An Extreme Cluster Administration Toolkit (xCAT) command issue was observed. When trying to pass a console size to wcons with --geometry, the command fails. This is needed, since the consoles need to be 100x30 for the F1 setup on the newer systems.
Source
RETAIN tip: H003186
Symptom
An Extreme Cluster Administration Toolkit (xCAT) command issue
was observed. When trying to pass a console size to wcons with
--geometry, the command fails. This is needed, since the consoles
need to be 100x30 for the F1 setup on the newer
systems.
Affected configurations
The system may be any of the following IBM servers:
- IBM System Cluster 1350, type 0445, any model
- IBM System Cluster 1350, type 0448, any model
- IBM System Cluster 1350, type 1410, any model
- IBM System Cluster 1350, type 4667, any model
- IBM System Cluster 1350, type 4668, any model
- IBM System Cluster 1350, type 4669, any model
- IBM System Cluster 1350, type 4670, any model
This tip is not software specific.
This tip is not option specific.
Solution
This is a permanent restriction, there will be no solution.
Workaround
wcons command can be run to set up Windows without using the
geometry option.
System x Integrated Solutions:Operating system independent / None
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