> From: "Keith Wesolowski" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:56:59 AM > Subject: Re: [smartos-discuss] troubleshooting smartos/supermicro > > 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.
thanks, keith. i eventually remembered to check the man page, and made a successful connection. i am currently trying to figure the best way of mangling grub to enable this, all without going onsite. my only brush with ipmi before this was with hp's ilo - and i only used the web-based interface there so i essentially have zero background with ipmi. the idea of using ipmitool for a remote console is so much better ... thanks for pointing me in the right direction! ------------------------------------------- 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
