pxe boot to install petasan
icecoke
10 Posts
December 23, 2019, 10:23 pmQuote from icecoke on December 23, 2019, 10:23 pmHi again 😉
It seems one is unable to install petasan thru pxe just by using memdisk and the petasan iso image. After loading the iso into memdisk, I get:
PetaSAN 2.4.0
Starting udev device manager.
Detecting PetaSAN CD/USB install device with volume labe PETASAN:........................................
Which is doing it endless (because there is no such device/volume as the iso in in memory).
Is there a way/howto for booting the installation ISO by pxe?
Again, many thanks in advance!
Hi again 😉
It seems one is unable to install petasan thru pxe just by using memdisk and the petasan iso image. After loading the iso into memdisk, I get:
PetaSAN 2.4.0
Starting udev device manager.
Detecting PetaSAN CD/USB install device with volume labe PETASAN:........................................
Which is doing it endless (because there is no such device/volume as the iso in in memory).
Is there a way/howto for booting the installation ISO by pxe?
Again, many thanks in advance!
admin
2,930 Posts
December 24, 2019, 12:53 pmQuote from admin on December 24, 2019, 12:53 pmIt is not something we test..it is most probably not supported
It is not something we test..it is most probably not supported
icecoke
10 Posts
December 24, 2019, 4:30 pmQuote from icecoke on December 24, 2019, 4:30 pmok - we managed it by the VirtualMedia Feature of SuperMicros IPMI. So if someone is in need of non CD deployment, if you have something like SuperMicros IPMI, this is working flawless.
ok - we managed it by the VirtualMedia Feature of SuperMicros IPMI. So if someone is in need of non CD deployment, if you have something like SuperMicros IPMI, this is working flawless.
Shiori
86 Posts
January 28, 2020, 6:35 pmQuote from Shiori on January 28, 2020, 6:35 pmThe usb boot drive must have the lable PETASAN (dont ask as its not required anywhere else)
To get PXE to work, you must send a lable from your PXE server, which not all servers support. Not sure of your environment, but this does what we do with pretty menus:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/pxe-magic-flexible-network-booting-menus
For a reasonable argument, you really should use local virtual drives as pxe if not carefully blocked will boot your cluster nodes back into initial setup repeatedly until you disable the pxe boot. Boot preference order is sometimes questionable as to if it actually boots the boot drive or goes for a pxe boot first. Since you are using Supermicro IPMI, why not take advantage of the ISO store feature that uses a local to the server NFS/CIFS share?
The usb boot drive must have the lable PETASAN (dont ask as its not required anywhere else)
To get PXE to work, you must send a lable from your PXE server, which not all servers support. Not sure of your environment, but this does what we do with pretty menus:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/pxe-magic-flexible-network-booting-menus
For a reasonable argument, you really should use local virtual drives as pxe if not carefully blocked will boot your cluster nodes back into initial setup repeatedly until you disable the pxe boot. Boot preference order is sometimes questionable as to if it actually boots the boot drive or goes for a pxe boot first. Since you are using Supermicro IPMI, why not take advantage of the ISO store feature that uses a local to the server NFS/CIFS share?
pxe boot to install petasan
icecoke
10 Posts
Quote from icecoke on December 23, 2019, 10:23 pmHi again 😉
It seems one is unable to install petasan thru pxe just by using memdisk and the petasan iso image. After loading the iso into memdisk, I get:
PetaSAN 2.4.0
Starting udev device manager.
Detecting PetaSAN CD/USB install device with volume labe PETASAN:........................................Which is doing it endless (because there is no such device/volume as the iso in in memory).
Is there a way/howto for booting the installation ISO by pxe?
Again, many thanks in advance!
Hi again 😉
It seems one is unable to install petasan thru pxe just by using memdisk and the petasan iso image. After loading the iso into memdisk, I get:
PetaSAN 2.4.0
Starting udev device manager.
Detecting PetaSAN CD/USB install device with volume labe PETASAN:........................................
Which is doing it endless (because there is no such device/volume as the iso in in memory).
Is there a way/howto for booting the installation ISO by pxe?
Again, many thanks in advance!
admin
2,930 Posts
Quote from admin on December 24, 2019, 12:53 pmIt is not something we test..it is most probably not supported
It is not something we test..it is most probably not supported
icecoke
10 Posts
Quote from icecoke on December 24, 2019, 4:30 pmok - we managed it by the VirtualMedia Feature of SuperMicros IPMI. So if someone is in need of non CD deployment, if you have something like SuperMicros IPMI, this is working flawless.
ok - we managed it by the VirtualMedia Feature of SuperMicros IPMI. So if someone is in need of non CD deployment, if you have something like SuperMicros IPMI, this is working flawless.
Shiori
86 Posts
Quote from Shiori on January 28, 2020, 6:35 pmThe usb boot drive must have the lable PETASAN (dont ask as its not required anywhere else)
To get PXE to work, you must send a lable from your PXE server, which not all servers support. Not sure of your environment, but this does what we do with pretty menus:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/pxe-magic-flexible-network-booting-menus
For a reasonable argument, you really should use local virtual drives as pxe if not carefully blocked will boot your cluster nodes back into initial setup repeatedly until you disable the pxe boot. Boot preference order is sometimes questionable as to if it actually boots the boot drive or goes for a pxe boot first. Since you are using Supermicro IPMI, why not take advantage of the ISO store feature that uses a local to the server NFS/CIFS share?
The usb boot drive must have the lable PETASAN (dont ask as its not required anywhere else)
To get PXE to work, you must send a lable from your PXE server, which not all servers support. Not sure of your environment, but this does what we do with pretty menus:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/pxe-magic-flexible-network-booting-menus
For a reasonable argument, you really should use local virtual drives as pxe if not carefully blocked will boot your cluster nodes back into initial setup repeatedly until you disable the pxe boot. Boot preference order is sometimes questionable as to if it actually boots the boot drive or goes for a pxe boot first. Since you are using Supermicro IPMI, why not take advantage of the ISO store feature that uses a local to the server NFS/CIFS share?