ITEM: DU4804L

sysback network boot hanging on led 609

Question:

Env:
  AIX 4.1.5
  RISC 43p 7043 Model 240  (Tiger)
  sysback 4.1.3

Problem:
  Customer is doing a network boot on the 43p and it is 
  hanging on led 609.
  

Action Taken:

With the new 7043 models both 140 and 240 at the most current 
level of firmware it will zero out the gateway value if both 
systems are on the same subnet.  Even if you put the gateway 
in the /etc/bootptab file or if you type in the
gateway value in the sms menu on the 43p.  The new firmware 
will zero out the gateway if both systems are on the same 
subnet.

WORKAROUND for both version 3 and ver 4 of sysback      
           Do these commands on the sysback boot server system.

1.  cd /usr/lpp/sysback/netinst/boot
2.  cp rc.boot rc.boot.org   or  rc.boot4  rc.boot4.org
3.  vi rc.boot
    
    Search for this line:

    [ "$BOOT_GATE_IP" = "$BOOT_SERV_IP" ] && BOOT_GATE_IP=0

    
    Change that line to this:

[ "$BOOT_GATE_IP" = "$BOOT_SERV_IP" -o "$BOOT_GATE_IP" = 0.0.0.0 ] && \\               
    BOOT_GATE_IP=0

4.  Rebuild the network boot image again
    smitty sysback
      Configuration Options
        Network Boot Configuration
           Configure/Update a Network Boot Image
     

          
This will be fixed in sysback.rte 4.1.3.2



Support Line: sysback network boot hanging on led 609 ITEM: DU4804L

Dated: October 1997 Category: N/A

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