[PCA 2.x] Provision X9-2 Compute Node Stuck at 40% - Step Initializing_stage_wait_for_ovm (Doc ID 2855942.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 29, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

Provisioning of aX9-2 based Compute Node stalls at 40% during step 'Initializing_stage_wait_for_ovm'.
The PXE boot and HMP installation steps succeed but when trying to boot the OVS Server, from the ILOM console it hangs at the messages:

BOOT_TIME_EVENT: { "Phase" : "BDS", "Step" : "End", "msg" : "End of BDS phase" }
BOOT_TIME_EVENT: { "Phase" : "BDS", "Step" : "End", "msg" : "Attempt handoff to OS" }

Looking at the host console log (using a ILOM Snapshot), it is flooded with the following type of characters:

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Changes

Motherboard replacement.

Cause

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