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Re: [Freeipmi-users] Tyan Thunder S2882 with m3289 bmc module


From: Bala.A
Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] Tyan Thunder S2882 with m3289 bmc module
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:12:07 -0800 (PST)
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Hi,

Can you try ipmipower with the following conditions?

1. Bring up ONLY on-board Intel Pro100 card (IPMI).
2. Try ipmipower with cross-over cable connected to another machine.

Thanks,

Best Regards
Bala


> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:54:06PM -0600, Joshua Williams wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:40:55AM -0800, Bala.A wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > > Sorry for the confusion on my end... This is an S2882 and there were
>> > > actually four ethernet cards in the system.  Three onboard and one
>> > > PCI (another Intel - eth3).  I was trying to give the BMC the
>> addresses
>> > > of the PCI card (eth3).  Once I figured things out I gave it the
>> > > addresses of the onboard Intel card (eth2) and started using eth2 as
>> > > the primary network interface, ipmiping and rmcpping started to
>> work.
>> > > I can't get 'ipmipower --stat' to work though.  I get the simple
>> message:
>> > >
>> > >  # ipmipower --stat --hostname tomato
>> > >  tomato: timed out
>> >
>> > 1. Your on-board Intel Pro100 card should be up and running with same
>> IP
>> > address of BMC in GNU/Linux. This is known problem in SMDC firmware.
>>
>> This is true:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# ifconfig eth2
>> eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:2B:0A:AC
>>           inet addr:10.0.65.3  Bcast:10.0.65.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>> ...
>>
>> address@hidden root]# bmc-config --checkout
>> ...
>> Section LAN_Conf
>>         ## Possible values:
>> Unspecified/Static/Use_DHCP/Use_BIOS/Use_Others
>>         Ip_Address_Source                            Static
>>         ## Give valid IP Address
>>         Ip_Address                                   10.0.65.3
>>         ## Give valid MAC Address
>>         Mac_Address                                  00:E0:81:2B:0A:AC
>>         ## Give valid Subnet mask
>>         Subnet_Mask                                  255.255.255.0
>>         ## Give valid IP Address
>>         Default_Gateway_Ip_Address                   10.0.65.1
>>         ## Give valid MAC Address
>>         Default_Gateway_Mac_Address                  00:00:00:00:00:00
>>         ## Give valid IP Address
>>         Backup_Gateway_Ip_Address                    10.0.65.1
>>         ## Give valid MAC Address
>>         Backup_Gateway_Mac_Address                   00:00:00:00:00:00
>> EndSection
>> ...
>>
>> > 2. Install GNU FreeIPMI in another machine (This machine should be in
>> same
>> > network of IPMI machine by on-board Intel Pro100 card).
>>
>> Installed on:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# rpm -q freeipmi
>> freeipmi-0.1.3-0.20041102
>
> Sorry, this should have read:
>
> address@hidden root]# rpm -q freeipmi
> freeipmi-0.1.3-0.20041102
>
> - Josh
>
>> address@hidden root]# ifconfig
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:1F:2A:FC:B4
>>           inet addr:10.0.3.81  Bcast:10.0.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>> ...
>>
>> This is on a 10.0.3.x subnet while the IPMI card is on a 10.0.65.x
>> subnet.  Should not matter though because as you'll see below, ipmiping
>> works between the two.
>>
>> > 3. Test ICMP ping to IPMI machine.  This should be working.
>>
>> This works:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# ping 10.0.65.3
>> PING 10.0.65.3 (10.0.65.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=62 time=0.447 ms
>> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=62 time=0.386 ms
>> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=62 time=0.373 ms
>> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=62 time=0.382 ms
>> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=62 time=0.365 ms
>>
>> --- 10.0.65.3 ping statistics ---
>> 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.365/0.390/0.447/0.036 ms, pipe 2
>>
>> > 4. If ICMP ping is successful, test whether ipmipower, ipmiping and
>> > rcmpping are working or not.
>>
>> ipmiping works:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# ipmiping 10.0.65.3
>> ipmiping 10.0.65.3 (10.0.65.3)
>> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=0
>> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=1
>> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=2
>> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=3
>> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=4
>> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=5
>> --- ipmiping 10.0.65.3 statistics ---
>> 6 requests transmitted, 6 responses received in time, 0.0% packet loss
>>
>> As does rmcpping:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# rmcpping 10.0.65.3
>> rmcpping 10.0.65.3 (10.0.65.3)
>> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=0
>> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=1
>> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=2
>> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=3
>> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=4
>> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=5
>> --- rmcpping 10.0.65.3 statistics ---
>> 6 pings transmitted, 6 pongs received in time, 0.0% packet loss
>>
>> What fails is ipmipower:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# ipmipower --stat --hostnames 10.0.65.3
>> 10.0.65.3: timed out
>>
>> This should not be an IPMI IP port issue (section 13.1 of freeipmi
>> documentation) because:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# tail -n 4 /etc/services
>> # BMC IPMI/RMCP services
>> rmcp    623/udp         # Aux Bus Shunt (Primary RMCP Port)
>> rmcps   664/udp         # Secure Aux Bus (Secondary RMCP Port)
>>
>> I also have done the following:
>>
>> address@hidden root]# touch -f /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey.new
>> address@hidden root]# ls --inode /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey*
>> 3533355 /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey  3533399 /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey.new
>> address@hidden root]# mv -f /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey.new
>> /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey
>> address@hidden root]# ls --inode /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey
>> 3533399 /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> - Josh
>>
>> > Please try these steps and let me know.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > The S2882 BIOS and the SMDC firware are the latest up to date
>> versions.
>> > > The only sign of something amiss is the following bmc-config output:
>> > >
>> > > ...
>> > > Section Serial_Channel
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Volatile_Access_Mode>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Volatile_Enable_User_Level_Auth>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Volatile_Enable_Per_Message_Auth>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Volatile_Enable_Pef_Alerting>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Volatile_Channel_Privilege_Limit>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Non_Volatile_Access_Mode>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Non_Volatile_Enable_User_Level_Auth>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Non_Volatile_Enable_Per_Message_Auth>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Non_Volatile_Enable_Pef_Alerting>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Non_Volatile_Channel_Privilege_Limit>
>> > > EndSection
>> > > Section Serial_Conf
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_Basic_Mode>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_PPP_Mode>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_Terminal_Mode>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Connect_Mode>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Page_Blackout_Interval>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Call_Retry_Time>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_DTR_Hangup>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Flow_Control>
>> > > Error in checkout of key <Bit_Rate>
>> > > EndSection
>> > > ...
>> >
>> > Tyan does not support Serial Channel in BMC.  You can safely ignore
>> this
>> > as warnings and they are not related with ipmipower,ipmiping or
>> rmcpping.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Best Regards
>> > Bala
>> >
>> > --
>> > Free as in Freedom
>> > http://www.gnu.org/
>
>


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