Hi,
   You can try to add it to bootparams.addkcmdline by tabedit bootparams
or chdef <nodenames> addkcmdline="rdloaddriver=scsi_dh_rdac"

Hope it helps,

Ling

Ling Gao
Poughkeepsie Unix Development Lab
IBM Systems and Technology Group
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From:   viviano.b...@epamail.epa.gov
To:     xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Date:   12/07/2012 12:16 PM
Subject:        [xcat-user] Adding kernel parameters to stateless images.



Good morning, 
        I've searched Google and the xCAT WIKI and just couldn't find the 
answer.  If I missed the FAQ, sorry.  I have an iDataplex cluster with 
GPFS and xCAT 2.7.6 (yum install) on RHEL 6.3.  The GPFS nodes are 
stateless attached to a DS3500.  We're having the RDAC / FC timing issues 
detailed in this Redhat Knowledge article: 

        https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/solutions/18746 

I've found a work around, which is to add "rdloaddriver=scsi_dh_rdac" to 
the kernel boot line.  I've tested it by editing the boot file in 
/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes for one of the GPFS nodes and adding 
rdloaddriver to "imgargs kernel" and rebooting.  My boot time went from >7 
minutes after POST to < 30 seconds, with no errors on the ghost paths. 
But, I can't find which tabch/tabedit settings I need to use to adjust to 
make it permanent.  Editing bootparms and running nodeset didn't work. How 
do I permanently add a value to "kcmdline" for a stateless node, without 
breaking what is already set there. 

        Thanks, 
                -Brad Viviano 

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High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualization
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