Bmc ip address error messages – Dell PowerEdge 7250 User Manual
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Operating System
Perform the following steps to recover the boot options:
1
From the EFI Boot Manager, select Boot option maintenance menu.
2
Select Add a Boot Option.
3
Select a volume.
4
Select the directory for the EFI partition.
5
Select the Red Hat directory.
6
Select elilo.efi.
7
Select N from Edit Existing Boot Option or make a new entry.
8
At the Enter New Description prompt, type
RHEL 3 AS
(or the name of the operating
system).
9
Under New BootOption Data, select the BootOption Data Type. Selections include ASCII,
Unicode, or No Boot Option.
Type the first character for the option you want to select or press <Enter> to select the
default. The default is Unicode.
10
At the Enter BootOption Data prompt, type
RHEL 3 AS
(or the name of the operating
system).
11
Type
Y
to save the changes.
12
Reboot the system for the changes to take effect.
BMC IP Address Error Messages
The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) may issue error messages similar to the following
message if the DHCP server IP address is not assigned.
Invoking PXEDhcp4 to obtain IP address
Performing PXEbc sequence to obtain IP address
Error in PXEBaseCodeInterface --> Arp status return
8000000000000012
BMC IP Address configuration failed
To prevent these error messages, configure the DHCP server to assign a router IP address to the
PXE client, as in the following examples:
•
For systems using Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, use the DHCP Manager to add a
scope option that assigns the router TCP/IP address for the PXE client automatically.
•
For systems using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3, add the following line to the dhcpd.conf file:
options routers <
IP address of PXE server>-