Verified the static/dynamic overlapping and that does not seem to be a
problem.  Also double checked the ip/mac and they are not
duplicated/overlapping.

Here is the lsdef of one of the problematic nodes:
bject name: ttlogin01
    arch=x86_64
    bmc=ttlogin01-bmc
    bmcpassword=PASSW0RD
    bmcusername=USERID
    currchain=boot
    currstate=install rhels6.2-x86_64-ttlogin6
    groups=ttlogin6,ttlogin6-profile,ipmiB,x3650m2,ttlogin,all
    initrd=xcat/rhels6.2/x86_64/initrd.img
    installnic=eth0
    ip=172.20.7.1
    kcmdline=nofb utf8
ks=http://172.20.0.1/install/autoinst/ttlogin01ksdevice=eth0
console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 noipv6
    kernel=xcat/rhels6.2/x86_64/vmlinuz
    mac=40:f2:e9:0d:e2:64
    mgt=ipmi
    mtm=7914AC1
    netboot=pxe
    nfsserver=172.20.0.1
    os=rhels6.2
    postbootscripts=otherpkgs,setupntp
    postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
    primarynic=eth0
    profile=ttlogin6
    provmethod=install
    serial=KQ0GV1M
    serialport=0
    serialspeed=115200
    status=installing
    statustime=11-26-2013 12:18:42
    supportedarchs=x86,x86_64
    switch=bnt101
    switchinterface=eth0
    switchport=29
    switchvlan=1
    tftpserver=172.20.0.1
    xcatmaster=172.20.0.1


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Russell Jones <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Verify you do not have dynamic and static networks overlapping for that
> network definition. Also verify you have configured the correct MAC address
> for that node in xcat and do not have overlapping MACs/IPs.
>
> What does an lsdef for one of the problem nodes look like?
>
>
>
> On 11/26/2013 2:54 PM, Damir Krstic wrote:
>
> We have couple of new x3550m4 that are not installing.  Basically after
> BMC has been programmed and nodes have been set to install, and for some
> reason, pxe boot process never goes beyond serving pxelinux.0 (please see
> the log file below:
>
>  ov 26 14:43:12 mgt dhcpd: DHCPACK on 172.20.7.1 to 40:f2:e9:0d:e2:64 via
> bond0
> Nov 26 14:43:12 mgt atftpd[10629]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 172.20.7.1:1929
> Nov 26 14:43:12 mgt atftpd[10629]: tsize option -> 13148
> Nov 26 14:43:12 mgt atftpd[10629]: blksize option -> 1468
> Nov 26 14:43:12 mgt atftpd[10629]: Server thread exiting
> Nov 26 14:43:12 mgt atftpd[10629]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 172.20.7.1:1930
> Nov 26 14:43:12 mgt atftpd[10629]: blksize option -> 1468
> Nov 26 14:43:12 mgt atftpd[10629]: Server thread exiting
> Nov 26 14:43:13 mgt atftpd[10629]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 172.20.7.1:1931
> Nov 26 14:43:13 mgt atftpd[10629]: blksize option -> 1468
> Nov 26 14:43:13 mgt atftpd[10629]: Server thread exiting
>
>  Here is the tcpdump from the management node when this happens:
>  14:33:20.626124 IP (tos 0x0, ttl  64, id 50528, offset 0, flags [none],
> proto: UDP (17), length: 68) <new-node>.informatik-lm > <mgt node>: [udp
> sum ok]  40 RRQ "pxelinux.0" octet tsize 0 blksize 1468
>
>  in the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg directory we have a directory that
> corresponds to the hex of the ip for the new node:
>
>  [root@mgt pxelinux.cfg]# ls -lrt AC140701
>  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 26 09:28 AC140702 -> ttlogin01
>
>  here is the content of the file:
>  root@mgt pxelinux.cfg]# cat ttlogin01
> #install rhels6.2-x86_64-ttlogin6
> DEFAULT xCAT
> LABEL xCAT
>  KERNEL xcat/rhels6.2/x86_64/vmlinuz
>  APPEND initrd=xcat/rhels6.2/x86_64/initrd.img repo=
> http://172.20.0.1/install/rhels6.2/x86_64/ ks=
> http://172.20.0.1/install/autoinst/ttlogin01 ksdevice=eth0 cmdline
> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
>   IPAPPEND 2
>
>  For some reason, tftpboot process never proceeds to the pxelinux.cfg
> directory after pxelinux.0 is served.
>
>  Stateless nodes on this cluster boot fine so I think our tftpboot
> environment is OK.  It's just these two nodes that have to be installed
> that are problematic.
>
>  Any help is appreciated.
>
>  Thanks,
> Damir.
>
>
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