On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 11:30:53AM -0500, Dewey Hylton wrote: > 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.
Right, the feature is generic. All you have to do to use it is select the right console device at boot time. Typically that's ttyb, but on a few SMCI boards it's ttyc. It can sometimes be set in the firmware configuration under Console Redirection; the details are board and firmware specific. Setting the right console device is just a matter of passing the right arguments to the kernel, which is usually done by just selecting the right bootloader menu option. To connect, you want ipmitool -I lanplus -H <BMC IP or name> -U ADMIN -P ADMIN sol activate. Note that your username and/or password may be different; see your firmware's documentation. More details can be found in the ipmitool man page. ------------------------------------------- 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
