If your system supports IPMI, it should report an IPMI Device Information section via 'dmidecode'. This will also indicate which Interface Type any IPMI BMC supports.
The NSC PC8741x chip is usually used for SuperIO (diskette, serial, keyboard). There is an NSC PC87431 mini-BMC chip that supports IPMI via SSIF/SMBus. However, HP would have the definitive word on what management interfaces the Proliant supports. Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of corentin.labbe Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Openipmi-developer] various questions about IPMI Hello I post to this mailing list because i want some information that i can't find anywhere about IPMI. I have discover IPMI recently in my try to know each linux options. When i saw on a site that IPMI permit to use: -The "ID" button, and blue LED -All of the hardware sensors on the motherboard via its i2c bus (this is why these boards show up no sensors with the normal lm_sensors drivers, whilst similar non-IPMI boards do) This is that i have on my HP proliant, no sensors and a unknown blue LED button. So i investigate more and i discover that Proliant machines are not very IPMI friendly and that the only way for me to use that is to use the HP cpqhealth "driver". So my questions are: 1 The information that HP Proliant doesn't work with openIPMI is it still true? On mine that doesn't work but it's possibly because i made bad test. If not, do you think it is possible that this type of machine works in future? (in this case i am ready to help). 2 How to know the presence of an IPMI interface ? Like some ipmi-detect tools 3 With sensors-detect i found an PC8741x sensor with no "monitoring capabilities". But in the datasheets of this chips it speaks about it can do BMC interfaces. Is this a IPMI chip? I'm certainly wrong but i prefer to be sure. thanks in advance for any reponces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
