Hello,
We are trying to deploy our new hp blade c-class servers (blade 680c G5) using a kickstart script which connects to a ftp server.
The ftp service is running on our new VC server and is accessible anonymously.
We work with vlan's but the default is the one where the ftp/dhcp server is one. (pvid 101)
Portfast is enabled on our cisco and hp switches.
Wee boot the esx 3.5 cd via the ILO and launch the command to start the network install :
esx ks=ftp://192.168.1.39/vmware/esxinstall/config/esx01.cfg
We don't mention the nic inside the command (we tried it also with nic specified) so it asks which of the 4 nic's we want to use to connect to the network.
But which we decide, no one can access the network (no dhcp respond).
When I enter a manual ip, we receive after a while that it cannot connect to the ftp server.
We are also running Altiris RDP for our physical servers and I tried to boot up the server in pxe mode and all went fine. It receives an ip and it is waiting to start an install.
Does anyone here deployed esx on hp blade c-class using ftp or knows to what it could be linked? The dhcp server is a windows 2003 which allows either dhcp and bootp clients.
Regards,
David