so i understand most of this i just have 2 questions!
is it fixed?
Also what does this mean?


  UEFI Boot menu contains 2 entries alowing one to select the PXE mode:
  - HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter - NIC (HTTP(S) IPv4)
  - HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter - NIC (PXE IPv4)

thanks
joelene wheat

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 7:30 AM Dimitri John Ledkov <
1900...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Confirmed
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1900668
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> Title:
>   MAAS PXE Boot stalls with grub 2.02
>
> Status in MAAS:
>   Invalid
> Status in maas-images:
>   New
> Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   # ENVIRONMENT
>   MAAS version (SNAP):
>     maas 2.8.2-8577-g.a3e674063 8980 2.8/stable canonical✓ -
>
>     MAAS was cleanly installed. KVM POD setup works.
>
>     MAAS status:
>     bind9 RUNNING pid 9258, uptime 15:13:02
>     dhcpd RUNNING pid 26173, uptime 15:09:30
>     dhcpd6 STOPPED Not started
>     http RUNNING pid 19526, uptime 15:10:49
>     ntp RUNNING pid 27147, uptime 14:02:18
>     proxy RUNNING pid 25909, uptime 15:09:33
>     rackd RUNNING pid 7219, uptime 15:13:20
>     regiond RUNNING pid 7221, uptime 15:13:20
>     syslog RUNNING pid 19634, uptime 15:10:48
>
>   Servers:
>   HPE DL380 Gen10 configured to UEFI boot via PXE (PXE legacy mode),
> Secure boot disabled. All servers (18) experience the described problem.
>
>   UEFI Boot menu contains 2 entries alowing one to select the PXE mode:
>   - HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter - NIC (HTTP(S) IPv4)
>   - HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter - NIC (PXE IPv4)
>
>   # PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
>   Similiar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1899840
>
>   PXE boot stalls after downloading grubx64.efi but before downloading
> grub.cfg:
>   2020-10-20 07:18:21 provisioningserver.rackdservices.tftp: [info]
> bootx64.efi requested by 10.216.240.69
>   2020-10-20 07:18:21 provisioningserver.rackdservices.tftp: [info]
> bootx64.efi requested by 10.216.240.69
>   2020-10-20 07:18:21 provisioningserver.rackdservices.tftp: [info]
> grubx64.efi requested by 10.216.240.69
>
>   Grub drops to the grub prompt.
>   Within the grub prompt:
>   - net_ls_addr shows correct IP address
>   - net_ls_routes shows correct routing
>   - net_bootps (that should initialize DHCP request from grub) fails with
> a message: failed to send packet
>
>   We've also noticed that in a working scenario grub just after start up
> but before downloading grub conf sends arp request for MAAS IP:
>   13517    2020-10-19 13:53:38.864937    HewlettP_02:3d:e8    Broadcast
> ARP    60    Who has 10.216.240.1? Tell 10.216.240.51
>   and MAAS replies.
>
>   When the boot stalls, one of the symptoms is that grub does not send
>   the ARP request for MAAS IP. It also does not reply to MAAS ARP
>   requests. It looks as if the EFI_NET stack was failing.
>
>   # WORKAROUNDS
>   1) during the the PXE boot send ARP requests from MAAS to query the node
> IP. This seems to prevent the node from loosing connectivity.
>
>   Tested 4 times on independent nodes.
>
>   2) Custom built grub:
>   grub-mkimage -c grub.conf -o grubx64.efi -O x86_64-efi -p /grub normal
> configfile tftp memdisk boot diskfilter efifwsetup efi_gop efinet ls net
> normal part_gpt tar ext2 linuxefi http echo chain search search_fs_uuid
> search_label search_fs_file test tr true minicmd
>
>   Grub version: 2.02-2ubuntu8.18
>
>   The grub PXE image built in the way described above works on all nodes
>   (18) all the time (4 times tested).
>
>   When I've included grub module linux.mod, I've managed to reproduce
>   the described problem.
>
>   It seems that the issue can be related to
>   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=50715
>
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** Bug watch added: GNU Savannah Bug Tracker #50715
   http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50715

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