Re: [Freeipmi-users] Rookie questions on using SOL

[Albert Chu]

On Mon, 2018-01-22 at 15:18 -0800, Albert Chu wrote:
> > I am not sure if it is enabled in the server BIOS as I currently do
> > not have a way to access it. If it was working in the webGUI,
> > would 
> > that imply that it IS turned on in the BIOS?
> 
> I don't know if this is a valid assumption.  My general tips and
> tricks
> are documented in the FAQ below:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/freeipmi-faq.html#What-setup-is
> -n
> eeded-for-Serial-over-LAN-_0028SOL_0029-or-Ipmiconsole_003f
> 
> (I now see that the link in part 3 is broken, and I should find a new
> page that describes newer modern Linux systems)
> 
> Perhaps you did not enable SOL for the user you logged in with?
> 
> Did you ensure that this Linux agetty is running and redirecting out
> of the appropriate ttySX?

I just realized you aren't trying to login via console, so you can
ignore this last line.

If you have not modified your BIOS at all, I suspect that may be the
big reason.  As the BIOS may not be redirecting anything to serial at
all.

Al

> Al
> 
> On Sun, 2018-01-21 at 12:50 +0000, Ben Oliver wrote:
> > I have an Asrock Rack C2750D4I with ipmi
> > 
> > My experience with using it has been exclusively through the webGUI
> > and 
> > the java applet they provide to access console output over the LAN.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, for some reason I cannot figure out, the webGUI now
> > fails 
> > to respond. An arp-scan showed it stil had an ip on the network so
> > I 
> > googled around and found this project. Sure enough, I can access it
> > with 
> > ipmi-config and see the setup.
> > 
> > I am primarily trying to establish an SOL connection to monitor
> > reboots 
> > when I do server upgrades.
> > 
> > As a bonus, it would be nice to get the webGUI back, or at least
> > disable 
> > it and use only freeipmi.
> > 
> > So far I have tried ipmiconsole and it says
> > 
> > [SOL established]
> > 
> > but nothing else.
> > 
> > I have added
> > 
> > SERIAL 0 38400
> > 
> > to my syslinux config on my laptop to enable serial console.
> > 
> > The SOL_Conf section on the server reads as follows:
> > 
> > Section SOL_Conf
> >     ## Possible values: Yes/No
> >     Enable_SOL                                    Yes
> >     ## Possible values:
> > Callback/User/Operator/Administrator/OEM_Proprietary
> >     SOL_Privilege_Level                           User
> >     ## Possible values: Yes/No
> >     Force_SOL_Payload_Authentication              No
> >     ## Possible values: Yes/No
> >     Force_SOL_Payload_Encryption                  No
> >     ## Give a non-zero valid integer. Each unit is 5ms
> >     Character_Accumulate_Interval                 12
> >     ## Give a valid number
> >     Character_Send_Threshold                      96
> >     ## Give a valid integer
> >     SOL_Retry_Count                               7
> >     ## Give a valid integer. Interval unit is 10ms
> >     SOL_Retry_Interval                            50
> >     ## Possible values: Serial/9600/19200/38400/57600/115200
> >     Non_Volatile_Bit_Rate                         38400
> >     ## Possible values: Serial/9600/19200/38400/57600/115200
> >     Volatile_Bit_Rate                             38400
> >     ## Give a valid port number
> >     ## SOL_Payload_Port_Number                    623
> > EndSection
> > 
> > I am not sure if it is enabled in the server BIOS as I currently do
> > not 
> > have a way to access it. If it was working in the webGUI, would
> > that 
> > imply that it IS turned on in the BIOS?
> > 
> > Is there anything I am missing that I should be doing to get this
> > to 
> > work?
> > 
> > I'm sorry to be so vague, I am very much flying blind here and am
> > only 
> > trying freeipmi for the first time today.
> > 
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Albert Chu
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Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory