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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Michael Brown, Marty Connor,</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am seeing gPXE boot failure in VC environment as described below. I would like to hear from the gPXE community about the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================================================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Problem:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>gPXE boot fails with a DHCP connection time out and “No more network devices” error message.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>gPXE Version: 1.0.0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>When gPXE calls the API </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PXENV_UNDI_GET_INFORMATION (000Ch), </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>the </span><span style='font-family:Courier'>CurrentNodeAddress</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Courier'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and </span><span style='font-family:Courier'>PermNodeAddress</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>are returned in the structure </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>t_PXENV_UNDI_GET_INFORMATION.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The </span><span style='font-family:Courier'>CurrentNodeAddress</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Courier'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>being the MAC address assigned in the Virtual Connect environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The </span><span style='font-family:Courier'>PermNodeAddress</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Courier'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>being the MAC address assigned in the factory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The call to the API </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PXENV_UNDI_SET_STATION_ADDRESS (000Ah) </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> passes in the </span><span style='font-family:Courier'>PermNodeAddress </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>instead of the</span><span style='font-family:Courier'> CurrentNodeAddress.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Even when the </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PXENV_UNDI_SET_STATION_ADDRESS </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>API returned unsupported, it did not make any difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>gPXE seems to use the </span><span style='font-family:Courier'>PermNodeAddress </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>instead of the</span><span style='font-family:Courier'> CurrentNodeAddress.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This causes the failure. It could be resolved if gPXE uses the </span><span style='font-family:Courier'>CurrentNodeAddress.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================================================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Savitha<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>