It’s every device we’ve tired. We’ve tired both UEFI and MBR. iPXE booting is working with everything else we have and is able to utilize the NIC just fine.
Dropping down to the CLI, the OS can see and list the mac addresses just fine. It appears that it’s just however FOGs init/boot is looking at or for the MAC address is the issue.
It’s not just virtual machines, it’s every device listed above or that we’ve tried using fog with.
Any thoughts on this ? Or where we should look next ?
And along those lines, we have tired other hardware Lenovo Legions, Think pads, other dells. All with the same error message.
PS. Here is a video showing the boot sequence : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRHff9wiWNc
After successfully setting up and configuring iPXE and FOG, we encountered an issue while attempting to register hosts using either the “full” or “quick” registration methods. The error message “no viable mac” was generated in both cases. However, when we utilized the “Check compatibility” option on the PXE menu and selected option 6 to display the MAC address, it correctly showed the only MAC address available. Additionally, selecting option 2 for “Network Information” displayed “eno2” with the correct DHCP-assigned address.
Here are the specifications of the server:
We tested the registration issue on the following client devices:
