Added a patch to that bug report. Let me know if you have any feedback! On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 2:57 PM Christopher Berner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, for the feedback! I filed a bug report here ( > https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1742299), and will see if I can > figure out a patch (never contributed to MAAS before) > > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:41 AM J <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Ante Karamatić >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 4:37 PM Christian Robottom Reis < >> [email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 01:22:58AM +0000, Christopher Berner wrote: >> >> > I have a ASUS RS400-E8-PS2, which has 2 LAN ports for management. One >> >> > dedicated to the BMC, and one that's shared with the OS's LAN1. The >> >> > dedicated one is mapped to LAN channel 1, and the shared one is >> mapped >> >> > to >> >> > LAN channel 8. If I use the dedicated port, MaaS automatic enlistment >> >> > works >> >> > fine. However, when trying to use the shared port it fails, because >> >> > bmc-config returns 0.0.0.0 for the IP address, unless >> --lan-channel=8 is >> >> > used. >> >> > I hacked maas_ipmi_autodetect.py to use --lan-channel=8. However, is >> >> > there >> >> > a better solution? And if not, would you take a patch that attempts >> to >> >> > auto-detect the correct LAN channel to use? >> >> >> >> Ante, what do you think? >> > >> > >> > Looking at the specifications[1] of the machine, it should have 2 LAN >> ports >> > and 1 BMC port. >> > >> > I assume this BMC port is then set in sharing mode, where it can be >> used by >> > both OS and the BMC itself. If that's the case, then bmc-config needs to >> > identify which channel is used for BMC or it needs to be instructed to >> look >> > to all channels and ignore those that do not have an IP or are not >> usable at >> > all. >> >> I thought so too, but the config guide for that series, interestingly >> enough, looks to be the opposite. >> >> See page 5-41 for a screen shot of the BMC network config in the BIOS >> settings. >> >> and then the rear panel and motherboard diagrams (pages 1-6 and 4-2 >> respectively). >> >> It does indeed appear that you can either configure the dedicated >> management port (DM1) OR a shared, separate port (LAN1) (not sure if >> it would allow you to configure them simultaneously though). >> >> I don't believe I have ever seen this sort of network setup before. >> >> Jeff >> >> [1] https://fast.ulmart.ru/manuals/3393739.pdf >> >> -- >> Maas-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/maas-devel >> >
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