The VM Host/Ignite server and the VM are not on the same IP subnet. But because I use dbprofiles, it is not supposed to be a problem since the different IP subnets are routed together. Anyway, I did a ping from the VM Host to the VM during the whole install process.

- I tried twice or three times without success before correcting the 2 points above. Maybe when I resumed again and it finally worked, it was just due to the workaround mentionned by Stan Moravec : "... either try multiple times ..."

Not sure this post will help. Just be aware that you could also find the problem with latest versions.

Eric

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

There are required 4.1 patches that deal with this issue.

Note: Windows 2003 is supported on HPVM 4.1, Windows 2008 is supported on HPVN 4.2

There may be no release that supports both and Microsoft has dropped support for HPVM on HP-UX hardware for the next version of Windows.

SEP