Redfish Reboot Loop During DEPLOY on HPE iLO 6 (Commissioning Works)

Hello,

I’m facing a strange issue where my HPE servers commission successfully, but get stuck in a reboot loop during POST when I start the deployment. They never reach the PXE boot stage.

I’m not certain if the iLO version is the cause, but it’s the only significant difference I can find. Yesterday, I deployed two servers with iLO 5 (firmware 3.10) without any problems. Today, two new servers with iLO 6 (firmware 1.67) are consistently failing in this loop.

I am using Redfish for power management. The loop only happens when MAAS initiates the deployment, while a manual power-on via the iLO 6 web UI works fine. The iLO event log shows that MAAS is sending power-on, power-off, and reset commands in very rapid succession, sometimes only seconds apart.

I suspect a timing issue between MAAS and the iLO 6 Redfish API specific to the deploy phase, but I’m out of ideas.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Maas version: snap 3.6.0-17541-g.561fe1a3e.

ILO logs:

1947	
Server power restored.	06/24/2025 11:19:45	1	Maintenance, Administration
1946	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:19:33	1	Maintenance, Administration
1945	
Server power removed.	06/24/2025 11:19:25	1	Maintenance, Administration
1944	
Power-On signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:19:25	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1943	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:19:13	1	Maintenance, Administration
1942	
Power-Off signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:19:09	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1941	
Browser logout: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:19:37	21	Security, Administration
1940	
Browser login: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:19:36	21	Security, Administration
1939	
Server power restored.	06/24/2025 11:18:16	1	Maintenance, Administration
1938	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:18:04	1	Maintenance, Administration
1937	
Browser login: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:18:05	2	Security, Administration
1936	
Server power removed.	06/24/2025 11:18:00	1	Maintenance, Administration
1935	
Browser logout: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:18:07	3	Security, Administration
1934	
Power-On signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:17:57	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1933	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:17:45	1	Maintenance, Administration
1932	
Power-Off signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:17:42	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1931	
Browser logout: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:17:57	17	Security, Administration
1930	
Browser login: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:17:59	18	Security, Administration
1929	
Server power restored.	06/24/2025 11:16:43	1	Maintenance, Administration
1928	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:16:32	1	Maintenance, Administration
1927	
Server power removed.	06/24/2025 11:16:26	1	Maintenance, Administration
1926	
Power-On signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:16:24	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1925	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:16:14	1	Maintenance, Administration
1924	
Power-Off signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:16:10	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1923	
Browser logout: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:16:37	22	Security, Administration
1922	
Browser login: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:16:35	22	Security, Administration
1921	
Server power restored.	06/24/2025 11:15:10	1	Maintenance, Administration
1920	
Browser login: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:15:05	1	Security, Administration
1919	
Browser logout: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:15:05	2	Security, Administration
1918	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:14:59	1	Maintenance, Administration
1917	
Server power removed.	06/24/2025 11:14:56	1	Maintenance, Administration
1916	
Power-On signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:14:51	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1915	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:14:43	1	Maintenance, Administration
1914	
Power-Off signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:14:39	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1913	
Browser logout: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:14:55	19	Security, Administration
1912	
Browser login: maas - <IP>(DNS name not found).	06/24/2025 11:14:58	20	Security, Administration
1911	
Server power restored.	06/24/2025 11:13:46	1	Maintenance, Administration
1910	
Server reset.	06/24/2025 11:13:34	1	Maintenance, Administration
1909	
Power-On signal sent to host server by: maas.	06/24/2025 11:13:26	1	Maintenance, Administration, Power
1908	
Server power removed.	06/24/2025 11:13:25	1	Maintenance, Administration

Thank you.

please see MAAS restarting node while deployment - tested with Intel AMT but affect others too - #18 by shantur for the hotfix

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It works, thank you.

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