On Mon, 2018-01-22 at 15:18 -0800, Albert Chu wrote: > > I am not sure if it is enabled in the server BIOS as I currently do > > not have a way to access it. If it was working in the webGUI, > > would > > that imply that it IS turned on in the BIOS? > > I don't know if this is a valid assumption. My general tips and > tricks > are documented in the FAQ below: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/freeipmi-faq.html#What-setup-is > -n > eeded-for-Serial-over-LAN-_0028SOL_0029-or-Ipmiconsole_003f > > (I now see that the link in part 3 is broken, and I should find a new > page that describes newer modern Linux systems) > > Perhaps you did not enable SOL for the user you logged in with? > > Did you ensure that this Linux agetty is running and redirecting out > of the appropriate ttySX?
I just realized you aren't trying to login via console, so you can ignore this last line. If you have not modified your BIOS at all, I suspect that may be the big reason. As the BIOS may not be redirecting anything to serial at all. Al > Al > > On Sun, 2018-01-21 at 12:50 +0000, Ben Oliver wrote: > > I have an Asrock Rack C2750D4I with ipmi > > > > My experience with using it has been exclusively through the webGUI > > and > > the java applet they provide to access console output over the LAN. > > > > Unfortunately, for some reason I cannot figure out, the webGUI now > > fails > > to respond. An arp-scan showed it stil had an ip on the network so > > I > > googled around and found this project. Sure enough, I can access it > > with > > ipmi-config and see the setup. > > > > I am primarily trying to establish an SOL connection to monitor > > reboots > > when I do server upgrades. > > > > As a bonus, it would be nice to get the webGUI back, or at least > > disable > > it and use only freeipmi. > > > > So far I have tried ipmiconsole and it says > > > > [SOL established] > > > > but nothing else. > > > > I have added > > > > SERIAL 0 38400 > > > > to my syslinux config on my laptop to enable serial console. > > > > The SOL_Conf section on the server reads as follows: > > > > Section SOL_Conf > > ## Possible values: Yes/No > > Enable_SOL Yes > > ## Possible values: > > Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/OEM_Proprietary > > SOL_Privilege_Level User > > ## Possible values: Yes/No > > Force_SOL_Payload_Authentication No > > ## Possible values: Yes/No > > Force_SOL_Payload_Encryption No > > ## Give a non-zero valid integer. Each unit is 5ms > > Character_Accumulate_Interval 12 > > ## Give a valid number > > Character_Send_Threshold 96 > > ## Give a valid integer > > SOL_Retry_Count 7 > > ## Give a valid integer. Interval unit is 10ms > > SOL_Retry_Interval 50 > > ## Possible values: Serial/9600/19200/38400/57600/115200 > > Non_Volatile_Bit_Rate 38400 > > ## Possible values: Serial/9600/19200/38400/57600/115200 > > Volatile_Bit_Rate 38400 > > ## Give a valid port number > > ## SOL_Payload_Port_Number 623 > > EndSection > > > > I am not sure if it is enabled in the server BIOS as I currently do > > not > > have a way to access it. If it was working in the webGUI, would > > that > > imply that it IS turned on in the BIOS? > > > > Is there anything I am missing that I should be doing to get this > > to > > work? > > > > I'm sorry to be so vague, I am very much flying blind here and am > > only > > trying freeipmi for the first time today. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freeipmi-users mailing list > > Freeipmi-users@gnu.org > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users -- Albert Chu ch...@llnl.gov Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list Freeipmi-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
