I have a Dell C6100 blade server with 2 identical nodes, and I'm trying to troubleshoot some odd behavior with ipmi. One node (node2) works perfectly over LAN and over its local web interface. A separate node (node1) doesn't work well at all.
Locally, I get very inconsistent results. E.g., running 'bmc-config --checkout' on node1 usually ends prematurely without any error message, resulting in an incomplete config file. Sometimes it completes. In contrast, i always get a complete config file on node2. Here is an attempt to run a simple command locally on node1 a few times to demonstrate the inconsistency. The first time it runs to completion, the next few times it dies with an error. I paused for 20+ seconds between each command to make sure I wasn't overloading anything. root@publican:~# ipmi-sensors ID | Name | Type | Reading | Units | Event 2 | FCB FAN1 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 3 | FCB FAN2 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 4 | FCB FAN3 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 5 | FCB FAN4 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 6 | PEF Action | System Event | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 7 | WatchDog2 | Watchdog 2 | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 8 | AC Pwr On | Power Unit | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 9 | ACPI Pwr State | System ACPI Power State | N/A | N/A | 'Legacy ON state' 10 | FCB Ambient1 | Temperature | 20.00 | C | 'OK' 11 | FCB Ambient2 | Temperature | 21.00 | C | 'OK' 12 | CPU1Status | Processor | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 13 | CPU2Status | Processor | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 14 | PS 12V | Voltage | 12.09 | V | 'OK' 15 | PS 5V | Voltage | 5.10 | V | 'OK' 16 | MLB TEMP 2 | Temperature | 63.00 | C | 'OK' 17 | MLB TEMP 3 | Temperature | 52.00 | C | 'OK' 18 | Processor 1 Temp | Temperature | 60.00 | C | 'OK' 19 | MLB TEMP 1 | Temperature | 62.00 | C | 'OK' 20 | Processor 2 Temp | Temperature | 66.00 | C | 'OK' 21 | STBY 3.3V | Voltage | 3.35 | V | 'OK' 22 | PS Current | Current | 38.00 | A | 'OK' 23 | SEL Fullness | Event Logging Disabled | N/A | N/A | 'Log Area Reset/Cleared' 24 | PCI BUS | Critical Interrupt | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 25 | Memory | Memory | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 26 | VCORE 1 | Voltage | 1.04 | V | 'OK' 27 | VCORE 2 | Voltage | 0.87 | V | 'OK' 30 | NM Capability | OEM Reserved | N/A | N/A | N/A 33 | Security | Platform Security Violation Attempt | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 34 | PSU 1 AC Status | Power Unit | N/A | N/A | N/A 35 | PSU 2 AC Status | Power Unit | N/A | N/A | N/A 36 | PSU 1 Present | Power Supply | N/A | N/A | N/A 37 | PSU 2 Present | Power Supply | N/A | N/A | N/A 38 | PSU 2 POUT | Current | N/A | A | N/A 39 | PSU 1 POUT | Current | N/A | A | N/A root@publican:~# ipmi-sensors ID | Name | Type | Reading | Units | Event 2 | FCB FAN1 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 3 | FCB FAN2 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 4 | FCB FAN3 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 5 | FCB FAN4 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 6 | PEF Action | System Event | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 7 | WatchDog2 | Watchdog 2 | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 8 | AC Pwr On | Power Unit | N/A | N/A | 'OK' ipmi_sensor_read: internal IPMI error root@publican:~# ipmi-sensors ID | Name | Type | Reading | Units | Event 2 | FCB FAN1 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' ipmi_sensor_read: internal IPMI error root@publican:~# ipmi-sensors ID | Name | Type | Reading | Units | Event 2 | FCB FAN1 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 3 | FCB FAN2 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 4 | FCB FAN3 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 5 | FCB FAN4 | Fan | 5500.00 | RPM | 'OK' 6 | PEF Action | System Event | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 7 | WatchDog2 | Watchdog 2 | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 8 | AC Pwr On | Power Unit | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 9 | ACPI Pwr State | System ACPI Power State | N/A | N/A | 'Legacy ON state' ipmi_sensor_read: internal IPMI error Also, I get no response from node1 over LAN, whereas node2 works perfectly (not shown). root@tru:~# ipmi-sensors -h node1ipmi -u root -p XXX --debug node1ipmi: ===================================================== node1ipmi: IPMI 1.5 Get Channel Authentication Capabilities Request node1ipmi: ===================================================== node1ipmi: RMCP Header: node1ipmi: ------------ node1ipmi: [ 6h] = version[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = reserved[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ FFh] = sequence_number[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ 7h] = message_class.class[ 5b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = message_class.reserved[ 2b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = message_class.ack[ 1b] node1ipmi: IPMI Session Header: node1ipmi: -------------------- node1ipmi: [ 0h] = authentication_type[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = session_sequence_number[32b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = session_id[32b] node1ipmi: [ 9h] = ipmi_msg_len[ 8b] node1ipmi: IPMI Message Header: node1ipmi: -------------------- node1ipmi: [ 20h] = rs_addr[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = rs_lun[ 2b] node1ipmi: [ 6h] = net_fn[ 6b] node1ipmi: [ C8h] = checksum1[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ 81h] = rq_addr[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = rq_lun[ 2b] node1ipmi: [ 23h] = rq_seq[ 6b] node1ipmi: IPMI Command Data: node1ipmi: ------------------ node1ipmi: [ 38h] = cmd[ 8b] node1ipmi: [ Eh] = channel_number[ 4b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = reserved1[ 3b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = get_ipmi_v2.0_extended_data[ 1b] node1ipmi: [ 3h] = maximum_privilege_level[ 4b] node1ipmi: [ 0h] = reserved2[ 4b] node1ipmi: IPMI Trailer: node1ipmi: -------------- node1ipmi: [ AAh] = checksum2[ 8b] Additional details (this info is identical to the working node) root@publican:~# bmc-info Device ID : 37 Device Revision : 1 Device SDRs : unsupported Firmware Revision : 1.30 Device Available : yes (normal operation) IPMI Version : 2.0 Sensor Device : supported SDR Repository Device : supported SEL Device : supported FRU Inventory Device : supported IPMB Event Receiver : supported IPMB Event Generator : supported Bridge : unsupported Chassis Device : supported Manufacturer ID : Inventec Enterprise System Corp. (20569) Product ID : 52 Auxiliary Firmware Revision Information : 6D6E0001h GUID : f790edd1-a000-0061-756d-502032343435 System Firmware Version : 5442A170 System Name : Primary Operating System Name : Operating System Name : Channel Information Channel Number : 0 Medium Type : IPMB (I2C) Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0 Active Session Count : 0 Session Support : session-less Vendor ID : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154) Channel Number : 1 Medium Type : 802.3 LAN Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0 Active Session Count : 0 Session Support : multi-session Vendor ID : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154) Channel Number : 6 Medium Type : IPMB (I2C) Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0 Active Session Count : 0 Session Support : session-less Vendor ID : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154) _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list Freeipmi-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
