Hi,
Are you saying that kcmdline and initrd does not need to be defined anymore
for a diskless installation? So how does the new xCAT knows where to get
initrd and the kcmdline for pxe boot?
I checked this path /tftpboot/petitboot/ but I don't have it on my
environment.
Thanks.
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Casandra H Qiu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> For better performance, nodeset will not add kcmdline and initrd to node
> definition any more.
> But you can find those in the /tftpboot/petitboot/nodename after ran
> nodeset command.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Casandra
>
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> PM---Hello, I have installed a new version of xcat v2.13 on CentOS7]"J.
> Smith" ---07/20/2017 05:48:55 PM---Hello, I have installed a new version of
> xcat v2.13 on CentOS7 and have migrated
>
> From: "J. Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Date: 07/20/2017 05:48 PM
> Subject: [xcat-user] Issue when running nodeset - kcmdline & initrd not
> set using xcat 2.13 and CentOS7
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have installed a new version of xcat v2.13 on CentOS7 and have migrated
> my xcat tables from another xcat server that was running CentOS6 with xcat
> 2.9
>
> The migrated data looks fine but when adding new nodes, I see some
> incomplete information after I run nodeset. For instance on node 113 there
> is no information set on kcmdline & initrd. Information copied over from
> xcatdump for node 102 looks fine.
> Does anyone has any suggestions?
>
> New Environment Information:
>
> 2 Managements Nodes set for HA using GPFS to share the xCAT data and I use
> a VIP Interface to bring up xcat services.
>
> Virtual IP Alias Address: xcatmn 192.168.248.60
> Primary Management Node: ms1 192.168.248.61
> Secondary Management Node: ms2 192.168.248.62
>
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsxcatd -v
> Version 2.13.3 (git commit 7f9e0b57554c3a1975b83308935b7d183c632a9d,
> built Thu Apr 13 01:56:07 EDT 2017)
>
> CentOS 7
> Linux ms1 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
>
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsdef -t site -l
> Object name: clustersite
> SNsyncfiledir=/var/xcat/syncfiles
> auditnosyslog=0
> auditskipcmds=ALL
> blademaxp=64
> cleanupxcatpost=no
> consoleondemand=no
> databaseloc=/var/lib
> db2installloc=/mntdb2
> dhcpinterfaces=em3:0
> dhcplease=43200
> dnshandler=ddns
> domain=*panther.net* <http://panther.net/>
> enableASMI=no
> forwarders=131.94.205.10,131.94.7.220
> fsptimeout=0
> installdir=/install
> ipmimaxp=64
> ipmiretries=3
> ipmitimeout=2
> master=192.168.248.60
> maxssh=8
> nameservers=192.168.248.61,192.168.248.62
> nodesyncfiledir=/var/xcat/node/syncfiles
> ntpservers=ms1,ms2
> powerinterval=0
> ppcmaxp=64
> ppcretry=3
> ppctimeout=0
> sharedtftp=1
> sshbetweennodes=ALLGROUPS
> syspowerinterval=0
> tftpdir=/tftpboot
> timezone=America/New_York
> useNmapfromMN=no
> vsftp=n
> xcatconfdir=/etc/xcat
> xcatdport=3001
> xcatiport=3002
> xcatsslversion=TLSv1
>
> Migrated data for node 102 looks fine:
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsdef n102
> Object name: n102
> arch=x86_64
> bmc=r102
> currstate=netboot centos6.5-x86_64-panther-pec6220
> groups=panther-pem420,dell
> hostnames=n102
> initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-
> pec6220/initrd-stateless.gz
> installnic=em1
> ip=192.168.248.142
> kcmdline=imgurl=
> *http://xcatmn:80//install/netboot/centos6.5/x86_64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz*
> <http://xcatmn//install/netboot/centos6.5/x86_64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz>
> XCAT=xcatmn:3001 NODE=n102 FC=0 ifname=em1:F8:CA:B8:A9:0E:04 netdev=em1
> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
> kernel=xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/kernel
> mac=F8:CA:B8:A9:0E:04
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=pxe
> os=centos6.5
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,otherpkgs,syncfiles,panther-
> bondtrunknics,panther-ldap,panther-nouserlogin,panther-
> engineerlicense,panther-resolv,panther-yumrepo-
> centos65,panther-rpms,panther-mlnx-ofed,panther-upgradegpfs-
> diskless-4.2.1-2,panther-setupgpfs,panther-lsf
> power=impi
> primarynic=em1
> profile=panther-pec6220
> provmethod=centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220
> serialport=0
> serialspeed=115200
> status=booted
> statustime=02-08-2017 16:57:05
> updatestatus=synced
> updatestatustime=03-30-2017 17:15:00
> xcatmaster=xcatmn
>
>
> New added node 113 is not setup properly, there is no information set on
> kcmdline & initrd
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsdef n113
> Object name: n113
> arch=x86_64
> bmc=r113
> currstate=netboot centos6.5-x86_64-panther-pec6220
> groups=panther-pem420,dell
> hostnames=n113
> installnic=em1
> ip=192.168.248.153
> mac=48:4D:7E:81:F2:93
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=pxe
> os=centos6.5
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,otherpkgs,syncfiles,panther-
> bondtrunknics,panther-ldap,panther-nouserlogin,panther-
> engineerlicense,panther-resolv,panther-yumrepo-
> centos65,panther-rpms,panther-mlnx-ofed,panther-upgradegpfs-
> diskless-4.2.1-2,panther-setupgpfs,panther-lsf
> power=impi
> primarynic=em1
> profile=panther-pec6220
> provmethod=centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220
> serialport=0
> serialspeed=115200
> xcatmaster=xcatmn
>
>
> Thanks!
>
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