2nd node won't come up after initial database creation

I install the rpm, run the install_vertica script, create db through admintools. Everything goes without a hitch until the system tries to bring the 2nd node up. I then get a neverending:

        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)
        Node Status: v_compdw_node0001: (UP) v_compdw_node0002: (DOWN)

I get no warnings on pre-requisites and both servers are identical hardware. I've looked through a handful of logs but can't see anything that points to a definitive issue.

Here's the commands I ran:

[root@centosv1 ~]# rpm -Uvh /tmp/vertica-7.0.0-1.x86_64.RHEL5.rpm
[root@centosv1 ~]# /opt/vertica/sbin/install_vertica --hosts centosv1,centosv2 --rpm /tmp/vertica-7.0.0-1.x86_64.RHEL5.rpm --dba-user dbadmin --control-network 172.17.0.255 --point-to-point
[root@centosv1 ~]# su - dbadmin
[dbadmin@centosv1 ~]$ admintools

create database with all default except for catalog/data paths. Changed those to /home/catalog and /home/data

I had originally left off --control-network and --point-to-point but received other errors. I added --control-network after researching other community posts for an error. After that, I was getting to the same point I'm at now but node 1 would get stuck in initializing with node 2 down instead of node 1 up and node 2 down. Adding --point-to-point at least got node 1 up.

Not sure where to go from here