[rhelv6-list] Info on network install with 10Gbit/s

Gianluca Cecchi gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com
Tue Oct 15 08:26:46 UTC 2013


Hello,
I have a server through which I install using pxe and kickstart
downloaded via network.
The kickstart fie is downloaded via http.
I have no problem installing both physical and virtual servers with
1Gb/s adapters.
Now I'm trying on several types of servers with 10Gbit/s adapters and
they successfully download via pxe the kernel and initrd, installation
continues but seems to remain stuck in the step

transferring kickstart file

(it is a text install; I see the download feedback red line completed
and this lets me think the file has been downloaded, I also see it in
httpd access.log)

Alt+F3 and Alt+F4 don't show anything interesting.
No shell yet at Alt+F2 screen.
I tried both with biosdevname=0 and without it but nothing changes.
The OS tried is RH EL 6.4.

Just to ask if there is any particular caveat for this kind of combination.
I'm going to retrieve the hw model of the network adapters. At the
moment I only know that they are using ixgbe kernel module.
I dind't find anything special in 6.4 release notes. Only this
information about version:
"
The ixgbe driver for Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express network devices has
been updated to version
3.9.15-k to include support for SR-IOV with Data Center Bridging (DCB)
or Receive-Side Scaling
(RSS), PT P support as a T echnology Preview, latest hardware support,
enhancements, and bug
fixes.
"
Thanks in advance,
Gianluca




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