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Nutanix CE installation hang up to a shell

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I tried installing Nutanix CE. Created boot USB with rufus, booted and the installation starter. I can see NIC are looking for IP addresses, and one of the interfaces receives an IP from DHCP server.

After some time I get the error message with starting a service:

[FAILED] Failed to start Systems Management Device Drivers

After that the installation hang up to a shell with some Python related error: SyntaxWarning: “is not” with a literal. Did you mean “!=”?

I know this is just a warning message, but I have there several lines of error ending with:

AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘dev’

 

The server is R630 with two CPUs, 4x NIC (Broadcom and 2x 10Gb Intel (where the network cable is plugged in).

 

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    JeroenTielen
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    Can you make a screenshot?

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    • vmiro
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    • April 12, 2025

    Of course. Here it is:

     

    JeroenTielen
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    Thanks. 
     

    Can you tell a bit more about all the disks you have in the server? And how they are connected? 

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    • April 12, 2025

    Your question triggered an alarm in my head. Server has PERC H730 which was in RAID mode. I switched it to HBA mode and installation no longer hangs. There were no disks visible obviously.

    An error for Python code and starting service remains but it proceeds with the installation.

     

    Thanks Jeroen!

    JeroenTielen
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    Yeah there can be errors in the installers. But that is oke. 
     

    Have fun with your new lab. 👍👍

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