On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 03:51:19PM -0700, Don Jackson via smartos-discuss wrote:
> I’m attempting to configure a collection of servers (Supermicro) to run > SmartOS. It might help if you tell us which model. We maintain a set of complete documentation on the models we use, including firmware and console configuration, at http://eng.joyent.com/manufacturing. The documents in question might be more easily viewed in Github at joyent/manufacturing. > I’m having difficultly figuring out how to configure the bios, ipxe, and > smartos so that from a serial port/console I would see > the entire bios sequence, pxeboot, ipxemenu, and then finally the smartos > console. I suggest taking a look at our sdcboot and ipxe repos on GH. They address these problems. > I attempted to set the bios “remote console” to com1, and also configured the > ipxe menu item for smartos to use com1 as well, Most SMCI models use ttyb ("COM2" for those still using DOS) for SoL. If you're using the hardware port instead (presumably with a concentrator), than this is probably correct. > both using the same baud rate settings. This would work until I > selected/booted smartos from the ipxe menu, I’d get 1 or two smartos boot > lines, > and then nothing. How exactly did you do this? The specific format of the options is important. > I then turned off console redirection, and just set smartos to use com1 > serial console. With that, I do get a serial console on com1 after the > system boots, > but I don’t get to see the ipxe menu itself. ipxe has to be configured at build time to use a particular serial port or ports. Our ipxe, I believe, is configured to use ttyb as well as the VGA port if one is present. > It looks like there is an ipxe build option to use a serial port. So at the > cost of having to build ipxe, it seems like I could get both the ipxe menu > and the smartos console on the same serial port (untested). That's what we do. > In other situations (different hardware and OS - Solaris10), I was able to > get all of the above working on a single serial port/console. I can assure you that all of our labs are configured in this way. Everything after early firmware init goes to the serial-over-lan device, including SmartOS's boot and getty. We even use kmdb just fine. I have never tried doing the same with the hardware serial port, as we don't have concentrators. Our experience with the SoL functionality has been pretty good although in the absence of any profit motive I would choose external concentrators instead. ------------------------------------------- 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
