Re: [Freeipmi-users] Using IPMI on Compulab MintBox

[Albert Chu]

Hi Amos,

Typically the device addresses have to be obtained from the vendor. 
Then you can configure via those addresses.

Al

On Mon, 2019-09-23 at 15:36 +0300, Amos Shapir wrote:
> Hi Al and ipmi users,
> 
> Now we got a new ethernet card which is sure to have an I210 (device
> ID is
> 1533); however, I get exactly the same behavior.
> If the device's addresses are not advertised, how can we discover the
> addresses?  Are the ipmi tools still usable?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:52 AM Amos Shapir <address@hidden
> >
> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Al & ipmi users,
> > 
> > After going through all 530 pages of Intel's documentation, I found
> > that one
> > of the main differences between I210 and I211 is that the latter
> > does NOT
> > have NC-SI and MCTP capabilities; that's a good reason for not
> > responding...
> > 
> > We are now trying workarounds, possibly replacing the NIC to one
> > which
> > does include an I210 chip.
> > 
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 7:16 PM Al Chu <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Amos,
> > > 
> > > It definitely looks like your board does not publish any
> > > information
> > > about addresses to communicate on your board.  This isn't the end
> > > of
> > > the world, but if the system defaults aren't working (I assume
> > > "ipmi_si", would try defaults, but I can't speak to that.  You'll
> > > have
> > > to ask the "openipmi" project about that), it's possible your
> > > board
> > > uses non-default device addresses that aren't advertised.
> > > 
> > > In this case, you just need to get the information from the
> > > vendor on
> > > the right addresses to use and set things up with those addresses
> > > specifically.
> > > 
> > > Al
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2019-09-16 at 11:49 +0300, Amos Shapir wrote:
> > > > Hi IPMI users,
> > > > 
> > > > I'm trying to use the IPMI tools on Compulab's MintBox, running
> > > > Ubuntu
> > > > 16.04and their Fitlet2 board.  This board includes an Intel
> > > > I211
> > > > network
> > > > controller, which is supposed to have NC-SI capabilities, but
> > > > the
> > > > IPMI
> > > > tools cannot communicate with it.
> > > > 
> > > > All tools seem to be running OK, but:
> > > > - The *ipmi_si *kernel module doesn;t load, claiming "Unable to
> > > > find
> > > > any
> > > > System Interface(s)"
> > > > - Trying *ipmi-locate, *it states FAILED on all probed
> > > > interfaces,
> > > > and
> > > > produces "wrong mapping type" error messages in the kernel's
> > > > log
> > > > (which may
> > > > be caused by the missing kernel module)
> > > > - *ipmiping* fails to get a response from any IP address (not
> > > > surprising)
> > > > 
> > > > In short, it seems the device just doesn't advertise
> > > > itself.  Does
> > > > anyone
> > > > on the list have experience with using I210/I211 under Linux,
> > > > and how
> > > > it
> > > > should be configured?
> > > > (The ultimate goal here is to use it to control another device
> > > > via
> > > > PHY)
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks much,
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > *Amos Shapir*
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> > 
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> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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Albert Chu
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High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory