Re: [Freeipmi-users] HP ProLiant ML310 G5 does not support fan reading?

[Albert Chu]

Hi Franta,

Great.  I don't believe the first two have readings, that's just the way
they are.  The HP fellow I know said he will try to figure out to
interpret the OEM event of the first sensor.  Until I get that info, all
I can output is "0000h".

Thanks,

Al

On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 14:16 -0700, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
> Hello Al,
> 
> You are right and Your fix is working, below is ipmi-sensors w/o and
> with "-W discretereading" option. First two ID's (Health LED and VRM)
> are still not displayed, but I not need them. Fan speeds in percentage
> of maximum doesn't matter, it's OK.
> Even lower is first part of dmidecode output, for better machine model
> identification.
> 
> Many thanks for Your work! I see that project vitality has very high
> score, I wish You many further successes!
> 
> Franta
> 
> address@hidden log]# ipmi-sensors
> ID | Name            | Type         | Reading    | Units | Event
> 1  | Int. Health LED | OEM Reserved | N/A        | N/A   | 'OEM Event = 0000h'
> 2  | VRM (CPU1)      | Power Unit   | N/A        | N/A   | 'Device 
> Inserted/Device Present'
> 3  | CPU Fan         | Fan          | N/A        | N/A   | 'transition to 
> Running'
> 4  | Rear Fan        | Fan          | N/A        | N/A   | 'transition to 
> Running'
> 5  | Temp 1          | Temperature  | 32.00      | C     | 'OK'
> 6  | Temp 2          | Temperature  | 30.00      | C     | 'OK'
> 7  | Temp 3          | Temperature  | 22.00      | C     | 'OK'
> 
> address@hidden log]# ipmi-sensors -W "discretereading"
> ID | Name            | Type         | Reading    | Units | Event
> 1  | Int. Health LED | OEM Reserved | N/A        | N/A   | 'OEM Event = 0000h'
> 2  | VRM (CPU1)      | Power Unit   | N/A        | N/A   | 'Device 
> Inserted/Device Present'
> 3  | CPU Fan         | Fan          | 60.37      | %     | 'transition to 
> Running'
> 4  | Rear Fan        | Fan          | 33.32      | %     | 'transition to 
> Running'
> 5  | Temp 1          | Temperature  | 32.00      | C     | 'OK'
> 6  | Temp 2          | Temperature  | 30.00      | C     | 'OK'
> 7  | Temp 3          | Temperature  | 22.00      | C     | 'OK'
> 
> 
> #------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # dmidecode 2.11
> SMBIOS 2.4 present.
> 56 structures occupying 1594 bytes.
> Table at 0x000EE000.
> 
> Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
> BIOS Information
>       Vendor: HP
>       Version: W05
>       Release Date: 11/15/2007
>       Address: 0xF0000
>       Runtime Size: 64 kB
>       ROM Size: 4096 kB
>       Characteristics:
>               PCI is supported
>               PNP is supported
>               BIOS is upgradeable
>               BIOS shadowing is allowed
>               ESCD support is available
>               Boot from CD is supported
>               Selectable boot is supported
>               EDD is supported
>               5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
>               5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
>               3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
>               Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
>               8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
>               Serial services are supported (int 14h)
>               Printer services are supported (int 17h)
>               CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
>               ACPI is supported
>               USB legacy is supported
>               BIOS boot specification is supported
>               Function key-initiated network boot is supported
>               Targeted content distribution is supported
> 
> Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
> System Information
>       Manufacturer: HP
>       Product Name: ProLiant ML310 G5
>       Version: Not Specified
>       Serial Number: CZ1751005W
>       UUID: 34343533-3336-435A-3137-353130303557
>       Wake-up Type: Power Switch
>       SKU Number: 445336-421
>       Family: ProLiant
> 
> Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 19 bytes
> Chassis Information
>       Manufacturer: HP
>       Type: Tower
>       Lock: Not Present
>       Version: Not Specified
>       Serial Number: CZ1751005W
>       Asset Tag:
>       Boot-up State: Unknown
>       Power Supply State: Unknown
>       Thermal State: Unknown
>       Security Status: Unknown
>       OEM Information: 0x00000000
>       Height: Unspecified
>       Number Of Power Cords: 1
> ....
> 
> 
> Albert Chu wrote:
> > Hi Frantisek,
> > 
> > Good timing, there should be a fix for you in 1.0.4 assuming it is the
> > same issue that was seen on another HP motherboard.  The workaround can
> > be executed using the 
> > 
> > -W "discretereading"
> > 
> > on the command line, or setting the flag permantently in freeipmi.conf.
> > If it works for you, PLMK so I can your motherboard to FreeIPMI's
> > documentation.  (As a side note, on some HP motherboards, they tend to
> > output percentage of fan max RPM, rather than the actual RPM.)
> > 
> > The short story on the issue, the SDR records on the HP motherboard are
> > messed up and list "conflicting" information.  Whether intentional or a
> > mistake, I don't know (perhaps they were trying to be clever and
> > compacting information in a way they shouldn't have?).
> > 
> > There's an HP fellow on this mailing list that is trying to get it
> > sorted out in their firmware.
> > 
> > Al
> > 
> > On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 18:15 -0700, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
> >> I just tried freeipmi (0.8.8 and 1.0.4) on this small server.
> >> "ipmi-sensors" give output:
> >>
> >> ID | Name            | Type         | Reading    | Units | Event
> >> 1  | Int. Health LED | OEM Reserved | N/A        | N/A   | 'OEM Event = 
> >> 0000h'
> >> 2  | VRM (CPU1)      | Power Unit   | N/A        | N/A   | 'Device 
> >> Inserted/Device Present'
> >> 3  | CPU Fan         | Fan          | N/A        | N/A   | 'transition to 
> >> Running'
> >> 4  | Rear Fan        | Fan          | N/A        | N/A   | 'transition to 
> >> Running'
> >> 5  | Temp 1          | Temperature  | 32.00      | C     | 'OK'
> >> 6  | Temp 2          | Temperature  | 30.00      | C     | 'OK'
> >> 7  | Temp 3          | Temperature  | 22.00      | C     | 'OK'
> >>
> >> I'm surprised, as there are no fan rotation speed values, nor some
> >> other values, as if they were not available - "N/A" in "Reading"
> >> column. Although it is entry-level server, sensors for these values
> >> now have even cheapest desktops, I'm right?
> >>
> >> Is possible that server cannot measure these values, or may be
> >> there another problem?
> >>
> >> "bmc-info" display:
> >>
> >> Device ID             : 17
> >> Device Revision       : 1
> >> Device SDRs           : supported
> >> Firmware Revision     : 1.42
> >> Device Available      : yes (normal operation)
> >> IPMI Version          : 2.0
> >> Sensor Device         : supported
> >> SDR Repository Device : supported
> >> SEL Device            : supported
> >> FRU Inventory Device  : supported
> >> IPMB Event Receiver   : unsupported
> >> IPMB Event Generator  : unsupported
> >> Bridge                : unsupported
> >> Chassis Device        : unsupported
> >> Manufacturer ID       : Hewlett-Packard (11)
> >> Product ID            : 0
> >>
> >> Channel Information
> >>
> >> Channel Number       : 7
> >> Medium Type          : OEM
> >> Protocol Type        : KCS
> >> Active Session Count : 0
> >> Session Support      : session-less
> >> Vendor ID            : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum 
> >> (7154)
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank in advance, Franta Hanzlík
-- 
Albert Chu
address@hidden
Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory