From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 22 00:23:27 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30944F2E; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:23:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A60428D9; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:23:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [203.31.81.52] ([203.31.81.52]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id r1M0NIPd043797 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:53:24 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Subject: Re: IPMI serial console Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <20130222001943.GA92982@icarus.home.lan> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:53:18 +1030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <25191060-C887-46CE-B46F-411907E65085@gsoft.com.au> References: <00CC60B5-A6EB-4A3C-B8AC-1D60014DE442@gsoft.com.au> <201302211049.13863.jhb@freebsd.org> <20130221220317.GA90640@icarus.home.lan> <6CD36AD055194E868054D5FC83E2AF6A@multiplay.co.uk> <7F35748E-736D-4AF1-BA6A-E831EF20396A@gsoft.com.au> <20130222001038.GA92824@icarus.home.lan> <0A4324A0-FBE3-4DD6-9670-421210D42586@gsoft.com.au> <20130222001943.GA92982@icarus.home.lan> To: Jeremy Chadwick X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Spam-Score: -2.499 () ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00,WEIRD_QUOTING X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: Steven Hartland , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:23:27 -0000 On 22/02/2013, at 10:49, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> Sorry, brainfart, it's an X8SIL-F = http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIL.cfm?IPMI=3DY >=20 > I would start by upgrading the system BIOS (to 1.2a), loading defaults = + > re-assigning whatever you normally change, and then upgrading the IPMI > firmware (to 2.66) + doing the same. If you have multiple systems of > this type, do this on just *one* which you can """sacrifice""" for > testing. >=20 > If the issues you're encountering happen afterward, I won't be > surprised, but it's good to rule out the above. >=20 > Besides, if this turns out to be some weird IPMI bug, Supermicro is > going to tell you to the above anyway. :-) Yeah good point. It will have to wait until Tuesday when I can sit in = front of it (faster that way). -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C