Won, Gosh, that takes me way back, but I do remember that there was a firmware or BIOS bug having to do with leap day, and IIRC it only occurred starting in Feb 2004 or something, but there was a fix released for it a long time ago. The last release I see for TSRLT2/IBMx343 was BIOS P24 and BMC 0.66, you should upgrade to that.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: Won De Erick [mailto:won.der...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:57 PM To: Andy Cress; ch...@llnl.gov Cc: freeipmi-devel@gnu.org; freeipmi-us...@gnu.org Subject: RE: [Freeipmi-devel] Re: SEL datestamp 01-Jan-1970? Thanks for this clarification. So now, it is most likely that the other problem (date is always late by one day on IBM x343) due to a firmware bug(?). Let me share you the other problem that I've encountered, which had led me to suspect before that CMOS clock was not properly sync'ed. I hope you can give me more hints/explanations for me to come up with a conclusive findings. 1. Get the date/time in shell # date Fri Feb 13 14:20:20 PHT 2009 2. Rebooted the box, then entered BIOS config to verify date/time System Time : 06:25:29 # seems correct, it runs at UTC (8hrs diff) System Date : Fri 02/13/2009 3. Let the system up. 4. Unplugged the power cord to come up with a new event in SEL. I am using FreeIPMI v0.7.1 to retrieve the logs. 1724:01-Jan-1970 08:00:12:Power Supply Power Supply 2:Presence detected 1744:01-Jan-1970 08:00:12:Power Supply Power Supply 2:Power Supply input lost (AC/DC) --------------> unplug the power. 1764:01-Jan-1970 08:00:12:Power Unit Power Redundancy:Entered from Non-redundant:Insufficient Resources 1784:01-Jan-1970 08:00:41:System Event System Event:Timestamp Clock Synch 1804:12-Feb-2009 14:27:50:System Event System Event:Timestamp Clock Synch 1824:12-Feb-2009 14:28:15:System Event System Event:OEM System Boot Event 1844:12-Feb-2009 14:29:53:System Event System Event:Timestamp Clock Synch 1864:12-Feb-2009 14:29:53:System Event System Event:Timestamp Clock Synch 1884:12-Feb-2009 14:31:55:System Event System Event:OEM System Boot Event -------------> datestamp incorrect The datestamp '01-Jan-1970' should now be an indication of your explanations below. Does the datestamp '12-Feb-2009' being not updated to the correct date (13-Feb-2009) is a sign of a firmware bug? Thanks again for your usual support. --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Al Chu <ch...@llnl.gov> wrote: > Hey Andy, > > Do you know if the phrase "Pre-init timestamp" is > defined by some spec > (maybe outside of the IPMI one)? I remember seeing that > ipmitool > outputs this when the timestamp is 0, but is this really > the right > phrase or just what an ipmitool coder picked? I do agree > that perhaps a > "Uninitialized" or atleast something else should > be output instead of > 01-Jan-1970. > > Al > > On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 12:50 -0800, Andy Cress wrote: > > Won, > > > > That date is actually a 0 value, meaning 0 seconds > since 1-Jan-1970. > > Most of the time, the BMC stays running on 5V standby > power, but if the > > BMC firmware restarts (e.g. after input power is lost > or unplugged), it > > starts over and starts its clock value at 0 until BIOS > comes up and > > gives it the real clock value. > > So, you'd expect to see a "Pre-init > timestamp" in this case because the > > SEL shows that the input power was lost. > > > > Andy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > freeipmi-devel-bounces+arcress=users.sourceforge....@gnu.org > > > [mailto:freeipmi-devel-bounces+arcress=users.sourceforge....@gnu.org] > On > > Behalf Of Al Chu > > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:34 PM > > To: won.der...@yahoo.com > > Cc: freeipmi-devel@gnu.org; freeipmi-us...@gnu.org > > Subject: [Freeipmi-devel] Re: SEL datestamp > 01-Jan-1970? > > > > Hey Won, > > > > Well, I don't know if "normal" is the > right phrase to use :-) From my > > experiences, many motherboards do report incorrect > timestamps. FreeIPMI > > simply parses whatever information is on the > motherboard. So if it is > > given a bad timestamp, it will output whatever that > timestamp equates > > to. > > > > Al > > > > On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 08:29 -0800, Won De Erick wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > it seems that the CMOS battery is just fine. > I've replicated this to > > several similar boxes. > > > > > > Is this related to how freeipmi parses logs? or > this is just normal? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Won > > > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 2/13/09, Won De Erick > <won.der...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Al, > > > > > > > > I noticed the following erroneous datestamps > when viewing > > > > SEL. > > > > > > > > #ipmi-sel > > > > 144:08-Feb-2009 03:51:08:System Event System > > > > Event:Timestamp Clock Synch > > > > 164:08-Feb-2009 03:51:03:System Event System > > > > Event:Timestamp Clock Synch > > > > 184:08-Feb-2009 03:51:25:System Event System > Event:OEM > > > > System Boot Event > > > > ... > > > > 444:01-Jan-1970 08:00:11:Power Supply Power > Supply 2:Power > > > > Supply input lost (AC/DC) > > > > 464:01-Jan-1970 08:00:12:Power Unit Power > > > > Redundancy:Entered from > Non-redundant:Insufficient Resources > > > > 484:01-Jan-1970 08:00:50:System Event System > > > > Event:Timestamp Clock Synch > > > > 504:10-Feb-2009 11:45:09:System Event System > > > > Event:Timestamp Clock Synch > > > > > > > > I've replicated this to several > machines. Though the > > > > CMOS battery could be the potential reason, > I want to know > > > > if ipmi-sel is related to this, or has > something to do with > > > > this. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Won > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Albert Chu > ch...@llnl.gov > Computer Scientist > High Performance Systems Division > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The information contained in this document is CONFIDENTIAL and property of Kontron. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited without express written consent of Kontron. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the original message and enclosed attachments. _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-devel mailing list Freeipmi-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-devel