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RE: [Ipmitool-devel] getting started
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From: Nathan D. <nd...@so...> - 2006-02-15 23:31:54
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DKMS is Dynamic Kernel Module Support. I'm not an expert but from my limited understanding it is a way to put in kernel modules without having to recompile for every new kernel update. This is very convenient for what you are doing because the packages provided by Dell (http://linux.dell.com/files/openipmi) will insert the required linux kernel modules for IPMI. On a brand new box that I am wanting to control the IPMI BMC card locally I generally do the following steps (this is for a RedHat machine -you may have to install from source for your SLES machine): 1. Download and untar the appropriate file from http://linux.dell.com/files/openipmi 2. Run install.sh 3. Download and install OpenIPMI rpm downloaded from sourceforge - this is somewhat redundant with the first two steps, but it does add a couple scripts not included with the package provided by Dell. 4. install ipmitool rpm downloaded from sourceforge 5. "ipmitool mc info" to make sure it works. Good luck. *********************** Nathan Day SoftLayer.com - dedicated servers with IPMI *********************** -----Original Message----- From: ipm...@li... [mailto:ipm...@li...] On Behalf Of Nate Reed Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:05 PM To: ipm...@li... Subject: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] getting started Thank you. What does dkms stand for? On Wednesday 15 February 2006 16:35, Nathan Day wrote: > You might check out the packages at > > http://linux.dell.com/files/openipmi/ > > There are SLES9 versions available. > > Referring page: http://linux.dell.com/ipmi.shtml > > After installing the dkms from the link above and ipmitool you should be > able to communicate with the ipmi card locally to the box without using > a username and password. > > > -Nathan > > *********************** > Nathan Day > SoftLayer.com - dedicated servers with IPMI > *********************** > > -----Original Message----- > From: ipm...@li... > [mailto:ipm...@li...] On Behalf Of Nate > Reed > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:00 PM > To: ipm...@li... > Cc: Brian A. Seklecki > Subject: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] getting started > > Hmmm, this is not working. It's possble I went wrong somewhere in the > BMC LAN > interface configuration, but is the LAN Interface a layer on top of the > System Interface? Perhaps I need to do something to the kernel. I don't > see > any ipmi drivers loaded. What are the requirements to run the IPMI > System > Interface? > > On Wednesday 15 February 2006 11:51, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Nate Reed wrote: > > > PowerEdge 1850. Yes, I know about the hardware support. How do I > > use > > > > it? :) > > > > Set a username, password, and IP address in the BMC menu. The IP can > > be > > > in the same subnet as the system itself, or you can VLAN it off. > > Either > > > way it will ARP from the same MAC of the system. > > > > create a ~/.ipmitool/password file with one line: the password set > > > > then: > > > > $ ipmitool -U [username] -f ~/.ipmitool/password -H [hostname] -c sdr > > list > > > full > > > > ...as an example. Read the man page for ipmitool for the hundreds of > > thousands of possible command line argument permutations. > > > > ~lava > > > > > On Wednesday 15 February 2006 11:26, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > >> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Nate Reed wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> I'm trying to figure out how to use ipmitool on our Dell PowerEdge > > >>> servers. We are running SLES 9 with kernel 2.6.5-7.201-smp. > > >> > > >> Which model power-edge? There's an IPMI/BMC implementation in the > > >> hardware, too. > > >> > > >> ~lava > > >> > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through > > log > > > >> files for problems? Stop! 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