SUMMARY RE: ARP/RARP JumpStart issue

From: Alexander Frost (afrost_at_citadel.com)
Date: 05/05/03

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    Just to let everyone know, I solved the problem.
    After doing a search on SunSolve, I found enough information to give me
    a few more options. I went into the tftp directory and noticed that the
    rm.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx file (the ip of the machine) was not in there. I then
    remembered that we had changed the ipaddresses of the machines after the
    ./add_install_client was run. So the jumpstart server really did not
    understand what blade2 wanted since it was under a different IP. So by
    doing a ./rm_install_client blade2 and then ./add_install_client for
    blade2 again it populated the correct information into the tftp
    directory for the machine to boot properly.

    So I guess the moral of the story is, if you change the IP of a machine
    after having it already setup for a jumpstart, make sure to
    re-install_client it.....

    Thanks for everyone's help in the matter even though it was my own
    "stupidity" that caused me to over look this issue.

    Lex

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Alexander Frost
    Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:45 AM
    To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
    Subject: ARP/RARP JumpStart issue

    Greetings all,

                I have a sunfire v100 and I am setting it up as a jumpstart
    server. It will have the ability to jumpstart Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 and 9
    down to the client workstations. I have run into one slight snag with
    one of my Sun Blade 100 machines. Now when I type "boot net - install"
    from the ok prompt on the Blade, it gives me an ARP/RARP Request time
    out message (two lines of it and then it sits there for a while). After
    a while it will tell me to check my tftp server. Now I have triple
    checked the /etc/ethers file and it does have the correct MAC address
    listed for this machine

    0:3:ba:1d:95:66 blade2

    If I run snoop on the Sunfire server and I grep for tftp I found this:

    blade2 -> BROADCAST TFTP Read "0A004467" (octet)
    sunjumpstart -> blade2 TFTP Error: access violation

    Though I have no idea why it is an "access violation"

    I have a Blade right next to this blade that works just fine. I have
    swapped cables, switch ports, just about everything I can think of. I
    can boot off the bad blades Hard drive into a version of Solaris 8 and
    ping other machines around the network.

    If anyone can think of anything it would be appreciated.

    Lex
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