On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:14 PM, "Daniel O'Connor" <docon...@gsoft.com.au> wrote:
> > On 22/02/2013, at 10:40, Jeremy Chadwick <j...@koitsu.org> wrote: >>> X9SIL-F BIOS version 1.1 (05/27/10) >>> IPMI firmware is 2.01. >> >> I can't find this motherboard listed on Supermicro's site. >> >> "kenv | grep smbios" output please? > > > Sorry, brainfart, it's an X8SIL-F > http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIL.cfm?IPMI=Y I am also using that motherboard and currently IPMI is working for me under 9.1-STABLE (r246366). My system has BIOS version 1.2 and IPMI firmware version 2.66. I have both the VGA KVM console and SOL console working (though the VGA console seems sensitive to the version of Java you have installed). I am using sysutils/ipmitool to access the system via IPMI SOL console. Here is what my IPMI SOL setup looks like in the BIOS setup screen: Advanced ******************************************************************************** * Advanced - Remote Access Configuration * Select Remote Access * * *************************************************** * type. * * Remote Access [Enabled] * * * * * * Serial Port Number [COM3 *] * * * Base Address, IRQ [3E8h, 5] * * * Serial Port Mode [115200 8,n,1] * * * Flow Control [None] * * * Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] * * * Terminal Type [ANSI] * * * VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support [Enabled] * * * Sredir Memory Display Delay [No Delay] * * * * ****:Move * * * Enter:Select * * * +/-/:Value * * * F10:Save * * * ESC:Exit * * * F1:General Help * * * F8:Fail-Safe Defaults* * * F9:Optimized Defaults* ******************************************************************************** Here is what I have in /boot/loader.conf regarding a serial console: ===== # Enable IPMI serial console #console="comconsole" # Give preference to VGA console console="vidconsole,comconsole" # Uncomment below and comment above to give serial console preference #console="comconsole,vidconsole" comconsole_speed="115200" boot_multicons="YES" hint.uart.0.flags="0x0" hint.uart.2.at="isa" hint.uart.2.port="0x3E8" #hint.uart.2.disabled="0" hint.uart.2.flags="0x30" ===== I don't know whether all of that is needed, but, as you can see from the various commented-out lines, it was a configuration I "arrived at" that works. :-) I don't have a /boot.config on this system. Usually, I have the VGA console take precedence. In that case, I get messages on both the VGA console and the IPMI SOL console during the BIOS screen, loader, and kernel boot messages but then only messages on the VGA console during the rc.d boot phase. I have a serial console enabled in /etc/ttys, so I get output (e.g., getty login) on the IPMI SOL when that is eventually spawned. If I want to have the serial console take precedence, I usually escape to the loader prompt (via ESC at the loader menu) and issue a "set console="comconsole,vidconsole"" command. Then, the rc.d boot output goes to the serial console and not the VGA console. (It would be nice to have rc.d init scripts output go to both consoles, but I don't know whether that is possible.) Cheers, Paul. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
