'handsoff' kickstarting with multiple nics

[Dick Davies]

Would you expect Cobbler to have trouble with machines that have 2 NICs?

Most of our kickstart clients are ESX nodes, but I've been doing a few
IBM HS21s this week, and
they stop during the kickstart and ask me which interface I want to
setup (eth0 or eth1).

Might this be anything to do with the fact they've been 'cobbler
buildiso'ed up (they're on
the last remaining non-PXE VLAN), so flags like  'ksdevice=bootif' don't apply?

Just wanted to check really. Thanks.

[Dominic LoBue]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Dick Davies
 wrote:
> Would you expect Cobbler to have trouble with machines that have 2 NICs?
>
> Most of our kickstart clients are ESX nodes, but I've been doing a few
> IBM HS21s this week, and
> they stop during the kickstart and ask me which interface I want to
> setup (eth0 or eth1).
>
> Might this be anything to do with the fact they've been 'cobbler
> buildiso'ed up (they're on
> the last remaining non-PXE VLAN), so flags like  'ksdevice=bootif' don't apply?
>
> Just wanted to check really. Thanks.
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
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Dick,

I am using cobbler to install HP servers that have 2 and 4 nics, and I
have not had any problems.

How far through the install process do you get before you are asked
which interface you want to use?

Dominic

[Jonas Hagberg]

I also have this problem, I needed to use ksdevice=link. I have done one 
kickstart test and did not get the question.
I got the question just before retrieving the ks file.

/Jonas

Dominic LoBue skrev:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Dick Davies
>  wrote:
> > Would you expect Cobbler to have trouble with machines that have 2 NICs?
> >
> > Most of our kickstart clients are ESX nodes, but I've been doing a few
> > IBM HS21s this week, and
> > they stop during the kickstart and ask me which interface I want to
> > setup (eth0 or eth1).
> >
> > Might this be anything to do with the fact they've been 'cobbler
> > buildiso'ed up (they're on
> > the last remaining non-PXE VLAN), so flags like  'ksdevice=bootif' don't apply?
> >
> > Just wanted to check really. Thanks.
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
> Dick,
>
> I am using cobbler to install HP servers that have 2 and 4 nics, and I
> have not had any problems.
>
> How far through the install process do you get before you are asked
> which interface you want to use?
>
> Dominic
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

[Dick Davies]

Jonas, are you using buildiso, or straight PXE?

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Jonas Hagberg  wrote:
> I also have this problem, I needed to use ksdevice=link. I have done one
> kickstart test and did not get the question.
> I got the question just before retrieving the ks file.
>
> /Jonas
>
> Dominic LoBue skrev:
> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Dick Davies
> >  wrote:
> > > Would you expect Cobbler to have trouble with machines that have 2 NICs?
> > >
> > > Most of our kickstart clients are ESX nodes, but I've been doing a few
> > > IBM HS21s this week, and
> > > they stop during the kickstart and ask me which interface I want to
> > > setup (eth0 or eth1).
> > >
> > > Might this be anything to do with the fact they've been 'cobbler
> > > buildiso'ed up (they're on
> > > the last remaining non-PXE VLAN), so flags like  'ksdevice=bootif' don't
> > > apply?
> > >
> > > Just wanted to check really. Thanks.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > cobbler mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >
> > Dick,
> >
> > I am using cobbler to install HP servers that have 2 and 4 nics, and I
> > have not had any problems.
> >
> > How far through the install process do you get before you are asked
> > which interface you want to use?
> >
> > Dominic
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> --
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[Jonas Hagberg]

Straight PXE.

/jonas

Dick Davies skrev:
> Jonas, are you using buildiso, or straight PXE?
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Jonas Hagberg  wrote:
> > I also have this problem, I needed to use ksdevice=link. I have done one
> > kickstart test and did not get the question.
> > I got the question just before retrieving the ks file.
> >
> > /Jonas
> >
> > Dominic LoBue skrev:
> > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Dick Davies
> > >  wrote:
> > > > Would you expect Cobbler to have trouble with machines that have 2 NICs?
> > > >
> > > > Most of our kickstart clients are ESX nodes, but I've been doing a few
> > > > IBM HS21s this week, and
> > > > they stop during the kickstart and ask me which interface I want to
> > > > setup (eth0 or eth1).
> > > >
> > > > Might this be anything to do with the fact they've been 'cobbler
> > > > buildiso'ed up (they're on
> > > > the last remaining non-PXE VLAN), so flags like  'ksdevice=bootif' don't
> > > > apply?
> > > >
> > > > Just wanted to check really. Thanks.
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > cobbler mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > >
> > > Dick,
> > >
> > > I am using cobbler to install HP servers that have 2 and 4 nics, and I
> > > have not had any problems.
> > >
> > > How far through the install process do you get before you are asked
> > > which interface you want to use?
> > >
> > > Dominic
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > cobbler mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > --
> >
> > Systemexpert         [e-mail]
> > Jonas Hagberg           tel  018 - 471 1026
> > UPPMAX                  fax: 018 - 51 19 25
> > Uppsala universitet     Box 337, Lägerhyddsv 2E,   Hus 4, room 4111
> > 751 05 Uppsala             www.uppmax.uu.se
> >
> > cobbler mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
> cobbler mailing list
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[Michael DeHaan]

On 10/15/2009 10:30 AM, Jonas Hagberg wrote:
> Straight PXE.
>
> /jonas

Hi Jonas,

Please don't top post email responses.  It makes it hard to tell who you 
are replying to.

--Michael
> Dick Davies skrev:
> > Jonas, are you using buildiso, or straight PXE?
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Jonas Hagberg 
> >  wrote:
> > > I also have this problem, I needed to use ksdevice=link. I have done 
> > > one
> > > kickstart test and did not get the question.
> > > I got the question just before retrieving the ks file.
> > >
> > > /Jonas
> > >
> > > Dominic LoBue skrev:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Dick Davies
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > > Would you expect Cobbler to have trouble with machines that have 2 
> > > > > NICs?
> > > > >
> > > > > Most of our kickstart clients are ESX nodes, but I've been doing a 
> > > > > few
> > > > > IBM HS21s this week, and
> > > > > they stop during the kickstart and ask me which interface I want to
> > > > > setup (eth0 or eth1).
> > > > >
> > > > > Might this be anything to do with the fact they've been 'cobbler
> > > > > buildiso'ed up (they're on
> > > > > the last remaining non-PXE VLAN), so flags like  'ksdevice=bootif' 
> > > > > don't
> > > > > apply?
> > > > >
> > > > > Just wanted to check really. Thanks.
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > cobbler mailing list
> > > > > [e-mail]
> > > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > > >
> > > > Dick,
> > > >
> > > > I am using cobbler to install HP servers that have 2 and 4 nics, and I
> > > > have not had any problems.
> > > >
> > > > How far through the install process do you get before you are asked
> > > > which interface you want to use?
> > > >
> > > > Dominic
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > cobbler mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> > > --
> > >
> > > Systemexpert         [e-mail]
> > > Jonas Hagberg           tel  018 - 471 1026
> > > UPPMAX                  fax: 018 - 51 19 25
> > > Uppsala universitet     Box 337, Lägerhyddsv 2E,   Hus 4, room 4111
> > > 751 05 Uppsala             www.uppmax.uu.se
> > >
> > > cobbler mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >
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>
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[Tom Brown]

> I am using cobbler to install HP servers that have 2 and 4 nics, and I
> have not had any problems.
>
> How far through the install process do you get before you are asked
> which interface you want to use?

--kernel-opts='ksdevice=00:00:00:00:00:00' etc

[Aled Treharne]

2009/10/15 Dick Davies :
> Would you expect Cobbler to have trouble with machines that have 2 NICs?
>
> Most of our kickstart clients are ESX nodes, but I've been doing a few
> IBM HS21s this week, and
> they stop during the kickstart and ask me which interface I want to
> setup (eth0 or eth1).

I've spent most of this week installing a couple of H series blade
centers with HS22s. I have to admit that I'm using NIC bonding, so I
configure all 3 interfaces (two physical and the bond0 interface) in
cobbler it all works fine, however I did test it with a base install
of RH 5 x86_64 from the DVD ISO and there were no questions asking
which interface I wanted.

It's also possible that it worked because our build LAN for these is
completely flat so both interfaces could see the cobbler server.

Cheers,
Aled.