Hello Peter, Please see my comments inline.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Pothier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Openhpi-devel] FW: [oh-tracker] [ > openhpi-Feature Requests-2123316 ] Failed Resource has no RPT > > Hi Raghavendra, > > Isn't an M7 state also a Lost Connection state? M7 state indicates that the FRU has lost the connection. When the discovery fails, then plugin has lost the connection with the Shelf Manager (in case of ATCA). But, the FRU can be in healthy state. > > I'm simply trying to avoid the condition where HPI knows a > module is present (because it responded ... perhaps not correctly or > completely) but does not create an RPT. > > Because there's no RPT, it looks like the slot is empty .. > which it is not. I agree with you. This may help the user in debugging the problem. Regards, Raghavendra PG > > Peter P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ganesha, Raghavendra Pandimakki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Openhpi-devel] FW: [oh-tracker] [ openhpi-Feature > Requests-2123316 ] Failed Resource has no RPT > > Hello, > > May be OpenHPI plugin should put the resource in failed state > only if it is sure that resource has failed. > > It may not be correct to put the resource in failed state if > the management module or communication breaks. > The communication failure with the management module makes > the resources of a particular plugin instance un-manageable. > > This leads to a question, "How the plugin should do inform > the communication failure with management module?" > In other words, "How the OpenHPI can mark the resources as > unmanageable when the communication with management module breaks?" > > I'm not able find any good answer from SAF HPI spec. > > Any suggestions? > > Regards, > Raghavendra PG > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: SourceForge.net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:33 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [oh-tracker] [ openhpi-Feature Requests-2123316 ] Failed > > Resource has no RPT > > > > Feature Requests item #2123316, was opened at 2008-09-22 > > 15:02 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by > > Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=532254&aid=2 > > 123316&group_id=71730 > > > > Please note that this message will contain a full copy of > the comment > > thread, including the initial issue submission, for this > request, not > > just the latest update. > > Category: IPMI Direct plugin > > Group: None > > Status: Open > > Resolution: None > > Priority: 5 > > Private: No > > Submitted By: PeterP (ppothier) > > Assigned to: Pierre Sangouard (psangouard) > > Summary: Failed Resource has no RPT > > > > Initial Comment: > > When resource discovery fails, either because of bad hardware or > > network problems, the OpenHPI ipmidirect plugin logs the following > > error message > > > > ERROR while discover MC ..., giving up ! > > > > and does not create an RPT or any RDRs for the resource. > > > > >From an HPI User perspective, it looks like there's nothing > > there. Which is not accurate. > > > > It would be better to create a resource for it, placing it into a > > Failed Resource state (M7). This would better allow users to take > > action. > > > > This is using openhpi-2.10.2. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > You can respond by visiting: > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=532254&aid=2 > > 123316&group_id=71730 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > 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=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > openhpi-tracker mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openhpi-tracker > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > - > 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=/ > _______________________________________________ > Openhpi-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openhpi-devel > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > 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=/ > _______________________________________________ > Openhpi-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openhpi-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=/ _______________________________________________ Openhpi-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openhpi-devel
