Re: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-12 Thread Tom Brown
thanks for this - alas for me it still gives me the same issue during the kix namely 'no network cards available for kickstart' or words to that effect. it seems crazy to me that HP have shipped kit that RedHat appears to not see out of the box. OK looking into this more i have made it

Re: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Brown
As it turns out, I did this for 4.2, instead of 4.5...but here are my notes from when I did it: (It is geared toward IBM of course, but the steps would be the same..) Grab driver disk (.iso)from: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisp lay?lndocid=MIGR-5070766&b

RE: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-07 Thread mike.redan
> > Tom Brown wrote: > > > >> I had to create a custom initrd file to make it work for me. (this > >> was on an IBM x3655, but has the same NIC) Unpacked the > driver from > >> the manufacturer, grabbed the .ko file, and rebuilt the > initrd with > >> that driver for the kickstart. > >> > >>

Re: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-07 Thread Tom Brown
I had to create a custom initrd file to make it work for me. (this was on an IBM x3655, but has the same NIC) Unpacked the driver from the manufacturer, grabbed the .ko file, and rebuilt the initrd with that driver for the kickstart. Is there any chance you could make this initrd available

Re: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-07 Thread Tom Brown
Tom Brown wrote: I had to create a custom initrd file to make it work for me. (this was on an IBM x3655, but has the same NIC) Unpacked the driver from the manufacturer, grabbed the .ko file, and rebuilt the initrd with that driver for the kickstart. Is there any chance you could make thi

Re: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-07 Thread Steve Thompson
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Tom Brown wrote: eth0: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T (A2) PCI-X 64-bit 100MHz found at mem fa00, IRQ 209, node addr 001a4bedcf1c bnx2: eth0: using MSI How old is the DL585? There were a bunch of firmware issues with the Broadcom NICs on the DL585, and HP re

RE: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-07 Thread mike.redan
> Hi > > Well we are now using HP instead of Dell and have hit a major > hurdle. We > dont seem to be able to kix any of these boxes. I have been most > recently trying on a dl585 and the issue appears to be that the kix > kernel does not detect any nic. Its strange as the box can be > insta

Re: [CentOS] HP DL585 - CentOS4.5 - kix woes

2007-11-07 Thread Tom Brown
How old is the DL585? There were a bunch of firmware issues with the Broadcom NICs on the DL585, and HP released a firmware update, something like 18 months ago now, that fixed problems that I was having with some DL585's. thanks for the reply - these is brand new kit running dual core opt