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iPXE bootloader attempts to network boot from a different interface from the one configured for PXE
Hi,
I have a PowerEdge R640 server with the following NICs:
- Broadcom 5720 with 4x 1GbE ports
- Broadcom 57414 with 2x 25GbE SFP28
Using the iDRAC I configure the iDRAC Settings -> BIOS Setting -> Network Settings as follows:
However, the iPXE bootloaderattempts to network boot from a different interface from the one configured for PXE.
Has anyone experience this issue?
iDRAC version is: 4.10.10.10
BIOS version is: 2.6.4
Many thanks.
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DELL-Josh Cr
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Posted June 1st, 2020 09:00
What is the boot order?
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Posted June 1st, 2020 12:00
if you expand the uefi menu and it should show a boot order uncheck everything besides that nic.
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Posted June 1st, 2020 14:00
Will it give you the option to boot in the option rom for the NICs during post to try to turn it off there?
Reply Hi,
Please see the following screenshot:
net0 to net3 are the 4x 1 GbE, which haven't been selected for PXE boot. net4 to net5 are the 2x 25 GbE.
Despite the fact that we only enabled net4 for PXE boot, it attempts to network boot from all of them until it finally succeeds with net4:
There was no option in POST to turn off PXE on the 1 GbE ports.
Many thanks.
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Posted June 2nd, 2020 09:00
I think your best option is to call phone support, it may need to be escalated.
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Posted May 29th, 2020 14:00
Hi,
Is the other PXE location that it is trying to boot to on the same network?