Kyle McDonald wrote: > Hi All, > > Currently I have the Solaris DHCP server setup to answer PXE boot > requests and allow machines to JumpStart or KickStart. > > I recently installed a new switch to increase capacity (ports and > backplane) and I can't be sure if it happenned at the same time but the > PXE boots seem to be behaving differently now. > > On one set of machines that are directly connected to the same switch > that the DHCP server is connected to, the Broadcom PXE boot banner spins > for a while and prints 5 '.' before getting an answer. On another set of > machines that is actually 1 switch away it takes 3 '.' before a response > is seen. I remember this process being much quicker in the past. > > This is all with no DHCP relaying, and all on the same subnet. Snoop for > some reason doesn't show a 'discover' request until late also and shows > an answer for the first request seen, so if the PXE rom is sending out > requests the whole time the spinner is spinning, then I don't see them > coming through on the server. Where could they be getting lost and why? >
I would presume it's taking some time for link negotiation and STP. Dave
