Thus spake Arevalo, Carlos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Brian,
>
> When you asked be about swap space, I told you that we are using swap, and it's
> currently set to:
>
> Swapon /dev/cciss/disc0/part3 || shellout
> Adding Swap: 2097112k swap-space (priority -1)
>
> Just want to clarify that when you asked me about swap, this is what you were
> referring to.
Yes it is. This looks fine.
> I set FEC= 8x8/128 and it still failed when it got around 484740256 (~ 400's MB)
Bummer. Hmm.
> But the install failed again. Looks like the ramdisk is full, any way to increase
> ramdisk?
Yes. You can add the following append parameter to your boot loader
configuration file (probably /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default in your
case):
tmpfs_size=<size_in_bytes>
You probably want to set this to roughly 1.5GB:
tmpfs_size=1500000000
-Brian
>
> Carlos Ar?valo
> hp
> HPTC
> Phone: 603-884-3390
> Fax: 603-884-5191
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Elliott Finley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:16 PM
> To: Arevalo, Carlos
> Cc: SISuite Users
> Subject: Re: [Sisuite-devel] Multicasting Errors
>
>
> Carlos,
>
> I notice that you have changed:
>
> FEC = 8x8/128
> to
> FEC = 8x2/128
>
> Was this on purpose? This could definitely cause a failure such as you describe.
> The number after the x indicates the level of redundancy in the multicast stream. A
> higher number means more redundant streams, and makes it less likely that a client
> will miss part of a stream.
>
> Try setting it back to 8x8/128 if you can, and let me know how that goes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Brian
>
>
>
> Thus spake Arevalo, Carlos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Here it is my flamethrower.conf file
> >
> >
> >
> > Carlos Ar?valo
> > hp
> > HPTC
> > Phone: 603-884-3390
> > Fax: 603-884-5191
> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Elliott Finley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 4:12 PM
> > To: Arevalo, Carlos
> > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-devel] Multicasting Errors
> >
> >
> > #
> > # option-144 tells your autoinstallclient to spool the image into a
> > # tmpfs
> > # prior to laying it down on disk. It is not certain that this is
> > # always
> > # a good thing to do. And if you're feeling gutsy and want to try it,
> > # be
> > # sure that your (memory + swap) is at least twice the size of your
> > # image
> > # or your image transfer will fail when the tmpfs filesystem gets
> > # full!!!
> > # If unsure, say "no".
> > #
> > option option-144 "n";
> >
> >
> > Thus spake Arevalo, Carlos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > In regards of this issue, the following is my hardware
> > > configuration:
> > >
> > > Server: DL360 - G3 (2 GB memory), Network Driver: bmc5700
> > >
> > > Client: DL360 - G3 (2 GB memory), Network adapter: (embedded)
> > > Compaq NC7781 PCI-X 10/100/1000 Gigabit NICs with WOL (Wake on LAN) &
> > > PXE support
> > >
> > > Network Switch: Procurve 2650 (10/100)
> > >
> > >
> > > I have tried setting FULL DUPLEX (on & off) with the same result. I
> > > keep getting "pipeline full error messages" on the client.
> > >
> > > Tried MAX_BITRATE = 20M and it goes through 95% of the download and
> > > then it fails/retries.
> > >
> > >
> > > Could it be the network driver on the client side? Or some other
> > > issue
> > > at the client side?
> > >
> > > I have updated SI from 3.1.2 to 3.1.4 with the same issue.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Carlos Arevalo
> > > hp
> > > HPTC
> > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brian Elliott Finley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 6:46 PM
> > > To: Arevalo, Carlos
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [Sisuite-devel] Multicasting Errors
> > >
> > >
> > > Thus spake Arevalo, Carlos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I downloaded SI 3.1.2 and the newly released Flamethrower RPMs to
> > > > setup systemimager on a DL360g3 system.
> > > >
> > > > I got the server installed and running and I could install a
> > > > client without multicasting (flamethower) running. However, with
> > > > multicasting
> > >
> > > > enabled, I am getting too many retransmit errors when the client
> > > > is trying to copy its main image from the image server, after the
> > > > specified number of retries.
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the /tmp/udp-receiver.compC1 (compC1 =
> > > > imageName)....... Error file, I see pipeline full! Errors.
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > > > <<multicastError.jpg>>
> > > > The attached snapshot shows the Pipeline full error message.
> > > >
> > > > My flamethrower.conf file has the FEC (Forward Error Correction)
> > > > option set to 8*8/128 & MAX_BITRATE = 40M
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone seen these errors given by flamethrower? What
> > > > parameters should I try to change so that the pipeline doesn't get
> > > > full?
> > >
> > > If you are getting "pipeline full" errors, that is an indication
> > > that
> > > the client is failing to write the data as fast as it receives it.
> > >
> > > MAX_BITRATE is a good option to tweak. You might try setting it
> > > really low -- seems like 20M works for me on a notebook w/IDE disk
> > > acting as server and IDE client. That's extremely conservative, but
> > > you can try something really small, and work your way up.
> > >
> > > What network equipment (NICs, Switch(es), etc.) are you using?
> > >
> > > -Brian
> > >
> > >
> > > > I am using a DL360 g3 client, running Reh Hat 7.3 SystemImager
> > > > 3.1.2
> > > > with the latest Flamethrower RPM.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for the help!
> > > >
> > > > Carlos Ar?valo
> > > > hp
> > > > HPTC
> > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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