From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 00:19:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1569A16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:19:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sb.santaba.com (sb.santaba.com [207.154.84.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA15843D58 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:19:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anon1@santaba.com) Received: from [192.168.3.100] (unknown [205.180.85.193]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sb.santaba.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9811728483; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:19:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <42362A56.8040704@santaba.com> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:20:38 -0800 From: Jeff User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Foster References: <4235E50E.4000506@santaba.com> <001701c528e3$73ec7250$4300a8c0@home.lan> In-Reply-To: <001701c528e3$73ec7250$4300a8c0@home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Jeff Behl cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPMI doesn't work... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:19:19 -0000 Thomas Foster wrote: > How are you attempting to manage the server.. via a command line or > terminal emulation software directly to the BMC? What amangement > software ships with the IBM? Once the kernel loads, you need to > perform SOL (serial redirection over LAN), or use management software > the speaks directly with the BMC.. > > Just curious a little bit more about your setup > > T We've only used command line tools which speak directly to the BMC. The strange thing with these boxes is the network card is also used by the BMC. You configure (via the bios) a BMC IP address which is different from what the NIC is assigned via the OS. Like I said earlier, we're able to query/control the chassis just fine when the box is powered off or when it's booting, but as soon as the kernel loads, we lose control and simply no longer get any response from the BMC. This is not he case with the linux distros we've tried, so I'm guessing it's somehow to do with the NIC driver that BSD is loading... jeff