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We currently ship very old ipxe-bootimgs package. I think we try to match the version which is shipped by RHEL team, which is not good becaue they only ship iPXE for QEMU but we need generic iPXE with all the most up-to-date drivers: [root@ibm-ls21-04 ~]# rpm -qa | grep ipxe ipxe-roms-qemu-20130517-8.gitc4bce43.el7_2.1.noarch ipxe-bootimgs-20130517-7.1fm.gitc4bce43.el7sat.noarch This package is part of RHEL and it only contains QEMU-related stuff, therefore it's no big deal it's older: [root@ibm-ls21-04 ~]# rpm -ql ipxe-roms-qemu /usr/share/doc/ipxe-roms-qemu-20130517 /usr/share/doc/ipxe-roms-qemu-20130517/COPYING /usr/share/doc/ipxe-roms-qemu-20130517/COPYRIGHTS /usr/share/ipxe /usr/share/ipxe/10222000.rom /usr/share/ipxe/10ec8029.rom /usr/share/ipxe/10ec8139.rom /usr/share/ipxe/1af41000.rom /usr/share/ipxe/8086100e.rom We ship this package in Satellite 6 repository and as part of this ticket, I propose to rebase it to the latest stable version of iPXE: [root@ibm-ls21-04 ~]# rpm -ql ipxe-bootimgs /usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs-20130517 /usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs-20130517/COPYING /usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs-20130517/COPYRIGHTS /usr/share/doc/ipxe-bootimgs-20130517/USAGE /usr/share/ipxe /usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.dsk /usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.iso /usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.lkrn /usr/share/ipxe/ipxe.usb /usr/share/ipxe/undionly.kpxe It looks like there was an attempt to rebuild this package already, but it did not hit the repos (1 - private link). Since there is a have new rebuild for RHEL 7.3 (2 - private) which is a rebase (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297853) and a good candidate to include for Satellite 6.2, we could simply retag that into Satellite 6.2.
For some reason, ipxe-bootimgs is not part of the main RHEL7 repository, but "optional" one. I asked to move it up. Then we don't need to build it ourselves to avoid the extra repository (only for RHEL6 where ipxe is missing). https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1323135
QA: To verify this bug, create a host or generic bootdisk and provision a host with VMWare keeping the network driver VM option on the default E1000 value.
QA test scenario: 1) Verify version of the package ipxe-bootimgs-20160127-1.git6366fa7a.el7.noarch.rpm 2) Create new host for network-based provisioning 3) Generate Generic and Host image (not Full host image!) 4) Provision with both Ideally test in libvirt, RHEV and VMWare.
Verified with sat6.2 beta snap9.2 I can see following ipxe-bootimgs package installed with snap9.2: ~]# rpm -qa | grep ipxe-bootimgs ipxe-bootimgs-20160127-1.git6366fa7a.el7.noarch I generated two bootdisks iso's "Generic and Host image" and I can provision hosts on libvirt using these images. I'll test this on vmware and rhevm and will update my comments.
I generated similar bootdisks and this time I provisioned host using host-based image on rhevm CR successfully. 2016-04-25 09:02:12 [app] [I] Processing by HostsController#resources as HTML 2016-04-25 09:02:12 [app] [I] Parameters: {"range"=>"7", "id"=>"sghaihost.katello-latest.satellite.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com"} 2016-04-25 09:02:12 [app] [I] Rendered hosts/_resources.html.erb (7.0ms) 2016-04-25 09:02:12 [app] [I] Completed 200 OK in 41ms (Views: 7.9ms | ActiveRecord: 6.5ms) 2016-04-25 09:02:25 [app] [I] Started GET "/unattended/iPXE?&mac=00%3A1a%3A4a%3A3e%3Aa6%3A1d" for 10.8.111.37 at 2016-04-25 09:02:25 -0400 2016-04-25 09:02:25 [app] [I] Processing by UnattendedController#host_template as HTML 2016-04-25 09:02:25 [app] [I] Parameters: {"mac"=>"00:1a:4a:3e:a6:1d", "kind"=>"iPXE"} 2016-04-25 09:02:25 [app] [I] Found sghaihost.katello-latest.satellite.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com 2016-04-25 09:02:26 [app] [I] Rendered inline template (64.1ms) 2016-04-25 09:02:26 [app] [I] Completed 200 OK in 168ms (Views: 62.2ms | ActiveRecord: 27.0ms) 2016-04-25 09:02:37 [app] [I] Started GET "/unattended/provision?token=1c551489-f84d-4341-aab2-7978176e0c27" for 10.8.111.37 at 2016-04-25 09:02:37 -0400 2016-04-25 09:02:37 [app] [I] Processing by UnattendedController#host_template as */* 2016-04-25 09:02:37 [app] [I] Parameters: {"token"=>"1c551489-f84d-4341-aab2-7978176e0c27", "kind"=>"provision"} 2016-04-25 09:02:37 [app] [I] Found sghaihost.katello-latest.satellite.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com 2016-04-25 09:02:40 [app] [I] Rendered inline template (840.3ms) 2016-04-25 09:02:40 [app] [I] Completed 200 OK in 2982ms (Views: 782.4ms | ActiveRecord: 78.2ms) 201
On vmware setup, I generated generic and host based boot disk. and provision host via these successfully. Please note that in case of generic (dhcp-proxy was associated to subnet, but no tftp) and in case of host-base, neither dhcp nor tftp boot was associated. I used static subnet. logs when using generic bootdisk: =========================== 2016-04-26 02:37:40 [app] [I] Started GET "/unattended/iPXE?&mac=00%3A50%3A56%3A96%3A53%3A00" for 192.168.100.13 at 2016-04-26 02:37:40 -0400 2016-04-26 02:37:40 [app] [I] Processing by UnattendedController#host_template as HTML 2016-04-26 02:37:40 [app] [I] Parameters: {"mac"=>"00:50:56:96:53:00", "kind"=>"iPXE"} 2016-04-26 02:37:40 [app] [I] Found sghaigenboot.cfme.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com 2016-04-26 02:37:40 [app] [I] Rendered inline template (41.1ms) 2016-04-26 02:37:40 [app] [I] Completed 200 OK in 225ms (Views: 38.7ms | ActiveRecord: 24.9ms) 2016-04-26 02:37:57 [app] [I] Started GET "/unattended/provision?token=6041d2c1-0a3d-401e-bb23-6f750ff4e50d" for 192.168.100.13 at 2016-04-26 02:37:57 -0400 2016-04-26 02:37:57 [app] [I] Processing by UnattendedController#host_template as */* 2016-04-26 02:37:57 [app] [I] Parameters: {"token"=>"6041d2c1-0a3d-401e-bb23-6f750ff4e50d", "kind"=>"provision"} 2016-04-26 02:37:57 [app] [I] Found sghaigenboot.cfme.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com 2016-04-26 02:38:01 [app] [I] Rendered inline template (466.2ms) 2016-04-26 02:38:01 [app] [I] Completed 200 OK in 3746ms (Views: 440.3ms | ActiveRecord: 44.8ms) logs when using host-based bootdisk. =================================== 2016-04-26 03:53:53 [app] [I] Started GET "/unattended/iPXE?&mac=00%3A50%3A56%3A96%3A4a%3Ada" for 192.168.100.9 at 2016-04-26 03:53:53 -0400 2016-04-26 03:53:53 [app] [I] Processing by UnattendedController#host_template as HTML 2016-04-26 03:53:53 [app] [I] Parameters: {"mac"=>"00:50:56:96:4a:da", "kind"=>"iPXE"} 2016-04-26 03:53:53 [app] [I] Found sghaihostbootdisk.cfme.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com 2016-04-26 03:53:53 [app] [I] Rendered inline template (35.1ms) 2016-04-26 03:53:53 [app] [I] Completed 200 OK in 137ms (Views: 50.1ms | ActiveRecord: 15.6ms) 2016-04-26 03:54:03 [app] [I] Started GET "/unattended/provision?token=04e3a076-1ed0-42bc-85ec-375a3a73adb5&static=yes" for 192.168.100.9 at 2016-04-26 03:54:03 -0400 2016-04-26 03:54:03 [app] [I] Processing by UnattendedController#host_template as */* 2016-04-26 03:54:03 [app] [I] Parameters: {"token"=>"04e3a076-1ed0-42bc-85ec-375a3a73adb5", "static"=>"yes", "kind"=>"provision"} 2016-04-26 03:54:03 [app] [I] Found sghaihostbootdisk.cfme.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com 2016-04-26 03:54:06 [app] [I] Rendered inline template (601.8ms) 2016-04-26 03:54:06 [app] [I] Completed 200 OK in 2569ms (Views: 581.5ms | ActiveRecord: 38.3ms)
Note: QE tested bootdisk provisioning using following NIC drivers: vmware:E1000 and VMXNET3 rhev: VirtIO libvirt: VirtIO, rtl8139, e1000 Bootdisk provisioning via ipxe doesn't work with following two NIC drivers. Getting: "not a valid device model name" ne2k_pci, pcnet,
Thanks Lzap.. I tested with following rpm versions and same updated in article ipxe-roms-qemu-20130517-8.gitc4bce43.el7_2.1.noarch ipxe-bootimgs-20160127-1.git6366fa7a.el7.noarch
Tested with: libvirt-1.2.17-13.el7_2.4.x86_64 vmware 5.5
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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501