Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:08:27 +1100 From: Michael Vince <mv@roq.com> To: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> Cc: Jeff <anon1@santaba.com> Subject: Re: IPMI doesn't work... Message-ID: <42365FBB.2070404@roq.com> In-Reply-To: <20050315013029.GA7949@empiric.icir.org> References: <4235E6CC.7040909@santaba.com> <42360DB2.5000500@elischer.org> <42362BA8.5000502@santaba.com> <20050315013029.GA7949@empiric.icir.org>
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Just out of interest has any one got serial console to work with this IPMI stuff? I was looking at regular 9pin serial alternatives since Dell machines normally only have 1 serial port and I prefer 2. Regards, Mike Bruce M Simpson wrote: >On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 04:26:16PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > > >>I don't think it's the case of the OS turning off the NIC. We can >>access/monitor/control the chassis via the BMC fine through the bios >>assigned IP address when the computer is off, and when it is booting, >>but lose control when the kernel loads (the bios assigned ip address is, >>of course, different from what OS assigns). It seems odd to me how the >>BMC shares the NIC, but maybe this is normal...I'm new to IPMI. >> >> > >I can only speak for looking at the Intel gigabit chip datasheets and >our em(4) driver somewhat, but there are registers which control the >'pass through' which IPMI uses. It could be that the bge driver is >unaware of the registers Broadcom added to support IPMI. > >In this case we'd need to find out what they are and teach the driver >not to meddle with them. > >Regards, >BMS >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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