All you need to do to check is to attach it to a monitor and watch as it boots. It will say something (or most do anyway) about sending a DHCP request and pause to wait for a response.
On 2/1/07, Zhimin Xiong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am sorry that I don't know how to monitor a node whether it sends a dhcp > request, of course, I am sure I have set the BIOS of all nodes to boot from > network. > > The attached is the installation log file. > > > > On 2/1/07, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you have not successfully built a client image, then there is not > > much point in collecting the MAC addresses. I would at least run the > > start_over script, if not start from a clean OS install now that you > > are starting to get the hang of things. > > > > Until you get experience with what parts of OSCAR are more optional, > > it is best to follow all the steps in order until they have completed > > successfully. If you have problems, it is safest to run the > > start_over script and try again from the beginning. You also must log > > out and log back in again if you want to be sure that your environment > > is clean of the trash from the last install. > > > > Have you hooked a monitor to one of the nodes and made sure that it > > actually sending out a DHCP request? It looks different depending on > > what BIOS is used, but it generally lists the MAC address on screen > > when it is sending out the DHCP request. If the node is not sending > > out a request, the head node can not receive it... > > > > On 2/1/07, Zhimin Xiong < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks a lot to Michael! > > > > > > Yes, I disabled the firewall. However, I thought the procedure is that > > > firstly collect mac addresses, and then enable install mode, then > configure > > > dhcp server, and lastly setup network boot. So maybe that is the > problem. > > > But after I imported macs from the file, and then click "enable install > > > mode" and then "setup network boot", the nodes also couldn't boot on. > > > > > > Another question is that "Dynamic DHCP update" and "configure DHCP > server", > > > defaultly, "Dynamic DHCP update" is checked, so should I click > "configure > > > DHCP server"? When I clicked "configure DHCP server", it seems that dhcp > > > server couldn't be started. > > > > > > Now, the other point is that I activated the public network, maybe OSCAR > > > head is not the first dhcp server the nodes recognized. > > > > > > Lastly, after I failed to install it and shut down the head node, there > are > > > some problems when I want to install OSCAR again. From the install > manual, I > > > need to excute /opt/oscar/scripts/start_over, after doing that, I also > have > > > troubles when do a second installation of OSCAR, for example, step > 4---build > > > oscar client, step 5--define oscar clients. All in all, the question is > that > > > whether I need to execute the script "start_over", if is not, whether I > need > > > to perform step 0--5 again. > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/1/07, Michael Edwards < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Did you push the "Setup Network Boot" button on the same window before > > > > you started collecting addresses? If this does not work, you can try > > > > making a boot CD if your nodes have CD drives. > > > > > > > > OSCAR's setup more or less assumes that your nodes are networked in > > > > such a way that the first DHCP server they can see is the OSCAR head > > > > node. If you aren't sure if this is true, try isolating the cluster > > > > from the outside network and try network booting again. > > > > > > > > Also double check and make sure the firewall on the head node is > > > > turned off and that there is a working network between your nodes and > > > > the head node. I occasionally forget to turn the switch power on, and > > > > silly things like that myself. > > > > > > > > If you want to post a zipped version of your oscarinstall.log file it > > > > might be helpful. > > > > > > > > On 1/31/07, Zhimin Xiong < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, All! > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to install OSCAR 5 on Fedora Core 5, however, I > encountered > > > a > > > > > problem > > > > > when collecting mac address. I couln't get any mac address, and all > the > > > > > compute node > > > > > couldn't boot from the network, and from the output it seems that > dhcp > > > on > > > > > headnode is > > > > > difficult to start on. So I don't know what is the core problem, > and > > > how to > > > > > solve it? Any > > > > > suggestion is appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Zhimin Xiong > > > > > > > > > > State Key Lab. of Polymer Physics & Chemistry > > > > > Institute of Chemistry > > > > > Chinese Academy of Sciences > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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