Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:44:14 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman-Kazlauskas <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can we please finally solve Dell's racadm for FreeBSD? Advice needed Message-ID: <e4899760-633f-93cc-0e5c-29905d3fbfcb@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <f691a7ee-f038-a1e2-cb45-dab9b35003b8@disroot.org> References: <5eca3020-4b9c-dd43-8cf0-066d63a92521@disroot.org> <CAGuJ=CmvZbVG5U%2B_OuU-hwTWjoww3rt%2BFwOjW=9jfKLyotOHdw@mail.gmail.com> <CALeGphypQv7_4%2BD%2BrNZOG8t%2B3yrBsxMJBUuwV6jkDCkqMWq=%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <f691a7ee-f038-a1e2-cb45-dab9b35003b8@disroot.org>
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for a quick tl;dr kldload ipmi pkg install freeipmi ipmitool dmidecode --string system-product-name PowerEdge R420 [root@brittlestar ~]# ipmi-sensors | head -4 ID | Name | Type | Reading | Units | Event 1 | SEL | Event Logging Disabled | N/A | N/A | N/A 2 | Intrusion | Physical Security | N/A | N/A | 'OK' 11 | Fan1A | Fan | 6240.00 | RPM | 'OK' or for an r210 root@helios:~ # ipmi-sensors | grep -i intr 31 | Intrusion | Physical Security | N/A | N/A | 'OK' see also the rest of the freeipmi utils and maybe ipmitool for a different interface (I prefer it for some uses) Vince On 29/04/2018 15:28, Peter G. wrote: > On 29/04/2018 05:08, Jack L. wrote: >> I manage a variety of Dell servers running FreeBSD, only 610 and 1950s >> work with racadm but everything that can be done with racadm can also >> be done with ipmitool. I just use ipmitool to get around instead of >> their proprietary racadm stuff. What functionality do you need from >> racadm and maybe I can give you an ipmitool equivalent? > > It seems I may missed the ipmi angle altogether assuming it was only > remote. Only now following Dan's comments I am realizing how racadm > works talking to local hardware. > > You mean using this impi(4) as a local device and talking to it via > local tool allowing coms with the device? Oh, that would do nicely. I > need this for scripting mostly, e.g. monitoring what the intrusion > sensor shows. > > Can you please describe your setup? What other kernel modules and 3rd > party software do you employ? Any tricks with device.hints are needed? I > have a small R220 at hand for testing, but it's lacking impi(4) > altogether. Will have to rebuild. > > -- > PG > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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