Systems freeze when attempting to pxe boot and download image from Red Hat Satellite 5.6

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite or Proxy 5.6

Issue

  • The PXE boot work on another machines, but for some machines it doesn't work which belong to same chassis.
  • It freeze while downloading the PXE boot images.

Resolution

  • Check out the NIC cards/setup which can be responsible for such problems.
  • Change the faulty hardware.

Root Cause

  • The NIC cards were the culprit.

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