On 11/11/2010 12:27, Adam Thompson wrote: > > Thank you for the suggestion, but none of those packages work as-is. > > The “simplest” solution would appear to be: include ipmi(4) in the > kernel… I’m quite familiar with OpenBSD, but not so much with FreeBSD > – and definitely not familiar enough with it to want to attempt > recompiling my own kernel and transplanting it! > > > > So… what’re the odds of getting ipmi(4) included in the 2.0 kernel? > > > > (ipmitool talks to ipmi(4); the other two pkgs do it their own way – I > think – but have binary dependencies that are a bit daunting on an > ‘embedded’ platform) >
Have you tried just kldload ipmi from a shell? seems to work for me. dmesg | tail -10 vip3: MASTER -> BACKUP (more frequent advertisement received) vip3: link state changed to DOWN vip4: link state changed to UP vip3: link state changed to UP ipmi0: <IPMI System Interface> on isa0 ipmi0: KCS mode found at io 0xca8 alignment 0x4 on isa ipmi0: IPMI device rev. 0, firmware rev. 1.2, version 2.0 ipmi0: Number of channels 5 ipmi0: Attached watchdog ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range Vince > > > Thanks, > > -Adam > > > > > > *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Moshe Katz > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 10, 2010 18:47 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [pfSense Support] IPMI under pfSense 2.0? > > > > You can try using pkg_add to install one of > these: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ipmi&stype=all&sektion=sysutils > <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ipmi&stype=all&sektion=sysutils> > > > > Moshe > > > ------------------------------ > Moshe Katz > -- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > -- +1(301)867-3732 > > > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:21 PM, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Is there any way to connect to onboard BMCs through IPMI under pfSense > 2.0? I've got a Dell PowerEdge 1650 with an intermittently failing fan (I > think), and I'd like to confirm which fan it is (or even that the problem > is, in fact, a fan) before I take it down and crack it open. I don't > have a > redundant firewall sitting there to pick up the slack so downtime is > bad... > > > I believe several IPMI packages have been ported to FreeBSD, but I don't > see any trace of any of them at the command-line. > > Suggestions? > > Thanks, > -Adam > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > >
