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On RHEL 6 Update 5 Hosts, Host Drivers Cannot Load When Using a Standard initd/vmlinuz Image for PXE Boot

If you use the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the RHEL ISO, a problem prevents the vNICs and vHBAs from being accessible even though they are injected in to the custom boot image. Consequently, the RHEL 6 Update 5 host will not PXE or SAN Boot.

Workaround: For SAN or PXE Boot of RHEL 6 Update 5 hosts over an Oracle Fabric Interconnect, you must always use the vmlinuz and initrd.img from Oracle Linux instead of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions of these tools.

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While creating a SAN boot image, an internal script inserts the Oracle Virtual Networking host drivers into initrd.img file instead of the initramfs.img that the REHL 6 Update 5 host expects. Although SAN install works correctly, when the server attempts to boot up, it experiences a kernel panic with an Init Not Tainted message.

Workaround: Run the following command after SAN install but before rebooting the server:

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If you reboot an Oracle Linux 5 Update 10 host running 5.0.8 host drivers with two or more vNICs configured on it, the host will experience a kernel panic, then crash.

Workaround: Stop the openibd service before rebooting the server with two or more vNICs:

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Server Profile Staysup/down During PXE Boot on Oracle Linux

During a PXE boot image installation, the server profile on the Oracle Fabric Interconnect might stay in up/down state. After the host reboots and the host driver is loaded into memory, the server profile successfully comes online in an up/up state.

Workaround: No workaround exists at this time. The PXE installation is successful.

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If an event causes a failover or restart of the OpenSM InfiniBand Subnet Manager, multicast traffic is delayed for approximately seven seconds while the failover or restart occurs.

Workaround: No workaround exists at this time.