If one or more compute nodes will not start after you deployed
a new server pattern to those compute nodes, the problem might be
that the compute node boot settings were overwritten with the server
pattern default boot settings. You can manually restore the original
boot settings for each compute node.
About this task
Complete the following manual recovery process for each affected
compute node to restore the original boot settings.
Note: The following
procedure shows the steps for a compute node with Red Hat Enterprise Linux installed.
Procedure
- From the IBM® Flex
System Manager management software web
interface, open a Remote Control session for the compute node.
- Restart the compute node; then, when the UEFI splash screen
for the compute node is displayed in the Remote Control session, press
F1. The Setup Utility is displayed.
- Select Boot Manager and press Enter.
- Select Add Boot Option and press
Enter.
- Select UEFI Full Path Option and
press Enter.
- From the list that is displayed, select the entry that
includes SAS and press Enter.
- Select EFI and press Enter.
- Select redhat and press Enter.
- Select grub.efi and press Enter.
- Select the Input the Description field
and press Enter.
- Type Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
press Enter.
- Select Commit Changes and press
Enter.
- Make Red Hat Enterprise Linux the
first option in the Boot Order, and remove all other options in the
Boot Order.
- Press Escape; then, select Save changes then
exit this menu and press Enter.
- Press Escape; then, select Exit the Configuration
Utility and Reboot and press Enter. The compute node restarts.