On 20/02/2013 20:31, Paul Schenkeveld wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:55:47PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >> On 20/02/2013, at 21:43, Paul Schenkeveld <free...@psconsult.nl> wrote: >>>> What about getting a remote console like HP's ILO or Dell's DRAC ? >>>> >>>> You get to login remotely, you can use some degree of access control... >>>> you can even remote boot. >>> For new hardware I could indeed use this, the current hardware does not >>> support remote console. >>> >>> I don't have experience with ILO nor DRAC but I do have experience with >>> SuperMicro's KVM over LAN which does need a java client to run. If I can >>> enter the passphrase over ssh that would be better as I can use any device >>> including a smartphone to dial in and enter the passphrase. >> >> If you setup a serial console you don't need Java if you use ipmitool, eg >> ipmitool -H remoteip -U ADMIN -I lanplus sol activate > Tried that with some Supermicro servers, the serial console allows me to > get into BIOS config and shows boot messages up to starting the kernel, > once the kernel starts output stops. > > In the BIOS setup, console redirect defaults to com2 port which explains > why output stops after the loader passes control to the kernel. > > BTW, ipmitool always gives me "Info: cannot activate SOL payload with > encryption" but ipmi-console (sysutils/freeipmi) works. > > If I change the console redirect to com1, my screen stays blank. Would > you perhaps know how to use com1 for redirect and connect to it using > ipmi-console (or ipmi-tool)? I have a supermicro using ipmi sol running happily using com2 my notes were ahem,less than through however hopefully they are enough? (FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE)
For Serial over lan (ipmi) edit /boot.config to contain -Dh edit /boot/loader.conf to add ipmi_load="YES" hint.uart.0.flags="" hint.uart.1.flags="0x10" console="comconsole vidconsole" comconsole_speed="19200" boot_multicons="yes" edit /etc/ttys change line for ttyu1 ttyu1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" vt100 on secure -- root@kyanite london]# ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -E -H 192.168.22.118 sol activate Unable to read password from environment Password: [SOL Session operational. Use ~? for help] FreeBSD/amd64 (copia.namesco.net) (ttyu1) login: Hope thats helpful Vince > Thanks, > > Paul Schenkeveld > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
