"pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?

Fri Feb 23 20:25:51 UTC 2007

I did a cursory search of nicedelay and I don't see how it is applicable
for my situation...  Maybe I just don't know how to use it.

Portfast is enabled.

I tried the eth0_ethtool option, but that didn't appear to help.

I thought about placing the ks.cfg files in the initrd, but didn't
really want to go there.

Thanks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shabazian, Chip
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:56 AM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: RE: "pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?
> 
> I think there was a "nicdelay" or something similar introduced around
> RHEL3U7, so you might want to try that.  Also, make sure that portfast
> is enabled on the switches.  The other thing we do is set the
> speed/duplex via ethtool to avoid autonegotion delays:
> 
> eth0_ethtool="autoneg=on speed=1000 duplex=full"
> 
> When we have to build via iLO, we embed the kickstart file in the
initrd
> and then use ks=file:
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ramthun,
William
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:50 AM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: RE: "pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?
> 
> In our normal data centers, we build HP DL385/585 daily as well.  The
> data center with issues is from an acquired company with older Cisco
> switches (5 years +).
> 
> Installing RHEL 3 Update 5
> 
> The install client accesses the RHEL 3 media server via eth0.  When
> Anaconda times-out, I can run thru the install setup manually and
> RHEL3U5 will install over the network.  The problem is the Kickstart
> config is highly configured and doing a manual install is not really
an
> option that I want to consider.
> 
> What I want is to access the ks.cfg via the network.  Which implies
that
> the network needs to "come up" before Anaconda times out.
> 
> 	OR
> 
> Read the ks.cfg from the cdrom.  But the cdrom is virually mounted
over
> the ILO port and is not accessible like ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg from the boot
> prompt.  I don't know what the <cdrom> device is.
> -Bill
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shabazian, Chip
> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:34 AM
> > To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> > Subject: RE: "pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?
> >
> > We build HP DL 380/385/580/585 servers every day while connected to
> > Cisco switches that we don't have any access to.  Are you using RHEL
3
> 
> > or 4?  If 4, do you have spare NIC's in the box? RHEL 4 enumerates
the
> 
> > bus backwards from RHEL 3, so if you have a NIC, it's going to be
eth0
> 
> > instead of the onboard...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ramthun,
> William
> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:01 AM
> > To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> > Subject: RE: "pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-
> > > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of nate
> > > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 10:33 AM
> > > To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
> > > Subject: Re: "pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?
> > >
> > > Bill-Schoolcraft said:
> > > > Hello Family,
> > > >
> > > > I have a series of switches, in racks, and one of them seems to
be
> a
> > bit
> > > > slow so when kickstart goes for it's dhcp request, pump times
out.
> > The
> > > > initial PXE takes much more time to get an "ack" at the initial
> > contact
> > > > than the same boxes in other racks with other switches but then
> > finally
> > > > starts chugging away -- it's the next dhcp request that fails,
> times
> > out.
> > > >
> > > > Today I took the same box, draped a cat6 cable to another, less
> > > > populated switch, and it kicked fine.
> > > >
> > > > (question)
> > > > So my question is, how or where can I place an argument to tell
> > > > kickstart's "pump" request to try longer before timing out.
> > >
> > > just curious, what type of switch? many older cisco switches have
> STP
> > > on by default, if you set the port(s) to 'portfast' the links come
> up
> > > immediately rather than waiting ~45 seconds.
> > >
> > > I'm not a cisco guy but if your switches are cisco the command is
> > > something like
> > >
> > > int (interface)
> > > spanning-tree portfast
> > > ^Z
> > > wr mem
> > >
> > >
> > > e.g. on my old 3500s (IOS 12.0 is the latest they'll run) int
fa0/5
> > > spanning-tree portfast
> > >
> > > I haven't encountered any other switch vendors that have this
> > > 'feature' enabled by default. You can tell if it's on without even
> > > logging in(to the switch) by checking to see if the link light for
> the
> >
> > > port spends a long time in the orange color before turning green.
> I've
> >
> > > been told more modern cisco switches ship with this feature off by
> > > default.
> > >
> > > as for extending the pump times, I'm not sure, so I can't answer
> your
> > > specific question :) maybe the above will help a bit..
> > >
> > > I did a quick search on pump timeout, and what I did see was that
it
> 
> > > may be possible to extend the timeout by adding a
> > > /etc/pump_device.conf and using the option 'timeout <some
number>'.
> > >
> > > though you'll need to add that to the initrd image..not the
easiest
> > > thing in the world.
> > >
> > > nate
> > >
> >
> >
> > I am experiencing a similar problem; however, my situation is
slightly
> 
> > different.
> >
> > I have HP DL385's connected to a 48 port 10/100 module in a Cisco
6509
> 
> > (with Sup 2 routing module).  I'm using the virtual CDROM via the HP
> ILO
> > (Integrated Lights Out) interface to perform the initial boot.  I
> mount
> > a customized version of RHEL3U5 CD1.  My kickstart file is specified
> as
> > an url.  The system boots and Anaconda starts, but before the link
> > negotiation can complete Anaconda times-out and I am dumped into an
> > interactive install.
> >
> > A couple of data points:
> >
> > 1) The HP DL385 on-board NICs are manufactured by Broadcom.  I've
read
> 
> > about a known bug with link negotiation between the Broadcom NICs
and
> > Cisco 48-port line cards.  The link negotiation works, it just takes
a
> 
> > "longer" time than with any other kind of NIC.
> >
> > 2) Setting the switch port NIC to enable "spanning-tree portfast"
does
> 
> > shorten the link negotiation time, but not enough to get around my
> > problem.
> >
> > Work Arounds:
> >
> > 1) I will prebuild the kickstart configs and place them on my
> customized
> > RHEL3U5 CD.  I've been unsuccessful at reading the kickstart config
> from
> > the CDROM.  The driver supporting the ILO virtual cdrom does not
name
> > the cdrom device as "cdrom".  Still reading up on this.
> >
> > That's it so far,
> > -Bill
> >
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