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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:00:18 +0100
From:      Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com>
To:        Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: SuperMicro IPMI/SOL and ipmitool troubles
Message-ID:  <CAPS9%2BSum%2BuK9OqCtXA7KVvRnVcaRZKvA0DD2506Euapsba9MeA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1411112022500.25949@woozle.rinet.ru>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1411112022500.25949@woozle.rinet.ru>

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On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I'm trying to set up sol console for supermicro servers, reading some
> documents
> including TestClusterOne, mainly:
>
> > For serial redirection to work, in the BIOS you need to redirect to com
> port
> > B and in /boot/device.hints you need hint.uart.1.flags="0x10" and enable
> getty on
> > cuau1
>
> I can see BIOS screen ok; boot1/2 and boot/loader work fine also.
> However, I
> could not see kernel console output via SOL, neither getty on ttyu1 works.
> I tried different speeds, std vs 3wire, explicitely set console=comconsole
> vidconsole -- no luck.
>
> I even trued to use `ipmitool sol activate' on one side and `tip -115200
> com2'
> on the other -- stiil no data between.
>
> Any hints?
>
> Thanks!
>
> For the reference:
>
> marck@centipede:~> ipmitool -H mc26.int -U root -I lanplus sol info
> Password:
> Set in progress                 : set-complete
> Enabled                         : true
> Force Encryption                : false
> Force Authentication            : false
> Privilege Level                 : USER
> Character Accumulate Level (ms) : 0
> Character Send Threshold        : 0
> Retry Count                     : 0
> Retry Interval (ms)             : 0
> Volatile Bit Rate (kbps)        : 115.2
> Non-Volatile Bit Rate (kbps)    : 115.2
> Payload Channel                 : 1 (0x01)
> Payload Port                    : 623
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
> [ FreeBSD committer:                                 marck@FreeBSD.org ]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru ***
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

Which version? 8/9/10-stable?

On 9.3,9-stable,10.0,10-stable I have similar issues with serial emulation
on HP iLO.

I'm about to upgrade a supermicro box to 9.3, hopefully it will happen in a
few hours. I'll get back with the results.

Best regards
Andreas



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