Ok,
I have reviewed that video several times, and it does not really answer my
questions.
As per the video, I have changed my ipmi table as such:
#node,bmc,bmcport,username,password,comments,disable
"n1","n1-bmc","0",,,,
"n2","n2-bmc","0",,,,
"n3","n3-bmc","0",,,,
"n4","n4-bmc","0",,,,
I also added the ipmi interfaces to the hosts table:
#node,ip,hostnames,otherinterfaces,comments,disable
"n1","10.0.0.25","n1","n1-bmc:10.0.0.15",,
"n2","10.0.0.26","n2","n2-bmc:10.0.0.16",,
"n3","10.0.0.27","n3","n3-bmc:10.0.0.17",,
"n4","10.0.0.28","n4","n4-bmc:10.0.0.18",,
When I try rpower n1 stat :
n1: Error: 13 code on opening RMCP+ session
n1: Error: 2 code on opening RMCP+ session
n1: Error: 2 code on opening RMCP+ session
n1: Error: timeout
I suspect this is an ipmi issue, not an xcat problem.
I use ipmitool to test the LAN config, I get this:
ipmitool -I lan -H n1-bmc -U root channel info
Password:
Activate Session command failed
Error: Unable to establish LAN session
Unable to Get Channel Info
They are all on the same network, and I applied static IP addresses to the BMC.
So, my management node cannot talk to the BMC on my compute nodes.
Any ideas why ?
Al Quiros
Florida International University
From: Russell Jones <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: xCAT Users Mailing list
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 16:12:27 -0500
To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Basic xCAT operation for a Newbie
All of this is covered in the video :-)
On 4/2/2012 4:00 PM, Evelio Quiros wrote:
Hi Russel,
Actually, I found it after I sent the email. The ipmi table now has this:
ipmi
#node,bmc,bmcport,username,password,comments,disable
"n1","n1-bmc",,,,,
"n2","n2-bmc",,,,,
"n3","n3-bmc",,,,,
"n4","n4-bmc",,,,,
I manually populated it instead of using regular expressions since there were
only 4 nodes.
I get this now:
rpower all stat|xcoll
n1: Error: Could not resolve n1-bmc to an address
n2: Error: Could not resolve n2-bmc to an address
n3: Error: Could not resolve n3-bmc to an address
n4: Error: Could not resolve n4-bmc to an address
Where do I specify the addresses for the bmc interface ? Isn't it just the same
address as eth0 ?
Thanks,
Al Q
From: Russell Jones <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: xCAT Users Mailing list
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:27:20 -0500
To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Basic xCAT operation for a Newbie
Hi Al,
ipmi
#node,bmc,bmcport,username,password,comments,disable
This can't be empty. If you review the video I sent you a while back it will
help you define the tables properly for ipmi remote power support:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rUJ3dy2hjQ
On 4/2/2012 2:29 PM, Evelio Quiros wrote:
Hello,
I am under the impression that the idea of xcat is to allow deployment and
provisioning of systems without having to touch each one or change the bios
settings.
After spending some time reviewing the documentation, I am still unable to get
xcat to contact my nodes.When trying rpower commands, I get a timeout error. I
am sure that there must be some fundamental piece missing in my setup, so let's
review what I have:
I have 2 networks, a private network and a (semi)public network. On all the
nodes (including management node), eth0 is on the private network, and eth1 is
on the public.
The public network has its own dhcp and dns server, so that part is taken care
of externally.
I have a dell C6100, a 4-node machine that is essentially 4 separate computers
in one box.
It is setup with all of the out-of-the-box defaults. These will be my compute
nodes (n1-n4).
These are the node I am trying to reach via xcat. These nodes and the
management node below are all on the same networks.
I have single management node running redhat linux 6.
I am running version 2.7 of the xcat code, installed from the repository via
yum. I also have the xcat-deps installed.
I added the nodes (only 4 of them) to the /etc/hosts manually. I also added
them to the hosts table in xcat.
I ran makenetworks, and edited the network table to disable the public network,
just keep the private net.
I ran makedns and makedhcp. I can reboot the nodes manually, and they come up
with their correct names and IP addresses.
I am able to view and edit the tables. This is a dump of the current table
structures I have.
Perhaps I am missing something in my tables ? Perhaps there is another
essential table I am missing ?
Thanks for your help,
Al Quiros
Florida international University
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site
#key,value,comments,disable
"domain","p.fiu.edu",,
"blademaxp","64",,
"fsptimeout","0",,
"installdir","/install",,
"ipmimaxp","64",,
"ipmiretries","3",,
"ipmitimeout","2",,
"consoleondemand","no",,
"master","10.0.0.3",,
"forwarders","131.94.205.10,131.94.7.220,131.94.69.36",,
"nameservers","10.0.0.3",,
"maxssh","8",,
"ppcmaxp","64",,
"ppcretry","3",,
"ppctimeout","0",,
"powerinterval","0",,
"syspowerinterval","0",,
"sharedtftp","1",,
"SNsyncfiledir","/var/xcat/syncfiles",,
"tftpdir","/tftpboot",,
"xcatdport","3001",,
"xcatiport","3002",,
"xcatconfdir","/etc/xcat",,
"timezone","America/New_York",,
"useNmapfromMN","no",,
"enableASMI","no",,
"db2installloc","/mntdb2",,
"databaseloc","/var/lib",,
"sshbetweennodes","ALLGROUPS",,
"dnshandler","ddns",,
"vsftp","n",,
"cleanupxcatpost","no",,
networks
#netname,net,mask,mgtifname,gateway,dhcpserver,tftpserver,nameservers,ntpservers,logservers,dynamicrange,nodehostname,ddnsdomain,vlanid,domain,comments,disable
"private","10.0.0.0","255.255.254.0","eth0","10.0.0.3","10.0.03","10.0.0.3","131.94.205.10,131.94.7.220",,,"10.0.0.10-10.0.0.128",,,,,,
"public_disabled","10.106.128.0","255.255.254.0","eth1","10.106.128.1",,"10.106.128.12",,,,,,,,,,"1"
nodelist
#node,groups,status,statustime,appstatus,appstatustime,primarysn,hidden,comments,disable
"n1","ipmi,compute,all",,,,,,,,
"n2","ipmi,compute,all",,,,,,,,
"n3","ipmi,compute,all",,,,,,,,
"n4","ipmi,compute,all",,,,,,,,
nodehm
#node,power,mgt,cons,termserver,termport,conserver,serialport,serialspeed,serialflow,getmac,comments,disable
"compute",,"ipmi",,,,,,,,,,
ipmi
#node,bmc,bmcport,username,password,comments,disable
mp
#node,mpa,id,nodetype,comments,disable
mpa
#mpa,username,password,comments,disable
noderes
#node,servicenode,netboot,tftpserver,tftpdir,nfsserver,monserver,nfsdir,installnic,primarynic,discoverynics,cmdinterface,xcatmaster,current_osimage,next_osimage,nimserver,routenames,comments,disable
"compute",,"pxe","10.0.0.3",,"10.0.0.3",,,"eth0","eth0",,,,,,,,,
"ipmi",,"pxe","10.0.0.3",,"10.0.0.3",,,"eth0","eth0",,,,,,,,,
passwd
#key,username,password,cryptmethod,comments,disable
"ipmi","root","password",,,
"omapi","xcat_key","eVlKQVFiOHg5NkFTa3pRdkhSVEZHeE1nN1RVRWZZc1Q=",,,
chain
#node,currstate,currchain,chain,ondiscover,comments,disable
"n1","runcmd=bmcsetup",,,,,
switch
#node,switch,port,vlan,interface,comments,disable
nodetype
#node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable
"n1","image","x86","rh5image-rh66-v0","image","x86,x86_64",,,
"n2","image","x86","rh5image-rh66-v0","image","x86,x86_64",,,
"n3","image","x86","rh5image-rh66-v0","image","x86,x86_64",,,
"n4","image","x86","rh5image-rh66-v0","image","x86,x86_64",,,
mac
#node,interface,mac,comments,disable
"n1","eth0","00:26:6C:FF:09:34",,
"n2","eth0","00:26:6C:FF:05:90",,
"n3","eth0","00:26:6C:FF:07:B4",,
"n4","eth0","00:26:6C:FE:FD:28",,
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