On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 14:06 -0400, John Morrissey wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 09:04:58AM -0700, Roger Mach wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:20 -0400, John Morrissey wrote: > > > I'm trying to get SOL working on a large pile of IBM BladeCenter HS21 > > > blades. IPMI seems to be working fine (I can pull chassis information, > > > etc. with no problems), but 'sol info' complains about 'Invalid command' > > > when I run it: > > > > While the blades do communicate with the management module in a blade > > chassis using IPMI, they don't support doing SOL the way other platforms > > do. Instead, to access the serial console you need to telnet to the > > management module (MM or AMM), log in and then issue this command: > > > > console -T system:blade[X] > > > > Where X is the slot number of the blade. See > > https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?brandind=5000008&lndocid=MIGR-59728 > > for more information and troubleshooting suggestions. > > Exactly what I was looking for; thanks, Roger. I'd attached to the console > via the MM before, but didn't realize that SOL access via ipmitool(1) wasn't > supported. > > Are any automated (i.e., from a Linux userland) ways of configuring the > blades' BIOS SOL settings? We're adding batches of blades on a fairly > regular basis, and it would be nice to have the setup be completely > automated.
Yes, the IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) can read and modify the BIOS settings. You can download the utility and documentation from: https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-55021&brandind=5000008 I believe the SOL settings should be supported by this utility, but if they aren't, you should still be able to use the readraw and writeraw commands to clone a working configuration from one blade to another. Also, be aware that the utility requires patching to support specific machine types - the documentation explains how to do this. -- Roger > > john ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
