John Hearns wrote: > 2009/10/3 Rahul Nabar <[email protected]>: > >> ipmitool seems to have a rich set of features for querying the BMC's >> etc. but I didn't see many SOL sections. Is ipmitool what people use >> to watch a redirected console as well or anything else? I couldn't >> find any good SOL howtos or tutorials on google other than the >> vendor-specific ones. ANy pointers? >> > > Remember that > a) the system must be running a serial console, ie, in inittab there > is a getty associated with the serial port > b) the BIOS is set to redirect serial port to IPMI > Also,
c) Your boot loader (e.g. grub) must be pointed at the serial console. d) Make sure the bit rates for a)-c) are set the same, and that the bit rates actually work. For instance, Dell BMCs claim to do up through 115kbps but ipmitool gives garbage at anything above 56.6kbps. -- -- Skylar Thompson ([email protected]) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/
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