Help Request: PXE freezes during node deployment

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I'm trying to use xcat to deploy rhel 8.9 onto a compute node, but the compute node fails to finish booting at this point:

Configuring (net0 ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec)...... ok
net0: 192.168.32.12/255.255.240.0 gw 192.168.47.245
net0: fe80::ae1f:6bff:febc:dbec/64
Next server: 192.168.47.245
Filename: http://192.168.47.245:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nets/192.168.32.0_20.uefi
http://192.168.47.245:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nets/192.168.32.0_20.uefi... ok
192.168.32.0_20.uefi : 304 bytes [script]
http://192.168.47.245:80/tftpboot/xcat/genesis.kernel.x86_64... ok
http://192.168.47.245:80/tftpboot/xcat/genesis.fs.x86_64.gz... ok

• The PXE process starts with the NIC getting an IP address.
• The node retrieves genesis.kernel and genesis.fs.
• At this point, the node freezes, and does not produce any more output.

During this process, I see this on the xcat head node:

[root@xcat_adm ~]# xcatprobe osdeploy -n cn01
The install NIC in current server is ib0                                                                       [INFO]
All nodes to be deployed are valid                                                                             [ OK ]
-------------------------------------------------------------
Start capturing every message during OS provision process....
-------------------------------------------------------------

[cn01] 13:56:23 Receive DHCPDISCOVER via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:24 Send DHCPOFFER on 192.168.32.72 back to ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:26 DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.32.72 (192.168.47.245) from ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:26 Send DHCPACK on 192.168.32.72 back to ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:26 Via TFTP download xcat/xnba.efi
[cn01] 13:56:27 Via TFTP download xcat/xnba.efi
[cn01] 13:56:30 Receive DHCPDISCOVER via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:31 Send DHCPOFFER on 192.168.32.12 back to ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:31 DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.32.12 (192.168.47.245) from ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:31 Send DHCPACK on 192.168.32.12 back to ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:56:39 Via HTTP get /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nets/192.168.32.0_20.uefi
[cn01] 13:56:39 Via HTTP get /tftpboot/xcat/genesis.kernel.x86_64
[cn01] 13:56:39 Via HTTP get /tftpboot/xcat/genesis.fs.x86_64.gz
[cn01] 13:57:23 Receive DHCPDISCOVER via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:57:24 Send DHCPOFFER on 192.168.32.28 back to ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:57:24 DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.32.28 (192.168.47.245) from ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0
[cn01] 13:57:24 Send DHCPACK on 192.168.32.28 back to ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec via ens2f0

I still have a lot to learn about xcat, so I'll be extremely grateful for any and all help that's offered.

Additional information:

[root@xcat_adm ~]# lsdef -t node cn01
Object name: cn01
    arch=x86_64
    bmc=192.168.36.48
    cons=ipmi
    consoleenabled=1
    currchain=boot
    currstate=install rhels8.9.0-x86_64-compute
    getmac=ipmi
    hostnames=cn01
    ip=192.168.84.248
    mac=ac:1f:6b:bc:db:ec
    mgt=ipmi
    netboot=xnba
    nicips.ib0=192.168.84.248
    nicips.ipmi=192.168.36.48
    nicips.eno1=192.168.36.248
    nicnetworks.eno1=ipmi-net
    nicnetworks.ib0=ib-net
    nictypes.eno1=Ethernet
    nictypes.ib0=InfiniBand
    os=rhels8.9.0
    postbootscripts=otherpkgs
    postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
    profile=compute
    provmethod=rhels8.9.0-x86_64-install-compute
    serialport=1
    serialspeed=115200
    status=powering-on
    statustime=08-01-2024 13:54:21

[root@xcat_adm ~]# lsdef -t osimage rhels8.9.0-x86_64-install-compute
Object name: rhels8.9.0-x86_64-install-compute
    imagetype=linux
    osarch=x86_64
    osdistroname=rhels8.9.0-x86_64
    osname=Linux
    osvers=rhels896.0
    partitionfile=s:/install/custom/partitionfile/rhels8.9.0-x86_64-install-compute_partitions.sh
    pkgdir=/install/rhels8.9.0/x86_64
    pkglist=/install/custom/pkglist/rhel8-pkglist-compute.pkglist
    postscripts=custom/rhel-8.9-postscript-compute.sh
    profile=compute
    provmethod=install
    template=/install/custom/template/rhels8.9.0-x86_64-install-compute.tmpl