Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:06:49 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org>, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPMI serial console Message-ID: <990E6085-A7DC-4617-9E27-1EFB326A654F@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <0A4324A0-FBE3-4DD6-9670-421210D42586@gsoft.com.au> References: <00CC60B5-A6EB-4A3C-B8AC-1D60014DE442@gsoft.com.au> <201302211049.13863.jhb@freebsd.org> <E44ABF7A-3795-471B-B241-7103ECE2119E@gsoft.com.au> <20130221220317.GA90640@icarus.home.lan> <E88A8FF8-C4FA-4968-86A5-0E9C7AE40C97@gsoft.com.au> <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>
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On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:14 PM, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> = wrote: >=20 > On 22/02/2013, at 10:40, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> wrote: >>> X9SIL-F BIOS version 1.1 (05/27/10) >>> IPMI firmware is 2.01. >>=20 >> I can't find this motherboard listed on Supermicro's site. >>=20 >> "kenv | grep smbios" output please? >=20 >=20 > Sorry, brainfart, it's an X8SIL-F = http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIL.cfm?IPMI=3DY I am also using that motherboard and currently IPMI is working for me = under 9.1-STABLE (r246366). My system has BIOS version 1.2 and IPMI = firmware version 2.66. I have both the VGA KVM console and SOL console = working (though the VGA console seems sensitive to the version of Java = you have installed). I am using sysutils/ipmitool to access the system = via IPMI SOL console. Here is what my IPMI SOL setup looks like in the BIOS setup screen: Advanced = =20 = **************************************************************************= ****** * Advanced - Remote Access Configuration * Select Remote = Access * * *************************************************** * type. = * * Remote Access [Enabled] * = * * * = * * Serial Port Number [COM3 *] * = * * Base Address, IRQ [3E8h, 5] * = * * Serial Port Mode [115200 8,n,1] * = * * Flow Control [None] * = * * Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] * = * * Terminal Type [ANSI] * = * * VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support [Enabled] * = * * Sredir Memory Display Delay [No Delay] * = * * * ****:Move = * * * Enter:Select = * * * +/-/:Value = * * * F10:Save = * * * ESC:Exit = * * * F1:General = Help * * * F8:Fail-Safe = Defaults* * * F9:Optimized = Defaults* = **************************************************************************= ****** Here is what I have in /boot/loader.conf regarding a serial console: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D # Enable IPMI serial console #console=3D"comconsole" # Give preference to VGA console console=3D"vidconsole,comconsole" # Uncomment below and comment above to give serial console preference #console=3D"comconsole,vidconsole" comconsole_speed=3D"115200" boot_multicons=3D"YES" hint.uart.0.flags=3D"0x0" hint.uart.2.at=3D"isa" hint.uart.2.port=3D"0x3E8" #hint.uart.2.disabled=3D"0" hint.uart.2.flags=3D"0x30" =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D I don't know whether all of that is needed, but, as you can see from the = various commented-out lines, it was a configuration I "arrived at" that = works. :-) I don't have a /boot.config on this system. Usually, I have the VGA console take precedence. In that case, I get = messages on both the VGA console and the IPMI SOL console during the = BIOS screen, loader, and kernel boot messages but then only messages on = the VGA console during the rc.d boot phase. I have a serial console = enabled in /etc/ttys, so I get output (e.g., getty login) on the IPMI = SOL when that is eventually spawned. If I want to have the serial = console take precedence, I usually escape to the loader prompt (via ESC = at the loader menu) and issue a "set console=3D"comconsole,vidconsole"" = command. Then, the rc.d boot output goes to the serial console and not = the VGA console. (It would be nice to have rc.d init scripts output go = to both consoles, but I don't know whether that is possible.) Cheers, Paul.=
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