<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Greetings!</div><div class="">I tried posting this on the users forum, but for some reason I don’t see it getting through. No errors shown, but my message doesn’t appear published. So, I will try here…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Recently we upgraded iPXE to one of the latest releases: I built it out of commit 6847232e70f7 , and now we have a problem installing ESXi 5.1 and newer on the HP DL585 G7 model only.</div><div class="">The same ipxe binaries with the same ipxe script, mboot config and the kickstart file work fine on DL580 G7, but fail on DL585 G7.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The screenshot with the error message is attached.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The config file that it shows as not found actually exists, and I can open it in my browser. Also, the same exact setup works on DL580 G7.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is our ipxe script:</div><div class="">------</div><div class="">#!ipxe</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># UUID: 35393532-3431-435a-3331-343933345450</div><div class=""># Command: deploy</div><div class=""># Task ID: 1742</div><div class=""># OS Family: ESX</div><div class="">set os_media_host xxx.xxx.105.21</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">set web_svc_address xxx.xxx.105.21</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">set install_uri <a href="http://${os_media_host}/installers/ESXI55//SP2/X64" class="">http://${os_media_host}/installers/ESXI55//SP2/X64</a></div><div class="">set ks_uri <a href="http://${web_svc_address}:8000/de/kickstart/35393532-3431-435a-3331-343933345450" class="">http://${web_svc_address}:8000/de/kickstart/35393532-3431-435a-3331-343933345450</a></div><div class="">set pe_uri <a href="http://${web_svc_address}/installers/PE" class="">http://${web_svc_address}/installers/PE</a></div><div class="">set mboot_cfg <a href="http://${web_svc_address}:8000/de/boot/mboot/uuid/35393532-3431-435a-3331-34393334545" class="">http://${web_svc_address}:8000/de/boot/mboot/uuid/35393532-3431-435a-3331-34393334545</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">dhcp net0</div><div class="">imgfree</div><div class="">kernel -n mboot.c32 ${install_uri}/mboot.c32</div><div class="">imgargs mboot.c32 -c ${mboot_cfg}</div><div class="">boot mboot.c32</div><div class="">--------</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is mboot_cfg file:</div><div class="">-----</div><div class="">bootstate=0</div><div class="">title=Loading ESXi installer</div><div class="">prefix=<a href="http://xxx.xxx.105.21/installers/ESXI55/SP2/X64/" class="">http://xxx.xxx.105.21/installers/ESXI55/SP2/X64/</a></div><div class="">kernel=tboot.b00</div><div class="">kernelopt=ks=<a href="http://xxx.xxx.105.21:8000/de/kickstart/35393532-3431-435a-3331-343933345450" class="">http://xxx.xxx.105.21:8000/de/kickstart/35393532-3431-435a-3331-343933345450</a> BOOTIF=78:e3:b5:0c:67:ec</div><div class="">modules=b.b00 --- jumpstrt.gz --- useropts.gz --- k.b00 --- chardevs.b00 --- a.b00 --- user.b00 --- sb.v00 --- s.v00 --- misc_cni.v00 --- net_bnx2.v00 --- net_bnx2.v01 --- net_cnic.v00 --- net_tg3.v00 --- scsi_bnx.v00 --- scsi_bnx.v01 --- elxnet.v00 --- ima_be2i.v00 --- lpfc.v00 --- scsi_be2.v00 --- char_hpc.v00 --- char_hpi.v00 --- hp_ams.v00 --- hp_build.v00 --- hp_conre.v00 --- hp_esxi_.v00 --- hp_smx_p.v00 --- hpbootcf.v00 --- hpnmi.v00 --- hponcfg.v00 --- hpssacli.v00 --- hptestev.v00 --- scsi_hpd.v00 --- scsi_hps.v00 --- scsi_hpv.v00 --- net_igb.v00 --- net_ixgb.v00 --- scsi_mpt.v00 --- net_mlx4.v00 --- net_mlx4.v01 --- net_mst.v00 --- ima_qla4.v00 --- net_nx_n.v00 --- net_qlcn.v00 --- qlnative.v00 --- scsi_bfa.v00 --- scsi_qla.v00 --- ata_pata.v00 --- ata_pata.v01 --- ata_pata.v02 --- ata_pata.v03 --- ata_pata.v04 --- ata_pata.v05 --- ata_pata.v06 --- ata_pata.v07 --- block_cc.v00 --- ehci_ehc.v00 --- weaselin.t00 --- esx_dvfi.v00 --- xlibs.v00 --- ipmi_ipm.v00 --- ipmi_ipm.v01 --- ipmi_ipm.v02 --- lsi_mr3.v00 --- lsi_msgp.v00 --- misc_dri.v00 --- mtip32xx.v00 --- net_be2n.v00 --- net_e100.v00 --- net_e100.v01 --- net_enic.v00 --- net_forc.v00 --- net_vmxn.v00 --- ohci_usb.v00 --- rste.v00 --- sata_ahc.v00 --- sata_ata.v00 --- sata_sat.v00 --- sata_sat.v01 --- sata_sat.v02 --- sata_sat.v03 --- sata_sat.v04 --- scsi_aac.v00 --- scsi_adp.v00 --- scsi_aic.v00 --- scsi_fni.v00 --- scsi_ips.v00 --- scsi_lpf.v00 --- scsi_meg.v00 --- scsi_meg.v01 --- scsi_meg.v02 --- scsi_mpt.v01 --- scsi_mpt.v02 --- scsi_qla.v01 --- uhci_usb.v00 --- xhci_xhc.v00 --- tools.t00 --- xorg.v00 --- imgdb.tgz --- imgpayld.tgz</div><div class="">build=</div><div class="">updated=0</div><div class="">-----------</div><div class="">Also, an old version of ipxe, built by somebody else here in 2011 (don't have sources for that here), worked fine on this server when we used it to chain load pxelinux.0, and then load mboot.c32 from there. When we do this with the new ipxe version, it gives an "Error Loading tboot.b00"</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The main difference between these 2 models are their processors:</div><div class="">DL585 G7 has AMD OpteronTM 6376 (2.3GHz/16-core/16MB/115W) Processor (doesn't work), and DL580G7 has Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 (2.40GHz/10-core/30MB/130W) Processor (works fine)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any help is greatly appreciated!</div><div class="">Thank you!</div><div class=""><img height="80" width="788" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="158E85DD-DA30-4DAB-91D3-5E1BAE7E750D" src="cid:40450B4D-E74C-4C0D-95D8-8FA35D9B510D@hsd1.ca.comcast.net." class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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