On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Fred Skrotzki <fskrot...@textwise.com> wrote:
> Being able to ping the interface is not a valid assumption. Many board
> implementations (Most Dell systems for example) do not support the icmp
> protocol as that would be code overhead that is not really needed.
>
> Also if it is using a shared Nic setup (i.e. the primary/secondary Nic
> is also the nic for the ipmi interface) it is very unlikely that you'll
> be able to hit the ipmi interface via that network interface from the
> machine of that interface but should be able to from another machine.
>
> Without knowing the specific manufacture and board along with some more
> details (like was this done from the same system or a different one)
> it's not possible to give you a concrete answer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paras pradhan [mailto:pradhanpa...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:45 AM
> To: ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Ipmitool-devel] Ipmi help
>
> hi,
>
> I guess this is the write place to ask.
>
>
>
> I am working on to setup a fencing using IPMI which is supported in my
> mother board. I have assigned the ip address to the ipmi , but I am not
> able to ping the interface.
>
> If i do:
>
> ipmitool chassis status , it works but if i do
>
> [r...@ha1 ~]# ipmitool -I lan -H ipaddress -U admin -P admin chassis
> status
> Error: Unable to establish LAN session
> Error sending Chassis Status command
>
>
> Its' not working. If ipmi is correctly setup, i should be able to ping
> the ip address assigned to the ipmi right?. The network address of eth0
> of my machine and that of ipmi interface is same.
>
>
> What i am missing here?
>
>
> Thanks
> Paras.
>
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As you said.. I can ping/test from the different machine but from the
same network only. I have gateway set up but am not able to ping/test
from another network. Although I have gateway ip setup I don't see it
in . Here is the o/p:
-
r...@xendev1 ~]# ipmitool lan print 1
Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support : NONE MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable : Callback :
: User :
: Operator :
: Admin : MD5 PASSWORD
: OEM :
IP Address Source : Static Address
IP Address : 10.42.21.28
Subnet Mask : 255.255.0.0
MAC Address : 00:15:17:5a:15:62
SNMP Community String :
IP Header : TTL=0x40 Flags=0x40 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x10
BMC ARP Control : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Enabled
Gratituous ARP Intrvl : 5.0 seconds
Default Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
Backup Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0
Backup Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
RMCP+ Cipher Suites : 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
Cipher Suite Priv Max : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
: X=Cipher Suite Unused
: c=CALLBACK
: u=USER
: o=OPERATOR
: a=ADMIN
: O=OEM
[r...@xendev1 ~]#
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Thanks
Paras.
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