From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 18 10:17:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BABB1065675 for ; Tue, 18 May 2010 10:17:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0090F8FC1A for ; Tue, 18 May 2010 10:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OEJrj-00020K-AT for freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 03:17:35 -0700 Message-ID: <28593996.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 03:17:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Pavel Timofeev To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <02c201caf66e$d9fd44d0$8df7ce70$@org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Nabble-From: timp87@gmail.com References: <20100517163924.GL30353@evil.alameda.net> <20100517193725.GM30353@evil.alameda.net> <20100518074934.GR30353@evil.alameda.net> <02c201caf66e$d9fd44d0$8df7ce70$@org> Subject: RE: hpilo in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 10:17:36 -0000 I totally agree with you! I am very surprised that this is not done until now, and nobody even though= t about it. Du=C5=A1=C3=A1tko Jan wrote: >=20 > HP ProLiant uses: > - the SmartArray (drivers/modules/something), most of them supported > - NIC, which is de-facto Broadcom or Intel > - iLO, which is not supported > - Server management, not supported >=20 > Right now in FreeBSD is waste of support: > - for array reconfiguration utility=20 > (on the fly, I used it many times in Win/Novell world) > - server health monitoring > (HP allow as many other vendors monitoring of server health) > - Remote console and media support > (HP iLO) >=20 > But similar situation are for other vendors too. People who trying > to solve this issue are overloaded and they do as much as possible, > but most of their work is investigation due lack of documentation > and resources. >=20 >> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:37:55AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote: >> > > Red Hat 5.5 (and CentOS 5.5, respectively) contains a driver for >> iLO, which >> > is >> > > called hpilo. >> > >> > Yes, I`m sure. >> > >> > > And I just checked RedHat EL5 Update 5, there are no packages >> included >> > > which start with hp. >> > >> > Excuse me, please, I forgot to say the main thing: this is not >> package, this is >> > kernel module (I previously called it 'driver')! >> > Sorry for confusion! >> > >> > for example: >> > /sbin/modprobe hpilo >>=20 >> Ok, the kernel module is there: >>=20 >> itrepofrmt01 root mnt/Server # rpm -q -l -p kernel-2.6.18- >> 194.el5.i686.rpm | grep -i ilo >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/kernel/drivers/misc/hpilo.ko >>=20 >> This kernel is also provided by the hp-ilo rpm from HP. This rpm also >> provides >> a source code to rebuild the module. So it could be used to port it to >> FreeBSD. >> But the ilo module is not the only thing to manage a HP server. There >> are >> other programs and items, which make the whole management suite. But >> for the >> other stuff, not everything is provided with source. >>=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 >=20 --=20 View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/hpilo-in-FreeBSD-tp2858= 4056p28593996.html Sent from the freebsd-proliant mailing list archive at Nabble.com.