In answer to my own question, the problem can be traced back to a
software issue with the HP switch. By turning off LACP on all the
ports, the timings work so that the installation continues.
Bill
Bill Wichser wrote:> There appears to be an issue with installation over an HP switch. Upon
> bootup, the network driver resets twice which somehow never allows the
> client to ask and therefore receive it's MAC address.
>
> This follows the RH bug :
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110036
>
> Installation via a directly attached cable to the head node works fine.
>
>
> I have emailed the Beowulf list in hopes that the problem was in some
> configuration of the switch but have recently come across this bug
> report and it appears that the symptoms are the same.
>
> Are there any plans to roll these patches into CentOS 3.3 (x86_64) in
> the near future?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
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