Description of problem: the e1000 driver included in the ipxe-bootimgs makes the interface freezes randomly during the download of the vmlinuz and initram files Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipxe-bootimgs-20130517-8.gitc4bce43.el7_2.1.noarch.rpm How reproducible: To reproduce this bug, you have to have access on a VMware Vsphere environment Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a new vm on VMware Vsphere with an e1000 vNIC 2. Build an ipxe iso with static ip and configure it to download a kernel and and ram disk file in order to bootstrap the vm 3. Attach the iso and power-on the vm Actual results: Network interface freezes randomly during the download of the vmlinuz and initrd files Expected results: The vm boots without issues. Additional info: A patch to fix this bug was already submitted and included in the ipxe git repo on the 21/04/15: https://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git/commit/8958f62a1c85ff6b449a685a729b61b9ea69f50a This patch is very important for the Satellite6/Foreman product because ipxe is used to simulate PXE-boot in case it is not available on the deployment network (and many enterprise company doesn't enable/have that). Thanks for your attention
Verified. Introspected two VMware based VMs: one with a vmxnet3 nic the other with E1000 nic. Out of 10 introspection cycles, both VMs completed introspection fine 10 out of 10 - 100% pass. Versions: RHEL7.3 beta ipxe-bootimgs-20160127-4.git6366fa7a.el7.noarch Images-> version-10.0-20160907.1.el7ost.txt VMware 5.5u3 rhos-release 10 -p 2016-09-07.6
Bug was verified by Tzach Shefi, on WMware lab in Tel-aviv
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2214.html