HP BL460c G6 - Any one got this working??

[Stephan Hermann]

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 05:04:13PM +0200, Leen Smit wrote:
>  Hello All,
> 
> We just got a bunch of new blades in. Lucky for me they are a new
> generation: G6.
> I'm struggling to get these things installed, so I'm hoping some one
> here has experience with these.
> 
> The problem lies with the bnx2x network cards, which is not in my
> current FAI config.
> I have tried lots of different options, and I keep running into a wall.
> 
> The default 2.6.28 kernel panics on the network card.
> Back-ported version of that panics..
> 2.6.35 boots OK, but can't find the config space.
> I tried using the grml option, but I can't even manage to get it to
> create the nfsroot properly..
> Tried installing debian manually in the idle hope I could create a
> kernel from one node, that resulted in a not booting blade ("illegal
> opcode" at boot)
> The only thing I could install on these blades so far is Ubuntu
> Server. Tried to install fai on it to use as a base. When booting
> through fai with that kernel the boot just hangs (after USB
> devices).
> 
> Now these blades are not that new, so I'm guessing this must have
> done before, right? Its just debian after all...

Well, the bnx2x driver of HP are a combine of 10 Gbit/s Flex10 Interfaces with
integrated ISCSI stuff.

The new G6 and G7 Series do have the problem in general.

The kernel knows about bnx2x but you need the firmware.

On Ubuntu Lucid the Firmware is installed by default (when you go with the
non-free drivers) but there is still a but in the Debian Installer for Ubuntu.

For generating your NFSroot you need to make sure, that you install the latest
firmware (free and non-free) packages.

I tested a setup with a BL465G7 at the HP Testlab in Böblingen, they are
working like a charm using FAI and a featured NFSroot. Make sure, you include
everything in your initramfs (initrd).

Regards,

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