great, we'll give it a try... right now, the config for our switch (6509) is the same for all, but I will double check that and try it out if it is not set that way... -----Original Message----- From: Ajay Shekhawat [mailto:ajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:24 PM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Intel Pro 1000 woes (DHCP) Do you have a Cisco switch? I found that it was the culprit in a similar situation that we had. We had to set the STP on the ports to 'port-fast'. Here's a snippet from a 'howto' somewhere on the net: Setup 'spanning-tree portfast': Without this option, DHCP may fail because it takes too long for a port to come online after a machine powers up. Do not set spanning-tree portfast on ports that will connect to other switches. Do the following on each port on your switch: cisco> conf t cisco> int Fa/1 cisco> spanning-tree portfast cisco> exit cisco> int Fa/2 cisco> spanning-tree portfast cisco> exit Hope this helps, Ajay On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 03:18:31PM -0700, Jay Christopherson wrote: > on a secondary note (and btw, thanks Scott), does anyone know if there is > anything different about the way the Poweredge 1650 or the Intel Pro 1000 > broadcasts for dhcp? A dhcp broadcast is a dhcp broadcast right? > > The issue is that I am doing kickstarting in a network with multiple vlans; > routing is handled on an internal router. ip helper and ip > directed-broadcast have been enabled. > > When I start a 1650 with the kickstart disk, it starts looking for dynamic > ip, but never gets one. When I run tcpdump on the dhcp server, I never see > the broadcasts from the 1650. > > So, network problem right? So I thought, but then I decided to take a > PowerEdge 2550 (with Intel 10/100 onboard for eth0), and plug the 1650's > network link into this box, just to see... and it worked perfectly! The > 2550 broadcasted for an IP, showed up on the dhcp server, and got an ip... > > So, maybe the interface on the 1650 was not being configured by the > kickstart disk right? Wrong! I ran a crossover cable from the 1650 to the > dhcp server and it was able to successfully get an ip address... > > So, the only thing I can think of is that there is something different about > the way the Pro 1000 card is broadcasting such that the broadcasts are not > being propogated through the switch or the router because they are different > in nature that the broadcast from a standard 10/100 interface... but that > really doesn't make much sense to me... > > anyone see any similar problems? > > - Jay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Croft [mailto:secroft@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:14 AM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Intel Pro 1000 woes > > > I provided Jay with the custom image I built and used for a couple of > systems and you can also download and use the Compaq custom image for RH > 7.2. > One of the main issues with the custom image is re-compression after > changes are made and I ran into a space issue with the disk. I then > switched to the nfs ks.cfg and now have moved on to testing the > utilization of the iLO port on the compaq system. The problem with that > is the web server they hard code onto the iLO chip is IE specific and > I'm running a Linux desktop, so accessing the port is a pain. > > Scott > > On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 07:23, Jason Edgecombe wrote: > > Jay Christopherson wrote: > > > I have been trying to kickstart a Delll Poweredge 1650 w/ 7.2. Dell has > > > seen fit to only include the Intel Pro 1000 GNIC's onboard. > Unfortunately, > > > neither 7.2 (nor 7.3) boot disks come with the e1000 driver in the > > > initrd.img. > > > > > > I have added the module from the base install (no good, Dell reports > that > > > the redhat provided driver is not compatible), the Dell recommended > driver > > > (no good, gets unresolved symbols), and the Intel provided driver (no > good, > > > unresolved symbols). I have built these modules on a plain vanilla 7.2 > > > system and successfully installed the modules by hand, so I know the > modules > > > are good. I just don't know why the insmod is failing during the > kickstart > > > process. > > > > > > Has anyone had any luck (or even tried) kickstarting a server with Pro > 1000 > > > interface cards? > > > > > > - Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > > hi, > > > > I just installed RH 7.3 on a Dell PowerEdge 1650 a month ago. For RH > > 7.2, there is a driver disk from Dell I believe. RH 7.3 has native > > support for the Intel Pro 1000 on the drvnet.img driver disk. The Raid > > controller is also supported in RH 7.3 > > > > Sincerely, > > Jason Edgecombe > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -- > Scott Croft > Unix Services > Micron Technology, Inc. > (208) 368-1586 > secroft@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
