From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 30 15:56:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFE72106567B for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbondc@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60FCC8FC1F for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbondc@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so712846yxb.13 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:56:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:references :in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index:content-language; bh=DOcSvAHHsAejr+FPDStFbvrt15z+p5xz28AWjZ1MGt4=; b=mvHkRapTsjdU8Xbjstvu+84WdpN2D9vE5J/0xlwew1yBWPDmRCy6IFsxteH2O3eyCg qvz1/tfNtL/q0YxlLlQNE94+ep5cv7IyHHZiY8cTrgS6qyQrMqGCANF9ZMgZlctETy3p CXju7uaUzOzaCm/p0eAdTsrpCndzj38Z7+adQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index :content-language; b=j7kpKx4AX0kZaiajuiYwQqUvWeEfXnGEL5HXGWQxqzEun7Ffpm4VKk5uJPjXkSwr3D BI7ZIhtiq68uArxL2BGA+i2RrMJUFa+FNFg771nO9Twy1YWdHgF5n7+zQKJG/cmim1zR +XLrpC7tzooiXfXA1Qrb1G2HeR25heK+96FVk= Received: by 10.151.41.21 with SMTP id t21mr5924927ybj.212.1220111764968; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:56:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jbondc ( [24.203.97.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm4562225ywd.8.2008.08.30.08.56.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:56:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan Bond-Caron" To: "'John Baldwin'" , References: <004701c90998$c9d70240$5d8506c0$@com> <200808291124.10275.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200808291124.10275.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:56:01 -0400 Message-ID: <002c01c90ab8$e8063170$b8129450$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AckJ617Ylbjyyy7HTbm4Sz43g3dkuAAxlnmA Content-Language: en-ca Cc: Subject: RE: IPMI and Dell ERA/O X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:56:07 -0000 On Fri Aug 29 11:24 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > > If your BIOS doesn't tell us about the IPMI BMC via ACPI or SMBIOS, > you can try using hints (I've seen machines thave a BMC, but the BIOS > doesn't bother to tell you about it). Dell boxes I've seen have KCS > at the default address, so you can just do: > > hint.ipmi.0.at=isa0 > hint.ipmi.0.mode=KCS > > Either add that to /boot/device.hints or for a test just explicitly > set those variables at the loader prompt before booting. > Thanks, that works! Although I don't really understand why? After some digging, I found this: (man 4 ipmi) BUGS Not all features of the MontaVista driver are supported. Currently, IPMB and BT modes are not implemented. But the interface for the Dell 1750 with ERA/O seems to be BT. Luckily it works enough for me with KCS (hint.ipmi.0.mode=KCS) http://linux.dell.com/ipmi.shtml I'm saying 'works enough' because some readings show as 'disabled', I'm not sure if that's because the interface is not BT or the supported IPMI version is 1.0 (on the BMC): [root@home /home/jbondc]# ipmitool -I open sdr CPU 1 | disabled | ns CPU 2 | disabled | ns CPU 3 | disabled | ns CPU 4 | disabled | ns CPU Planar | 35 degrees C | ok Ambient | 27 degrees C | ok CPU | 1.48 Volts | ok CPU 2 | disabled | ns CPU 3 | disabled | ns CPU 4 | disabled | ns +5 | 5.05 Volts | ok +12 | 11.97 Volts | ok +3.3 | 3.29 Volts | ok Battery | 3.06 Volts | ok +2.5 | 2.55 Volts | ok NIC +2.5 | disabled | ns NIC +1.8 | disabled | ns MemCard A +2.5 | disabled | ns MemCard B +2.5 | disabled | ns MemCard A +1.25 | disabled | ns MemCard B +1.25 | disabled | ns Cover Intrusion | 0x00 | ok Fan Control | 0x17 | ok Fan 1 | 6240 RPM | ok Fan 2 | 6120 RPM | ok ... I've created a wiki entry for IPMI at: http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/IPMI I will maintain that page as I learn more about IMPI and FreeBSD.