Re: [Freeipmi-users] Tyan Thunder S2882 with m3289 bmc module

[Albert Chu]

Hi Joshua,

Do you think you could try using a username and password with ipmipower?
  I'm thinking anonymous authentication does not work by default on your
BMC.

Thanks,
Al

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Albert Chu
address@hidden
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Williams <address@hidden>
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:47 am
Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] Tyan Thunder S2882 with m3289 bmc module

> This morning before doing anything else, I downloaded ipmitool
> (ipmitool.sourceforge.net) and it appears to work:
> 
> address@hidden software]# ipmitool -I lan -H 10.0.65.3 -U 
> Administrator chassis power status
> Chassis Power is on
> address@hidden software]# ipmitool -I lan -H 10.0.65.3 -U 
> Administrator chassis power off
> Chassis Power Control: Down/Off
> 
> I downloaded and installed the libcdcipmi and ipmipower you mention
> below, compiled them, and reran ipmipower but it just hangs:
> 
> address@hidden bin]# ./ipmipower -h 10.0.65.3 -f 
> Password: 
> 
> I'll use ipmitool from here on.  If there's anything else you want me
> to try for you on this hardware, let me know.  Thanks for all your 
> help!
> - Josh
> 
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 02:48:10PM -0800, Bala.A wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Here is very old and unmaintained version of ipmipower.  This is for
> > testing purpose.
> > 
> > 1. Uninstall freeipmi completely
> > 
> > 2. Install libcdcipmi.  You can get it from
> > 
>
ftp://ftp.californiadigital.com/pub/freeipmi/download/misc/libcdcipmi-0.1.1.tar.gz
> > 
> > 3. Install ipmipower. You can get it from
> > 
>
ftp://ftp.californiadigital.com/pub/freeipmi/download/misc/ipmipower-0.1.2.tar.gz
> > 
> > Please try this and let me know.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Best Regards
> > Bala
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Tried both.  The on-board Intel Pro100 card was the only card 
> up and I
> > > used a cross-over cable to connect my laptop directly to the 
> machine.> > ipmiping and rmcpping worked fine over the cross-over 
> but the ipmipower
> > > command exhibited the same behavior.
> > >
> > > - Josh
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:12:07PM -0800, Bala.A wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Can you try ipmipower with the following conditions?
> > >>
> > >> 1. Bring up ONLY on-board Intel Pro100 card (IPMI).
> > >> 2. Try ipmipower with cross-over cable connected to another 
> machine.> >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> Best Regards
> > >> Bala
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:54:06PM -0600, Joshua Williams 
> wrote:> >> >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:40:55AM -0800, Bala.A wrote:
> > >> >> > Hi
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > > Sorry for the confusion on my end... This is an S2882 
> and there
> > >> were
> > >> >> > > actually four ethernet cards in the system.  Three 
> onboard and
> > >> one
> > >> >> > > PCI (another Intel - eth3).  I was trying to give the 
> BMC the
> > >> >> addresses
> > >> >> > > of the PCI card (eth3).  Once I figured things out I 
> gave it the
> > >> >> > > addresses of the onboard Intel card (eth2) and started 
> using eth2
> > >> as
> > >> >> > > the primary network interface, ipmiping and rmcpping 
> started to
> > >> >> work.
> > >> >> > > I can't get 'ipmipower --stat' to work though.  I get 
> the simple
> > >> >> message:
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > >   # ipmipower --stat --hostname tomato
> > >> >> > >   tomato: timed out
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > 1. Your on-board Intel Pro100 card should be up and 
> running with
> > >> same
> > >> >> IP
> > >> >> > address of BMC in GNU/Linux. This is known problem in SMDC
> > >> firmware.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> This is true:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# ifconfig eth2
> > >> >> eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:2B:0A:AC
> > >> >>           inet addr:10.0.65.3  Bcast:10.0.65.255  
> Mask:255.255.255.0> >> >> ...
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# bmc-config --checkout
> > >> >> ...
> > >> >> Section LAN_Conf
> > >> >>         ## Possible values:
> > >> >> Unspecified/Static/Use_DHCP/Use_BIOS/Use_Others
> > >> >>         Ip_Address_Source                            Static
> > >> >>         ## Give valid IP Address
> > >> >>         Ip_Address                                   10.0.65.3
> > >> >>         ## Give valid MAC Address
> > >> >>         Mac_Address
> > >> 00:E0:81:2B:0A:AC
> > >> >>         ## Give valid Subnet mask
> > >> >>         Subnet_Mask                                  
> 255.255.255.0> >> >>         ## Give valid IP Address
> > >> >>         Default_Gateway_Ip_Address                   10.0.65.1
> > >> >>         ## Give valid MAC Address
> > >> >>         Default_Gateway_Mac_Address
> > >> 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > >> >>         ## Give valid IP Address
> > >> >>         Backup_Gateway_Ip_Address                    10.0.65.1
> > >> >>         ## Give valid MAC Address
> > >> >>         Backup_Gateway_Mac_Address
> > >> 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > >> >> EndSection
> > >> >> ...
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > 2. Install GNU FreeIPMI in another machine (This machine 
> should be
> > >> in
> > >> >> same
> > >> >> > network of IPMI machine by on-board Intel Pro100 card).
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Installed on:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# rpm -q freeipmi
> > >> >> freeipmi-0.1.3-0.20041102
> > >> >
> > >> > Sorry, this should have read:
> > >> >
> > >> > address@hidden root]# rpm -q freeipmi
> > >> > freeipmi-0.1.3-0.20041102
> > >> >
> > >> > - Josh
> > >> >
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# ifconfig
> > >> >> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:1F:2A:FC:B4
> > >> >>           inet addr:10.0.3.81  Bcast:10.0.3.255  
> Mask:255.255.255.0> >> >> ...
> > >> >>
> > >> >> This is on a 10.0.3.x subnet while the IPMI card is on a 
> 10.0.65.x> >> >> subnet.  Should not matter though because as 
> you'll see below,
> > >> ipmiping
> > >> >> works between the two.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > 3. Test ICMP ping to IPMI machine.  This should be working.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> This works:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# ping 10.0.65.3
> > >> >> PING 10.0.65.3 (10.0.65.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > >> >> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=62 time=0.447 ms
> > >> >> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=62 time=0.386 ms
> > >> >> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=62 time=0.373 ms
> > >> >> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=62 time=0.382 ms
> > >> >> 64 bytes from 10.0.65.3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=62 time=0.365 ms
> > >> >>
> > >> >> --- 10.0.65.3 ping statistics ---
> > >> >> 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
> > >> >> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.365/0.390/0.447/0.036 ms, pipe 2
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > 4. If ICMP ping is successful, test whether ipmipower, 
> ipmiping and
> > >> >> > rcmpping are working or not.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> ipmiping works:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# ipmiping 10.0.65.3
> > >> >> ipmiping 10.0.65.3 (10.0.65.3)
> > >> >> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=0
> > >> >> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=1
> > >> >> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=2
> > >> >> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=3
> > >> >> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=4
> > >> >> response received from 10.0.65.3: rq_seq=5
> > >> >> --- ipmiping 10.0.65.3 statistics ---
> > >> >> 6 requests transmitted, 6 responses received in time, 0.0% 
> packet> >> loss
> > >> >>
> > >> >> As does rmcpping:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# rmcpping 10.0.65.3
> > >> >> rmcpping 10.0.65.3 (10.0.65.3)
> > >> >> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=0
> > >> >> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=1
> > >> >> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=2
> > >> >> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=3
> > >> >> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=4
> > >> >> pong received from 10.0.65.3: msg_tag=5
> > >> >> --- rmcpping 10.0.65.3 statistics ---
> > >> >> 6 pings transmitted, 6 pongs received in time, 0.0% packet 
> loss> >> >>
> > >> >> What fails is ipmipower:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# ipmipower --stat --hostnames 10.0.65.3
> > >> >> 10.0.65.3: timed out
> > >> >>
> > >> >> This should not be an IPMI IP port issue (section 13.1 of 
> freeipmi> >> >> documentation) because:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# tail -n 4 /etc/services
> > >> >> # BMC IPMI/RMCP services
> > >> >> rmcp    623/udp         # Aux Bus Shunt (Primary RMCP Port)
> > >> >> rmcps   664/udp         # Secure Aux Bus (Secondary RMCP Port)
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I also have done the following:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# touch -f /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey.new
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# ls --inode /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey*
> > >> >> 3533355 /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey  3533399
> > >> /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey.new
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# mv -f /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey.new
> > >> >> /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey
> > >> >> address@hidden root]# ls --inode /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey
> > >> >> 3533399 /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Any suggestions?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> - Josh
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > Please try these steps and let me know.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > > The S2882 BIOS and the SMDC firware are the latest up 
> to date
> > >> >> versions.
> > >> >> > > The only sign of something amiss is the following bmc-
> config> >> output:
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > ...
> > >> >> > > Section Serial_Channel
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Volatile_Access_Mode>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Volatile_Enable_User_Level_Auth>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key 
> <Volatile_Enable_Per_Message_Auth>> >> >> > > Error in checkout of 
> key <Volatile_Enable_Pef_Alerting>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key 
> <Volatile_Channel_Privilege_Limit>> >> >> > > Error in checkout of 
> key <Non_Volatile_Access_Mode>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key 
> <Non_Volatile_Enable_User_Level_Auth>> >> >> > > Error in checkout 
> of key <Non_Volatile_Enable_Per_Message_Auth>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key 
> <Non_Volatile_Enable_Pef_Alerting>> >> >> > > Error in checkout of 
> key <Non_Volatile_Channel_Privilege_Limit>
> > >> >> > > EndSection
> > >> >> > > Section Serial_Conf
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_Basic_Mode>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_PPP_Mode>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_Terminal_Mode>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Connect_Mode>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Page_Blackout_Interval>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Call_Retry_Time>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Enable_DTR_Hangup>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Flow_Control>
> > >> >> > > Error in checkout of key <Bit_Rate>
> > >> >> > > EndSection
> > >> >> > > ...
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Tyan does not support Serial Channel in BMC.  You can 
> safely ignore
> > >> >> this
> > >> >> > as warnings and they are not related with 
> ipmipower,ipmiping or
> > >> >> rmcpping.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Thanks,
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Best Regards
> > >> >> > Bala
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > --
> > >> >> > Free as in Freedom
> > >> >> > http://www.gnu.org/
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Free as in Freedom
> > >> http://www.gnu.org/
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
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