Hi guys,
I am trying to install a new machine via nim but it is hanging on 0608 => it should be a network issue
here the situation hoping you will be able to help:
server NIM on a subnet/IP 10.36.12.64
client on 161.43.56.25
the ping test is successful but when I launch the isntall it hangs on 0608
Any idea ?
thanks in advance
Cheers
Al.
What type of machine?
What are you installing?
Are you using RARP or DHCP?
Is the installation happening within the same network segment/subnet?
Hi
it is a p52A, i have only 1 lpar I am installing AIX5.3 via nim tcpip rsh for the install
When he finished the load of the tfpboot it hangs on LED 0608 then start to flash (the led code)
May be there is firewall ? I am not sure as everyhting is fine. I have checked from the nim server if I can have access to other systems on the other subnet and it works fine
Thanks for your help
Hi,
I have put the tftpd on verbose mode and have this on syslog.log:
Jun 30 08:10:33 myservernim daemon:info tftpd[4694168]: [00000108] EZZ7044I : mytestmachine RRQ <file=Received , mode=/tftpboot/mytestmachine.info, recognized options: octet>
Jun 30 08:10:33 myservernim daemon:info tftpd[4694168]: [00000108] EZZ7029I : Status Read request for mytestmachine : /tftpboot/mytestmachine .info
Jun 30 08:10:39 myservernim daemon:err|error tftpd[4694168]: [00000206] EZZ7039I : Status Timeout
I have checked the /etc/bootptab file and is correct.
I have checked the /tftpboot and is correct.
I have rechecked the network used by the client and is correctly defined.
The status Timeout of the tftpd could be generated by a firewall ?
Any idea ?
thanks in advance
Cheers
Al.
Hi
I have checked the /etc/bootptab file and is correct.
I have checked the /tftpboot and is correct.
I have rechecked the network used by the client and is correctly defined.
Everything is exported properly. I have done another installation to another client in the same subnet of the nim master and it works well.
The client has all the resources allocated to be installed.
Cstate = BOS installation has been enabled
prev_state = ready for a NIM operation
I have put the tftpd on verbose mode and have this on syslog.log:
Jun 30 08:10:33 myservernim daemon:info tftpd[4694168]: [00000108] EZZ7044I : mytestmachine RRQ <file=Received , mode=/tftpboot/mytestmachine.info, recognized options: octet>
Jun 30 08:10:33 myservernim daemon:info tftpd[4694168]: [00000108] EZZ7029I : Status Read request for mytestmachine : /tftpboot/mytestmachine .info
Jun 30 08:10:39 myservernim daemon:err|error tftpd[4694168]: [00000206] EZZ7039I : Status Timeout
The status Timeout of the tftpd could be generated by a firewall ?
Any idea ?
thanks in advance
Cheers
Al.
You again!
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r3s/index.jsp?topic=/ipha6/diag1.htm
608 Attempting to retrieve the client.info file with tftp.
Note:
Note that a flashing 608 indicates multiple attempt(s) to retrieve the client_info file are occurring.
Hope this helps you...
hi
yeah me again unfortunatly.
I have checked everything. My client.info exists and is correctly defined. I have read the code error that IBM put on the redbook NIM but as i said I have also run the tftpd with te option -v and on the syslog .log I have the error: Request Timeout.
So I am assuming it is a network issue ?
Thanks
My money would be on that you have a firewall blocking some of the ports between your servers. I'd suggest getting one of your firewall folks involved and see if they can figure out which ports are being blocked and then open them up.
We have two servers on another network and we finally gave them a second network adapter connected to the same network as our NIM server. We down the "other" network adapater, bring up the network adapter on our NIM network, push the upgrade/mksysb/etc, then down the NIM network, and finally bring back up the other network. This keeps the firewall configuration to a minimum and we can still do everything we need to.
you're write it was a firewall pb and the security NW guy doesn't want to change the rule. So I use another IP adress of a spare machine and did the installation and then reconfigure the nw.
Thanks a lot for the replies
Silly firewall guys. Don't they know they should always do what the AIX admins say?