Also just for more info, this is a Dell SC1435 node that has an
upgraded iDRAC that uses a java console, while power is controlled
via standard IPMI. So, we need to be able to do nodehm.power=ipmi,
and nodehm.mgt=iKVM. Then under /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT_plugin, we
have a custom iKVM.pm module that gets called when wvid is ran.
On 1/13/2014 1:35 PM, Russell Jones
wrote:
Thanks!
I was under the impression mgt attribute was just a "catch-all"
for if you didn't want to have to manually set both nodehm.power
and nodehm.cons.
We have custom perl modules that are utilizing nodehm.mgt for
storing data for launching custom java consoles when wvid is
called. So that I am better aware of what the downsides are to
this, what is nodehm.mgt used for that nodehm.power and
nodehm.cons is not?
On 1/13/2014 10:07 AM, Lissa Valletta
wrote:
You need to provide the mgt
attribute also as indicated by the error message. Sure you
can tabedit and get around it but that is not satisfying the
xcat database setup requirement. You need to tell us the
method used for hardware control, in this case ipmi.
Use this document as a
reference:
https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=XCAT_iDataPlex_Cluster_Quick_Start
Lissa K. Valletta
8-3/B10
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(tie 293) 433-3102
 Russell Jones
---01/10/2014 03:08:33 PM---Hi all, When configuring a node
to utilize a java console via wvid, and ipmi for
From: Russell Jones <russell-l...@jonesmail.me>
To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Date: 01/10/2014 03:08 PM
Subject: [xcat-user] bmc attribute
confusion
Hi all,
When configuring a node to utilize a java console via wvid,
and ipmi for power, things get a little screwy:
[root@master xCAT_plugin]# chdef
c01n69 bmc=c01n69-bmc
Cannot set the 'bmc' attribute unless a value is provided
for 'mgt'.
mgt => The method to use to do general hardware
management of the node. This attribute is used as the
default if power or getmac is not set. Valid values: ipmi,
blade, hmc, ivm, fsp, bpa. See the power attribute for more
details.
Error: Cannot set the attr='bmc' attribute unless
'mgt=ipmi'.
1 object definitions have been created or modified.
An lsdef of the node shows the bmc attribute empty. I have to
manually edit the ipmi table to add the bmc address for the
node so that rpower works. "lsdef" still shows it blank, but
at least at that point rpower is able to communicate with the
node's BMC.
Why is xCAT requiring mgt to be set for the BMC attribute, and
all I am trying to do is utilize rpower for remote power
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