I am using (or trying to use) local racadm commands and it looks like ipmi is running fine.
I'm still reviewing the docs though, so it's possible that I missed some crucial config or something. ---- # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/init.d/ipmi OpenIPMI-1.4.14-99.dell.123.1.el4 # service ipmi status ipmi_msghandler module loaded. ipmi_si module loaded. ipmi_devintf module loaded. /dev/ipmi0 exists. # # ls -lt /dev/ipmi0 crw------- 1 root root 253, 0 Nov 20 15:01 /dev/ipmi0 # racadm getsysinfo NOTE: This Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller does not support RACADM commands. Please contact Dell Customer Service to upgrade your version of iDRAC. # rpm -q --whatprovides /opt/dell/srvadmin/idrac/bin/racadm srvadmin-idracadm-6.1.0-648 # I did also try a _remote_ racadm connection and got a cert error as well as the support message. # racadm -r XXX -u XXX -p XXX getsysinfo Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - self signed certificate Enter "Y" to continue,or any other key to quit: Y NOTE: This Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller does not support RACADM commands. Please contact Dell Customer Service to upgrade your version of iDRAC. # --- Shannon Gray Senior Computer Specialist Office of Planning and Budgeting UW Tower, T-12 (NE 45th & Brooklyn Ave NE) UW Mailbox: 359445 Phone: +1 206 616-9423 | +1 206 543-6277 Fax: +1 206 543-0801 Email: grisg...@u.washington.edu www.washington.edu/admin/pb/home -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Dupuy [mailto:alex.du...@mac.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 2:08 PM To: Shannon Gray; linux-poweredge@dell.com Subject: Re: idrac express vs enterprise? Shannon Gray wrote: > We just bought some PE R610's with iDRAC6 express and it looks like racadm > does not work, although I could be missing something... > > # racadm getsysinfo > > NOTE: > This Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller does not support RACADM > commands. > Please contact Dell Customer Service to upgrade your version of iDRAC. > # racadm version > RACADM version 6.1.0 (Build 18) > I replied: > Local (on the host CPU) racadm is supported with the iDRAC Express (I > use it frequently) and ssh to the iDRAC6 also allows local (on the > iDRAC6) racadm > I am using the racadm from the Dell DTK 3.1.1-165: > # racadm version > RACADM version 6.1.0 (CSE Build 1.0) I just tried a remote racadm command (racadm -u root -p ##### -r idrac-##### getsysinfo), which uses HTTPS to access the iDRAC6 web server (rather than ioctls on /dev/ipmi0 used by local racadm commands) and I got the same upgrade note that Shannon saw. Absent some environment variables or something that Shannon didn't indicate in the typescripts provided, I might guess that Shannon's system doesn't have the IPMI drivers installed or running, or Build 18 of racadm always uses HTTPS, even for local racadm operations - although in either case I don't see how that would work since an iDRAC6 on a "shared" NIC cannot communicate with the host on the same NIC (the shared NIC cannot receive its own transmissions). It is possible that Dell deliberately crippled the local operation of the racadm command in Build 18, but it seems more likely that Shannon was performing remote racadm commands. In any case, I think the mystery here is more or less resolved - iDRAC6 Express definitely does not support remote RACADM command-line clients, but does support the local racadm on the DTK 3.1.1 ISO, and may support local operation with other versions of racadm as well. There is a useful comparison chart of feature support among BMC and various iDRAC6 configurations at http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/idrac/idrac11mono/en/ug/html/racugc1.htm#wp51580 - apart from claiming the iDRAC6 Express has no "RACADM Command Line" (should have separate "Local RACADM Command Line" and "Remote RACADM Command Line" with only the former checked for iDRAC6 Express), the only other inaccuracy I could find was that the BMC is claimed to not support "Serial-over-LAN (no proxy)" but this is not true - it supports IPMI 2.0 with no-proxy Serial-over-LAN, and is not limited to the older IPMI 1.5 proxy Serial-over-LAN. Note that even with non-functional remote RACADM on the iDRAC6 Express, you can get a somewhat usable substitute with the following shell script that takes advantage of the built-in racadm command in the iDRAC6 command line parser: #!/bin/sh - POSIXLY_CORRECT=true USERNAME=root usage() { echo >&2 "Usage: $0 -r remote [-u username] subcommand [options]" exit 1 } while getopts r:u: opt "$@" do case $opt in r) REMOTE=$OPTARG ;; u) USERNAME=$OPTARG ;; \?) usage ;; esac done if [ -z "$REMOTE" ]; then usage fi shift `expr $OPTIND - 1` exec ssh $usern...@$remote racadm "$@" This substitute won't take a command line -p password argument since there isn't any simple way to get that into ssh - you'll have to write an expect script if you need that, but if you take that effort, you could have a very compatible drop-in replacement (except for use of SSH instead of HTTP, and lack of error exit codes) for remote racadm that works even with the iDRAC6 Express. @alex -- mailto:alex.du...@mac.com _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
