Problem with iPXE and AoE

[mcb30]

(2012-09-18 13:50)Nestor Wrote:  

Code:

iPXE 1.0.0+ (8e4faa) -- Open Source Network Boot Firmware -- http://ipxe.org
Features: HTTP iSCSI DNS TFTP AoE bzImage ELF MBOOT PXE PXEXT Menu

net0: 00:1c:c0:57:7a:40 using undionly on UNDI-PCI00:04.0 (open)
  [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]
DHCP (net0 00:1c:c0:57:7a:40)...... ok
net0: 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.1.1
Next server: 192.168.1.1
Root path: aoe:e0.1
Could not open SAN device: Connection timed out (http://ipxe.org/4c006035)
No more network devices

It looks as though your AoE target is simply not responding. You could try capturing a packet trace to see what's really happening.

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mcb30 Wrote:Do you have the relevant kernel modules for AoE included in your initrd?

Hmm... I was under the impression that iPXE already had support for AoE. Both the server and image certainly have all the required kernel modules and packages. Do I need to take extra steps then? If so, please point me to the relevant manual.

iPXE does already have support for AoE. However, your loaded kernel+initrd also needs to have its own support for AoE, otherwise Linux won't be able to connect to the AoE target in order to mount the root filesystem.

Michael