[Freeipmi-devel] bmc-info now requires "Device GUID" support

[Rob Swindell]

The Free-IPMI ‘bmc-info’ command appears to now prematurely terminate with an error if the target BMC does not support the “Get Device GUID” command. This is new(ish) behavior.

 

Previous behavior:

 

# bmc-info -V

bmc-info - 1.1.5

Copyright (C) 2003-2012 FreeIPMI Core Team

This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of

the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.

 

# bmc-info -

Device ID             : 1

Device Revision       : 0

Device SDRs           : unsupported

Firmware Revision     : 3.00

Device Available      : yes (normal operation)

IPMI Version          : 2.0

Sensor Device         : supported

SDR Repository Device : supported

SEL Device            : supported

FRU Inventory Device  : unsupported

IPMB Event Receiver   : unsupported

IPMB Event Generator  : unsupported

Bridge                : unsupported

Chassis Device        : unsupported

Manufacturer ID       : Broadcom Corporation (4413)

Product ID            : 5725

Auxiliary Firmware Revision Information : 0E000000h

 

System Firmware Version       : V0.29

System Name                   : xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Channel Information

 

Channel Number       : 0

Medium Type          : IPMB (I2C)

Protocol Type        : IPMB-1.0

Active Session Count : 0

Session Support      : session-less

Vendor ID            : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154)

 

Channel Number       : 1

Medium Type          : 802.3 LAN

Protocol Type        : IPMB-1.0

Active Session Count : 1

Session Support      : multi-session

Vendor ID            : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154)

 

Channel Number       : 2

Medium Type          : System Interface (KCS, SMIC, or BT)

Protocol Type        : KCS

Active Session Count : 0

Session Support      : session-less

Vendor ID            : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154)

 

Channel Number       : 3

Medium Type          : System Interface (KCS, SMIC, or BT)

Protocol Type        : KCS

Active Session Count : 0

Session Support      : session-less

Vendor ID            : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154)

 

Current behavior:

 

# bmc-info -V

bmc-info - 1.4.0

Copyright (C) 2003-2013 FreeIPMI Core Team

This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of

the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.

 

# bmc-info

Device ID             : 1

Device Revision       : 0

Device SDRs           : unsupported

Firmware Revision     : 3.00

Device Available      : yes (normal operation)

IPMI Version          : 2.0

Sensor Device         : supported

SDR Repository Device : supported

SEL Device            : supported

FRU Inventory Device  : unsupported

IPMB Event Receiver   : unsupported

IPMB Event Generator  : unsupported

Bridge                : unsupported

Chassis Device        : unsupported

Manufacturer ID       : Broadcom Corporation (4413)

Product ID            : 5725

Auxiliary Firmware Revision Information : 0E000000h

 

ipmi_cmd_get_device_guid: command invalid or unsupported

 

The “Get Device GUID” command is optional (Table 20-1 in IPMI v2.0) and not supported in all BMCs.

 

-Rob