> From: "Dewey Hylton" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:30:53 AM > Subject: Re: [smartos-discuss] troubleshooting smartos/supermicro > > > From: "Keith Wesolowski" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:14:26 AM > > Subject: Re: [smartos-discuss] troubleshooting smartos/supermicro > > > > If IPMI is working, then you should be using the serial console > > instead > > of VGA+keyboard. If you are, then you can access the console > > remotely > > using the sol activate ipmitool command. That should get you to a > > place > > where you can debug the problem. > > > > I can't emphasise this enough, so for the benefit of anyone reading > > this > > now or in archives: ALWAYS USE THE SERIAL-OVER-LAN CONSOLE! > > see? now _this_ is why i'm posting to the list. :) plenty of folks > far more familiar with the system than myself, and willing to share. > thanks. > > so ... mind walking me through this? once i'm logged in at the > console, this is what i'm seeing: > > # ipmitool sol activate > Error: This command is only available over the lanplus interface > > a quick search on the wiki shows this link: > http://wiki.smartos.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=754743 but > doesn't really walk me through setting this up. i realize this is > somewhat hardware-dependent, so i may need to be looking at > supermicro's site for instruction.
uh, i suppose i should have looked at the man page first. sorry for the noise. i'll come back with tail between legs if i get stuck again, but AFTER reading the available documentation. :/ ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
