Alessandro Zummo wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:11:59 -0500 > Corey Minyard <miny...@acm.org> wrote: > > > >>> The next logic step was to try serial over lan. I've tried >>> both ipmitool isol and the dell redirector software >>> (dsm_bmu_solproxy32d). >>> > > >> Try enabling cts/rts flow control. At the login, do: >> stty crtscts >> and that might solve the problem. It works a lot better for me. >> >> Depending on the getty you use, you can do this in /etc/inittab. Do a >> "man getty" to figure it out. >> > > thank you very much, that helped. I now configured grub to use > the serial port and the kernel to have a console on both vga and serial. > NP, glad I could help.
> grub itself doesn't support enabling rtscts so it probably works because > it has been enabled by the previous boot. > It's possible, but you can force it on by doing a "console=ttySn,115200n81r. The "r" on the end turns on rts/cts. > I can see most of the boot sequence, however the kernel must be disrupting > the console redirection, even if I've set Redirection After Boot, 'cos I > cannot see the all the output (no fsck or init.d scripts for example). > Yes, as soon as the kernel driver takes over the port it will turn off rts/cts. You can turn it back on early in the boot sequence by adding something early in /etc/rcS.d to enable it again. > according to the ipmitool output it should support speeds up to 115.2 > bit-rate 9.6 | 19.2 | 38.4 | 57.6 | 115.2 > but setting them fails with > Error setting ISOL parameter 'bit-rate': Parameter out of range > > that happens with Dell's redirector too so I guess is a limit of > the BMC. > BMCs are traditionally very slow and can't keep up at 115.2. In fact, they can't keep up at 19.2, generally. -corey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
