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    bnx2x fails to load firmware on Dell R430

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    • george1421G
      george1421 Moderator
      last edited by george1421

      Also pondering this a bit more since your first (usable) interface is eth5 I can see another issue.

      @Developers Does the FOS engine stop enumerating the network adapter at eth1 or will it keep going until it finds a network adapter with a link up state to use? OR Is there a kernel parameter we can pass that says to use ethX as the FOS network interface?

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      • Tom ElliottT
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        @george1421 It tries everything until it finds a link up I believe.

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        • george1421G
          george1421 Moderator @Tom Elliott
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          @Tom-Elliott said in bnx2x fails to load firmware on Dell R430:

          @george1421 It tries everything until it finds a link up I believe.

          Great, I have never tried. But I just thought I can test this by creating a vm with 6 network adapters with eth5 being the only one connected. But I’m not sure if I can have it defined but not having the link up. I may have to play in my test lab later tonight.

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          • Tom ElliottT
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            @george1421 Well it goes a bit further, if a link is up, but fails to get an ip, it will continue on as well, I believe.

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            • george1421G
              george1421 Moderator @Tom Elliott
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              @Tom-Elliott That one I can test by setting the interface to a vlan without a dhcp server. I will prove that one out for sure. The other one I’m not sure if I can have a “unplugged” interface but have it appear in linux with ESXi.

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              • greyG
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                @Tom-Elliott said in bnx2x fails to load firmware on Dell R430:

                @george1421 Well it goes a bit further, if a link is up, but fails to get an ip, it will continue on as well, I believe.

                Networking works!

                I can confirm that, mine runs through interfaces 1-5 and now now acquires a IP!, i’m unsure if there is a arbitrary limit. when 5 was failing to get DHCP it also tried 6 and 7. Toms fix on the firmware of the drivers and Georges portfast suggestion solved the last of my network issues. Unfortunately I won’t have access to the servers for a week or so, but once they get back i’ll see how the imaging goes. at this point it should work as the rest is similar to my older servers setup the same way.

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                • greyG
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                  @grey

                  oh btw, thanks tons guys for all your help

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                  • george1421G
                    george1421 Moderator @grey
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                    @grey Before you loose access to this server pxe boot it again and run the compatibility test from the FOG iPXE menu. I’m interested to see if both networking and storage passes (you will be too).

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                    • greyG
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                      @george1421

                      I will do that as soon as the servers return, they are all out with customers now and I have no access.

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                      • Tom ElliottT
                        Tom Elliott @george1421
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                        @george1421 I’m fairly sure they will both pass.

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                          Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                          @grey said:

                          Toms fix on the firmware of the drivers and Georges portfast suggestion solved the last of my network issues.

                          I don’t think the added firmware binaries made any difference in this case. As we can see in the dmesg output further down the connected NIC eth5 is managed by the tg3 driver…
                          @Tom-Elliott How much did those drivers add to the kernel size? We might think about removing those again as I have never seen anyone PXE booting on fiber cards. What do you think? @george1421?

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                          • george1421G
                            george1421 Moderator @Sebastian Roth
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                            @Sebastian-Roth You are right that firmware is for the fiber (10G) adapter. While it did fix the error in the log its not adding any real value for the OP or for FOG in general. But too, I’m still not seeing FOG as a good tool for cloning servers because of the other mix of hardware (you won’t find in desktops). I would say remove the firmware and have the OP test again now that its working in his environment (because the other roadblocks have been removed).

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