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Re: [Freeipmi-users] Power statistics for Supermicro A+ 1023US-TR4 serve
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Albert Chu |
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Re: [Freeipmi-users] Power statistics for Supermicro A+ 1023US-TR4 server |
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Thu, 26 Jul 2018 08:33:08 -0700 |
If I had to guess, it is a policy of the vendor and/or an oversight of
the vendor. Most vendors purchase their IPMI firmware from a third
party, then make their modifications to it for their own release.
I've seen several motherboards that "support DCMI" (i.e. ipmi-dcmi
reports that it is supported as you saw), but internally they never
actually implemented anything related to DCMI. My assumption is that
ipmi-dcmi showing support is lingering bits from the 3rd party
firmware.
Supermicro did support DCMI in the past
(https://serverfault.com/questions/389224/power-usage-via-ipmi-or-bios-or/389355#389355).
Sorry that I don't have better info. If you bug Supermicro, maybe
they can eventually give you what you want :P
Al
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 1:48 AM, Vladimir Stegailov <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Al,
>
> thank you for the response!
>
> Do you think that this problem is a flaw in the DCMI implementation of the
> current motherboard firmware?
> In this case, we could hope it is to be corrected in future versions.
>
> Or is it rather a policy of the vendor? It seems so since they don’t
> provide the raw command for PSU monitoring.
> Are we to abandon plans for using freeipmi-based accounting in SLURM for
> this cluster?
>
> Vlad
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:37 PM, Albert Chu <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vladimir,
>>
>> > What could be the reason for this problem with FreeIPMI inability to
>> > read power statistics?
>>
>> Internally, I don't know how Supermicro is obtaining the data they have
>> in their output. It would not be surprising if it were via an OEM
>> specific extension. It would also not be surprising the motherboard
>> does not support as much DCMI as they advertise.
>>
>> I have seen some motherboards that allow some mechanisms (such as DCMI)
>> via LAN but not via in-band. Perhaps it would be worthwhile trying --
>> get-system-power-statistics over LAN?
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2018-07-24 at 12:44 +0300, Vladimir Stegailov wrote:
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I have a question concerning FreeIPMI usage on the novel Supermicro
>> > A+
>> > Server 1023US-TR4 with two AMD Epyc CPUs.
>> >
>> > The BMC firmware of the corresponding H11DSU-iN motherboard has been
>> > upgraded to the latest available version (1.30).
>> >
>> > The FreeIPMI test shows that the power monitoring is available:
>> >
>> > *host1:~ # ipmi-dcmi --get-dcmi-capability-info*
>> > *DCMI Specification Conformance : 1.1*
>> >
>> > *Power Management / Monitoring Support : Available*
>> > *In-band System Interface Channel : Available*
>> > *Serial TMODE : Not present*
>> > *Out-Of-Band Secondary LAN Channel : Not present*
>> >
>> > *Number of SEL entries : 512*
>> > *Record Level SEL Flush upon Rollover : Not present*
>> > *Entire SEL Flush upon Rollover : Not present*
>> > *SEL automatic rollover : Not present*
>> > *DHCP Host Name : Not present*
>> > *Asset Tag : Available*
>> >
>> > *Power Management Device Slave Address : 10h*
>> > *Power Management Controller Device Revision : 1*
>> > *Power Management Controller Channel Number : 0*
>> >
>> > *Primary LAN Out-of-band Channel Number : 1*
>> > *Secondary LAN Out-of-band Channel Number : Not supported*
>> > *Serial Out-of-band TMODE Capability Channel Number : Not supported*
>> >
>> > *ipmi_cmd_dcmi_get_dcmi_capability_info_enhanced_system_power_statist
>> > ics_attributes:
>> > bad completion code*
>> >
>> > However it is not possible to get power statistics by a DCMI request
>> > (it
>> > stops with an error):
>> >
>> > *host1:~ # ipmi-dcmi --debug --get-system-power-statistic*
>> > *=====================================================*
>> > *Group Extension - Get Power Reading Request*
>> > *=====================================================*
>> > *[ 2h] = cmd[ 8b]*
>> > *[ DCh] = group_extension_identification[ 8b]*
>> > *[ 1h] = mode[ 8b]*
>> > *[ 0h] = mode_attributes[ 8b]*
>> > *[ 0h] = reserved[ 8b]*
>> > *=====================================================*
>> > *Group Extension - Get Power Reading Response*
>> > *=====================================================*
>> > *[ 2h] = cmd[ 8b]*
>> > *[ FFh] = comp_code[ 8b]*
>> > *ipmi_cmd_dcmi_get_power_reading: bad completion code*
>> >
>> > At the same time, the Supermicro tool does show power statistics:
>> >
>> > address@hidden:~/repos/SMCIPMITool_2.20.0_build.180525_bundleJRE_L
>> > inux>
>> > ./SMCIPMITool ipmi1 ADMIN ADMIN pminfo*
>> > * [SlaveAddress = B0h] [Module 1]*
>> > * Item | Value *
>> > * ---- | ----- *
>> > * Status | ON (00 00) *
>> > * Input Voltage | 225.75 V *
>> > * Input Current | 0.8 A *
>> > * Main Output Voltage | 12.16 V *
>> > * Main Output Current | 13.82 A *
>> > * Temperature 1 | 31C/88F *
>> > * Temperature 2 | 38C/100F *
>> > * Fan 1 | 2624 RPM *
>> > * Fan 2 | 0 RPM *
>> > * Main Output Power | 168 W *
>> > * Input Power | 176 W *
>> > * PMBus Revision | 0x22 *
>> > * PWS Serial Number | P1K0ACH21AN0368 *
>> > * PWS Module Number | PWS-1K02A-1R *
>> > * PWS Revision | 1.2 *
>> >
>> > What could be the reason for this problem with FreeIPMI inability to
>> > read
>> > power statistics?
>> > (Unfortunately, we are not able to get any help from Supermicro with
>> > this
>> > issue.)
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > Vlad
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Freeipmi-users mailing list
>> > address@hidden
>> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
>> --
>> Albert Chu
>> address@hidden
>> Computer Scientist
>> High Performance Systems Division
>> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>>
>>
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