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

[solarflow99]

Is this with a virtual machine of a physical server?  It seems like the
initrd doesn't have the driver or the virtual nix driver isn't recognized.
Depends what kind of hypervisor you are using.


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Gianluca Cecchi
<gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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