Here you go:
[root@mn dhcpd]# lsdef analytics-n1
Object name: analytics-n1
addkcmdline=allow_unsupported_sfp=1
arch=x86_64
currchain=boot
currstate=boot
dhcpd.leases:
host analytics-n1 {
dynamic;
hardware ethernet 00:21:5e:e8:82:2c;
fixed-address 172.21.4.1;
supersede server.ddns-hostname = "analytics-n1";
supersede host-name = "analytics-n1";
if option user-class-identifier = "xNBA" and option
client-architecture = 00:00 {
supersede server.always-broadcast = 01;
supersede server.filename =
"http://${next-server}/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/analytics-n1";;
} elsif option user-class-identifier = "xNBA" and option
client-architecture = 00:09 {
supersede server.filename =
"http://${next-server}/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/analytics-n1.uefi";;
} elsif option client-architecture = 00:07 {
supersede server.filename = "xcat/xnba.efi";
} elsif option client-architecture = 00:00 {
supersede server.filename = "xcat/xnba.kpxe";
} else {
supersede server.filename = "";
}
}
[root@mn dhcpd]# cd /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes
[root@mn nodes]# cat analytics-n1
#!gpxe
#boot
exit
[root@mn nodes]# cat analytics-n1.uefi
#!gpxe
chain http://${next-server}/tftpboot/xcat/elilo-x64.efi -C
/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/analytics-n1.elilo
[root@mn nodes]# cat /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/analytics-n1.elilo
default="xCAT"
delay=0
image=/tftpboot/xcat/osimage/ubuntu-analytics-df/vmlinuz
label="xCAT"
initrd=/tftpboot/xcat/osimage/ubuntu-analytics-df/initrd.img
append="nofb utf8 auto
url=http://172.21.0.1/install/autoinst/analytics-n1 xcatd=172.21.0.1
mirror/http/hostname=172.21.0.1
netcfg/choose_interface=00:21:5e:e8:82:2c locale=en_US priority=critical
hostname=analytics-n1
live-installer/net-image=http://172.21.0.1/install/ubuntu14.04.2/x86_64//install/filesystem.squashfs
allow_unsupported_sfp=1 BOOTIF=%B"
On 19.05.2016 15:35, Jarrod Johnson wrote:
> Hmm, what does the dhcpd.leases look like for the node (furthest down 'host'
> declaration)… It should opt to not supply a boot payload…
>
> FROM: Russell Jones [mailto:russell-l...@jonesmail.me]
> SENT: Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:31 PM
> TO: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> SUBJECT: Re: [xcat-user] Ubuntu UEFI installation issue
>
> Unfortunately it is, the node is responding to the UEFI PXE request right
> after installation and booting into the installer like normal.
>
> I am modifying the image to run a postscript at the end of install to set the
> uefi boot back to PXE first using efibootmgr. I would prefer to have xCAT
> manage the node's boot like it always has through the chain table.
>
> If this is the "Wrong Thing(tm)" to do with UEFI I can definitely accept that
> and leave the boot order as it is, but it would be great to be able to
> actually control the install through xCAT, as opposed to having it do a
> "surprise install" if another admin pxe boots the node while xCAT has the
> node set to "boot".
>
> On 5/19/2016 3:05 PM, Jarrod Johnson wrote:
>
>> Does it pose an issue? What normally happens is that the DHCP server is
>> modified to just not answer UEFI pxe requests when there's no netboot
>> destination. This means if you do PXE, then it takes longer, but in *theory*
>> should still boot to drive.
>>
>> Also somewhat mitigated as most UEFI OSes modify the boot order to boot
>> themselves first anyway…
>>
>> FROM: Russell Jones [mailto:russell-l...@jonesmail.me]
>> SENT: Thursday, May 19, 2016 3:37 PM
>> TO: xCAT Users Mailing list
>> SUBJECT: [xcat-user] Ubuntu UEFI installation issue
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am putting together an osimage for Ubuntu 14 on IBM dx360 M2 nodes. The
>> installation process is installing fine, however at the end of the install
>> while chain.currstate gets set to boot, and
>> /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/nodename is getting set to boot,
>> /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/nodename.uefi is not.
>>
>> Specifically, that file contains the following:
>>
>> #!gpxe
>> chain http://${next-server}/tftpboot/xcat/elilo-x64.efi [3] -C
>> /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/analytics-n1.elilo
>>
>> analytics-n1.elilo contains:
>>
>> default="xCAT"
>> delay=0
>>
>> image=/tftpboot/xcat/osimage/ubuntu-analytics-df/vmlinuz
>> label="xCAT"
>> initrd=/tftpboot/xcat/osimage/ubuntu-analytics-df/initrd.img
>> append="nofb utf8 auto url=http://172.21.0.1/install/autoinst/analytics-n1
>> [4] xcatd=172.21.0.1 mirror/http/hostname=172.21.0.1
>> netcfg/choose_interface=00:21:5e:e8:82:2c locale=en_US priority=critical
>> hostname=analytics-n1
>> live-installer/net-image=http://172.21.0.1/install/ubuntu14.04.2/x86_64//install/filesystem.squashfs
>> [5] allow_unsupported_sfp=1 BOOTIF=%B"
>>
>> Which is making it do a reinstall and ignore the settings in
>> chain.currstate.
>>
>> For completeness, here's the contents of
>> /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/analytics-n1:
>>
>> #!gpxe
>> #boot
>> exit
>>
>> This is on xCAT 2.10. Any ideas on what the issue could be?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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