Helle Albert and others, op 27-10-14 17:48, Albert Chu schreef: > On Sat, 2014-10-25 at 20:11 +0200, Paul van der Vlis wrote: >> Hello Albert, >> >> op 25-10-14 19:47, Albert Chu schreef: >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> I doubt there was an issue with reading the wrong values from the BMC. I >>> have seen many BMCs where the vendor populates the BMC with "poor" choices >>> of default values. In fact, sometimes I've seen vendors populate the BMC >>> with illegal values (e.g. 0x1-0x4 are the only legal values, but the >>> default value populated in the BMC is 0x7). >> >> Doesn't bmc-config read the actual used values, but something else? > > I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. It reads the actual values > stored in the BMC during a --checkout.
The BMC did work with me at home. At home I used the bios to configure the IP. After changing the IP in the datacenter with bmc-config the BMC did not work anymore. I did only change the network settings (and later ARP settings). Then it's strange I have to edit the Volatile_Access_Mode and Non_Volatile_Access_Mode. True? >> Is it possible to use a BMC from another vendor? > > Unlikely, given the BMC is part of the motherboard. I can buy the motherboard I use with and without a BMC: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTU-F.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTU.cfm CoreIPM says on the website: "coreIPM-LINUX provides a ready to use, extremely compact drop in solution for platform management. It is specifically targeted towards shelf and appliance management." >> Which vendors make nice and good BMC's? > > To be very honest, most vendors solutions are fine. They all make > mistakes though. You can see the history of bugs I've found in vendor > solutions here: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/freeipmi-bugs-issues-and-workarounds.txt When I see lists like this, I think: "most solutions are far from perfect, they maybe work with their proprietary software, but give many problems with standards compliant software." With regards, Paul van der Vlis. > Al > >> With regards, >> Paul van der Vlis. >> >> >>> Al >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> [this message did not arrive in the list, so I am sending it again] >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I would like to tell you about what happened using bmc-config on my >>>> Supermicro X8DTU-F with Winbond WPCM450 BMC. >>>> >>>> This machine has an dedicated IPMI port, but I am using a shared port to >>>> use less switch ports. >>>> >>>> At home I made the network settings in the bios. In the datacenter I had >>>> to change the IP and I used bmc-config for it to do that remote. But >>>> IPMI did not work anymore. >>>> >>>> I could ping to the IPMI IP, and I saw the webinterface on the IPMI IP, >>>> but every password was wrong. ipmiping gave a timeout. >>>> >>>> After long searching I found the problem, I had to change the setttings >>>> of Volatile_Access_Mode and Non_Volatile_Access_Mode. They where >>>> "Disabled" and after I set them to "Always_Available" and a cold-reset >>>> IPMI did work again. (I've also tried "Shared" but this gave an error). >>>> >>>> Not sure how this is possible. I did read the settings from the IPMI >>>> with: bmc-config -o > bmc-config >>>> And I've only changed the network settings. >>>> >>>> I think bmc-config did read wrong values from the bmc? >>>> >>>> When I do that now again, I get the correct values for the access modes, >>>> but now it was configured with bmc-config. >>>> >>>> With regards, >>>> Paul van der Vlis. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen >>>> http://www.vandervlis.nl/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen >>>> http://www.vandervlis.nl/ >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Freeipmi-users mailing list >>>> Freeipmi-users@gnu.org >>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users >>>> >> >> >> >> >> -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen http://www.vandervlis.nl/ _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list Freeipmi-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
