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Boot from the network

How to boot a node from the network

PXE Network Traffic

13:53:04.312251 arp who-has compute-1-42.local tell tribe.local
13:53:04.312305 arp reply compute-1-42.local is-at 00:17:31:2a:26:8a
13:53:15.349159 IP compute-1-42.local.bootpc > tribe.local.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:17:31:2a:26:8a, length: 548
13:53:47.368433 IP compute-1-42.local.bootpc > tribe.local.pxe: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 00:17:31:2a:26:8a, length: 548
13:53:47.368461 IP tribe.local > compute-1-42.local: icmp 556: tribe.local udp port pxe unreachable

PXE Errors

Here are some common errors that you might notice from the client.

DHCP server unreachable or misconfigured

PXE-E55: ProxyDHCP service did not reply to request on port 4011
PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM.

Cable disconnected

PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM.