NIM network boot hangs - AIX 4.3.3 1

[ksas025]

Maybe I am doing something wrong but I cant see where. I am trying to install BOS from a NIM master over the network. to do this I did the follwoing:

1.  On the master, I defined the standalone machine object; lets call it foo.

2.  On the master, I allocated the various resources I wanted this machine object foo to have.

3.  On the master, I performed a nim -o bos_inst with source=rte, installp_flags=-acgx, no_client_boot=yes to machine object foo

4.  I then booted into the SMS menu on physical machine foo and set the boot option to boot off of en0

When host foo boots, it successfully loads the boot image (I think) and I get the following messages:

  LOAD: Waiting 60 secs for spanning tree
  BootP R=1 BootP S=1
  FILE: /tftpboot/foo
  Load addr: 0x4000 MaxSize=0xbfc000
  Final Packet count=9106 Final Size=4661712 bytes

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Here is the Welcome IBM Stanza........

closing stdin and stdout
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Then it stops. It goes no further. What am I missing? Why wont the BOS install over the network continue.

By the way, there are 3 drives in the system and all of them are empty.

Thanks.

 

[cspilman]

Did you check that the level of firmware on your particular system will support the particular level of AIX that you installed?

Regards,
Chuck

 

[ksas025]

I think the firmware is okay. It is the same as another machine and it BOS_installs fine.

I do have a little more info...

The the net BOS install hangs, the LED on the server always shows 0613. Does this mean anything to anybody?

 

[tempest92]

have a look at page 150 of the NIM A-Z Redbook at -

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg245524.pdf

it specifically refers to hanging on a 613

 

[ksas025]

Thanks Gbarth! That did it, where has that link been all my life? :}

It seems there was a typo in one of our Network install resources. It would be nice if the NIM master station would spit something out into a log.