Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 05:02:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Pavel Timofeev <timp87@gmail.com> To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: RE: hpilo in FreeBSD Message-ID: <28594961.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <02c501caf678$41220f20$c3662d60$@org> References: <AANLkTinAq8ys1mpVe4vrVWKo2wTM2-reFeiDGhhrug09@mail.gmail.com> <20100517163924.GL30353@evil.alameda.net> <AANLkTikRnLkS2q-bJ7sQyy4-NDP1XIOxhlkbxAJd7--M@mail.gmail.com> <20100517193725.GM30353@evil.alameda.net> <AANLkTimOLGPNePszPKLJEEMz8vaQxIb5fuFHATLyfGQh@mail.gmail.com> <20100518074934.GR30353@evil.alameda.net> <02c201caf66e$d9fd44d0$8df7ce70$@org> <28593996.post@talk.nabble.com> <02c501caf678$41220f20$c3662d60$@org>
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By the way you can work with iLO via network using /usr/ports/sysutils/hploscripts. This is simple xml files, that you need to send to iLO ipaddress. In this manner I get iLO IML messages, for example.=20 Du=C5=A1=C3=A1tko Jan wrote: >=20 > As I wrote esterday, for i386 architecture and certain system is > possible to use http://people.freebsd.org/~jcagle/ > However, right now I have problem. I can use few: > - HP ProLiant DL360 G6/ 192GB RAM for application purposes > - HP ProLiant DL320 G6/ 64GB RAM for IDS, firewalling and management. > Because waste of support, I can use i386 architecture (!joke!) > or amd64 architecture without hardware support. I mean, no automatic > server recovery, no iLO, no array management, server health reporting. >=20 > Other platform have similar problems: > The Fujitsu-Siemens using IPMI management (it come with bunch of > support), but there are some "software RAID" based on ICH7. Especialy > new system. Few system components listed in pciconf are without > communication, because no support for them > Similar situation I have for Intel nodes, probably best support I got > right now for Dell. But I'm fan of HP (better old Compaq branch), due > this it is sad for me. >=20 > I trying to solve specified issues by patching, scripts and so on, but > this is not a solution. It is sad, but real. > In case that someone is interested in development of drivers, please > told me. In case that I'll have preproduction system, I'll provide > access to develop drivers and so on and arrange time to reinstall > it again. >=20 >> I totally agree with you! >> I am very surprised that this is not done until now, and nobody even >> thought >> about it. >>=20 >>=20 >> Du=C5=A1=C3=A1tko Jan wrote: >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > Right now in FreeBSD is waste of support: >> > - for array reconfiguration utility >> > (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) >> > >> > 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. >> > >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> Ok, the kernel module is there: >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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= 4056p28594961.html Sent from the freebsd-proliant mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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