Solaris 10 x86 Jumpstart Server

I have setup everything just like in this document:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5506/6mkv6kia5?a=view
The client machine that I am trying to jumpstart connects fine, shows" 38800" as the prompt and then just stops. After running "snoop" on the server, I discovered that it connects to it and communicates some data then does some "PRINTER" commands. This is illustrated below (note "titan" is the name of the computer to be jumpstarted and "server" is of course the jumpstart server):
server -> titan TFTP Data block 419 (512 bytes)
titan -> server TFTP Ack block 419
server -> titan TFTP Data block 420 (512 bytes)
titan -> server TFTP Ack block 420
server -> titan TFTP Data block 421 (480 bytes) (last block)
titan -> server TFTP Ack block 421
OLD-BROADCAST -> (broadcast) RARP C Who is 0:3:ba:1d:bd:32 ?
server -> titan RARP R 0:3:ba:1d:bd:32 is 172.20.4.2, titan
titan -> BROADCAST BIFF R port=111
server -> titan BIFF C port=32771
titan -> (broadcast) ARP C Who is 172.20.4.0, server ?
server -> titan ARP R 172.20.4.0, server is 0:6:5b:e7:ad:73
titan -> server WHO R port=32808
server -> titan WHO C port=32808
titan -> server SYSLOG R port=32808
server -> titan SYSLOG C port=32808 BAD.FMT:
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
server -> titan PRINTER C port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
server -> titan PRINTER C port=2049
server -> titan PRINTER C port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
It will then keep doing these "PRINTER" commmands forever. Everythings is setup like it should be, but when the client connects, it just sits there with no error, yet no packages install. It doesn't timeout with the waiting for ARP/RARP either. What is wrong? Any help is much appreciated.

Note that this is a Solaris 10 x86 606 build. I think it might have something to do with the fact that its 606.

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rarp
kernel /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/Solaris_10_x86_2006-06,install_boot=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/Solaris_10_x86_2006-06/boot
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Brian

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unmount: warning: /tftboot/I86PC.Solaris_10-1 not in mnttab
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mount: Mount point /tftboot.I86PC.Solaris_10-1 does not exist.
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kernel /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
------------- end ---------------
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pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
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/tftpboot/boot/grub/
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---- end ----
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When trying to do a custom jumpstart installation on x86 boxes from a Solaris 8 SPARC server, Grub was failing to do TFTP of the "multiboot" and "x86.miniroot" files. A snoop of the traffic would reveal some "TFTP Error: not defined" packets.
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------------- end ---------------
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/tftpboot/ ends up with
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pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
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grub/
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kernel /i86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart,sysid_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-1-intel/,install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
---- end ----
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Hello
I am trying to create a jumpstart server to install some IBM HS20
blades (usb cdrom is not supported for the installation as I know), so
I installed Solaris 10 x86 in a vmware virtual machine and I am trying
to create the jumpstart server, starting by the DHCP server ! this is
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My configuration is really simple, I followed the SUN instructions to
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Any help will be appreciated , thanks in advance
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bash-3.00# /usr/lib/inet/in.dhcpd -d -v
4219f200: Daemon Version: 3.5
4219f200: Maximum relay hops: 4
4219f200: Run mode is: DHCP Server Mode.
4219f200: Datastore resource: SUNWfiles
4219f200: Location: /var/dhcp
4219f200: DHCP offer TTL: 10
4219f200: ICMP validation timeout: 1000 milliseconds, Attempts: 1.
4219f200: Maximum concurrent clients: 1024
4219f200: Maximum threads: 256
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15:36:48 2005
4219f200: Monitor (0003/pcn0) started...
4219f200: Thread Id: 0003 - Monitoring Interface: pcn0 *****
4219f200: MTU: 1500 Type: SOCKET
4219f200: Broadcast: 172.30.255.255
4219f200: Netmask: 255.255.0.0
4219f200: Address: 172.30.150.117
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broadcast)
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4219f20b: Sending datagram to broadcast address.
4219f20b: Updated offer: 172.30.110.9
4219f20c: Datagram received on network device: pcn0(limited
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4219f210: Datagram received on network device: pcn0(limited
broadcast)
4219f218: Datagram received on network device: pcn0(limited
broadcast)
4219f220: Sending datagram to broadcast address.
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4219f24e: Monitor (0003/pcn0): exiting.
4219f24e: Interface statistics for: pcn0 **************
4219f24e: Pending DHCP offers: 0
4219f24e: Total Packets Transmitted: 3
4219f24e: Total Packets Received: 4
4219f24e: Total Packet Duplicates: 1
4219f24e: Total Packets Dropped: 0
4219f24e: Total Packets Processed: 3
4219f24e: Total Protocol Errors: 0
4219f24e: Daemon terminated.

what's your DHCP server configuration?
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Hello,
I have setup a jumpstart server and am finding it difficult to get a fully unattended solaris 10 sparc 10/09 install on a t1000 client. The console connection to the client goes into interactive mode at the point in system identification when the installer asks if the system is networked or non-networked, and runs a setup of default time zone and date/time. Using esc-2 to advance through the interactive menu it asks if ithe system is on a subnet, for the netmask (which is there as default), asks if the current time is correct, then asks me to confirm that my selections are correct. When I confirm it goes on it's merry way to finish the installation unattended.
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terminal=vt100
security_policy=NONE
system_locale=en_US
install_locale=en_US
timeserver=localhost
timezone=US/Eastern
network_interface=bge0 {hostname=D-Wade.xxx.xxxx.xxx default_route=xx.xx.xxx.1 ip_address=xx.xx.xxx..3 netmask=255.255.255.0 protocol_ipv6=no}
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nfs4_domain=dynamic
root_password=someEncryptedValue
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Same problem as here :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisx86/message/12180
No solution yet ...
SMC server doesn't start at boot, and won't start manually with /etc/init.d/init.wbem start
starting it manually gives :
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Starting Solaris Management Console server version 2.1.0.
endpoint created: :898
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http://www.webmin.com
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/opt/SUNWsymon/base/bin/sparc-sun-solaris2.8
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hishooooo wrote:
Dear Gents,
I have one X86 Solaris Server configured and installed to be Sun Management Center Server.
successfully i could monitor the Sun Solaris Servers after i have installed the SMC agent on them.
my problem is that i could not install the SMC agent on Red Hat Linux. as i could not find an easy document or steps to do so.
could you guide please?If you still have a copy of your SunMC media around, the same ["es-inst"|http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-2215/command-line-1?l=en&a=view] program you use to install Solaris Agents should work on Linux as well. It autodetects OS type and will install Solaris packages or RPMs as appropriate.
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I supose that in this directory, SunMC will install sparc binary files
At this point, I can't follow the installation and abort it.
Can anybody give me ideas to install and integrate my solaris x86 server on SunMC ?
Thanks

Hi
From the Unix prompt enter oemapp console(for v9.x). If you are using earlier versions it is oemapp console (for starting the console) and oemapp dbastudio(for starting dba studio)
For starting OMS enter: oemctrl start oms.
Hope this helps
sarath

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How do you get Solaris 10 x86 Jumpstart to redirect it's output to the console? I have an X4500 that I'm trying to jumstart while logged into the ILOM console. Everything will crap out, and all output will go to the VGA port.

Yes... I've seen and used the grub -b switches for input-device and output-device and this does change the way certain things work. However, this does not redirect input and output solely to the console, as you would, lets say, any sparc box. I start a jumpstat process, tell it to go to the console, and it hangs and waits for input from the VGA device. Right now, I have an odd interaction going on between the ILOM webgui redirection and the console. I can't login through the webgui and reboot the box through the console, nor can I hit CTRL+N to get it to boot off the network when I have the ILOM Webgui redirected to my keyboard. But when it boots off the virtual CD, or if I use the console to get into the BIOS, then and only then can I use my keyboard in the ILOM Webgui.
There is some sort of odd interaction between the console and that stupid VGA port on the ILOM that is not explained in ILOM docs that I have read. And that is what this post is trying to figure out. When you jumpstart a sparc box, you have total control from the console. This is not the case on x86.
Please re-read my other post before you comment on double posting. Both are about x86 jumpstart. One is about console redirection (this post). The other post is asking about getting jumpstart NOT to go through an interactive install through the -b switches. Two separate issues.

Solaris 10 x86 Jumpstart TFTP error not defined!!!!

I have a solaris 10 jumpstart sparc that does all x86 installs. Until now it has been working fine. I now have to jumpstart two new clients a sun X4200 and an X2100. However I cannot get past the loading of the miniroot. It finds the menu.lst.MACRONAME ok, I see the Solaris 10 jumpstart title and then all I see is a number of dots appearing on the client screen and then nothing.
From the snoop I only get TFTP Error: Not Defined. I have logged a call with Sun but no luck there as yet! Does anyone have any ideas?
Many thanks in advance
Sofia
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Yes, the current x86 miniroot from sol 10 06/06 does not contain all the necessary drivers for the X2100 which is an amd64. So it is either unpacking the miniroot and repacking it with the appropriate drivers that are contained in the SUNWnge package or do the manual install and then add them from the supplementary cd that contains these specific drivers. SUN has recorded the incident and they will fix it with the next releases I have been told.

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