Re: [xcat-user] bmc attribute confusion

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:22:42 -0800

Unfortunately that requires some hacking on the wvid script, and we are trying to avoid customizing default files so that future updates are much easier.

We'll go forward with implementing nodehm.mgt=iKVM, nodehm.power=ipmi. That seems to work even though xCAT complains about nodehm.mgt not being ipmi if you try to chdef a node to set the bmc address. It still works and finds the bmc address for rpower purposes if one of the groups the node belongs to has -bmc set.

A nice feature in future versions (in my opinion anyway) would be to allow custom plugins to run out of nodehm.cons / nodehm.power, and if .power / .cons is set to get out of the way and not try to do console or power commands via nodehm.mgt :-)


On 1/13/2014 7:42 PM, Xiao Peng Wang wrote:

Did you implemented function getrvidparms in your iKVM for getting the parameters of console? If yes, could you try to change the name of it to make it different with getrvidparms?
 
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Inactive hide details for Russell Jones ---2014/01/14 09:13:21---Unfortunately after testing this does not work real well - it Russell Jones ---2014/01/14 09:13:21---Unfortunately after testing this does not work real well - it results in  the ipmi.pm module saying

From: Russell Jones <russell-l...@jonesmail.me>
To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net,
Date: 2014/01/14 09:13
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] bmc attribute confusion




Unfortunately after testing this does not work real well - it results in the ipmi.pm module saying "Remote video is not supported", and then our iKVM.pm module actually launching and working.

Perhaps this needs to be a feature request so that when nodehm.cons is set, ipmi.pm does not attempt to do any video support?

Also yes, this is only stuff for supporting remote video on Dell iDRACs that utilize java consoles.


On 1/13/2014 6:17 PM, Xiao Peng Wang wrote:

    Looks good.

    BTW, what functionalities have been implemented in your iKVM.pm, only stuff for cons support?

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    Inactive hide details for Russell Jones ---2014/01/14 04:08:11---Correct. This is a normal old Dell box, so rinv and the like iRussell Jones ---2014/01/14 04:08:11---Correct. This is a normal old Dell box, so rinv and the like isn't  really necessary for these nodes

    From:     Russell Jones <russell-l...@jonesmail.me>
    To:     xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net,
    Date:     2014/01/14 04:08
    Subject:     Re: [xcat-user] bmc attribute confusion



    Correct. This is a normal old Dell box, so rinv and the like isn't really necessary for these nodes.

    I believe we might be able to utilize nodehm.cons to put our "iKVM" string in, set ipmi for nodehm.mgt and nodehm.power, and then go off of the nodehm.cons column if it won't negatively affect other major functions. Thoughts?


    On 1/13/2014 2:02 PM, Lissa Valletta wrote:
       I asked some our our developers if there is a way to do what I think you want to do .  You want to add a plugin to run some commands and yet still use the ipmi plugin for others.   
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