Re: [Ipmitool-devel] IPMI on Dell Poweredge SC1425 (with Debian sarge)

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Hy Albert
I am also facing  similar kind of problems when i was
writing IPMI code for Dell PowerEdge Servers
and with IPMITool also
a) First SoftShutDown Command is not working ,i dnt
understand why ,few days back when i have written the
code it was working fine ,but now i have tested the
Code on number of different Dell Servers  with NI BMC
it is not working,is the problem with BMC or Ethernet
Card or its a problem related to WOL(Wake On Lan).If
any of you know the solution ,please let me know.
b)When the Server is already ShutDown ,IPMI PowerUP
(i.e Chassis Command) is not working ,and the Same
behaviour i have seen with IPMI Tool also,i dnt
understand is it the flaw related to IPMI or BMC 
If any of you ever experienced this problem and having
Solution,
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Kapil Suri

--- Albert Chu <ch...@ll...> wrote:

> Hey Adwin,
> 
> > Also, I can do a remote power off and subsequently
> a power on, but 
> > if a do a normal shutdown -h now, the remote power
> on through IPMI 
> > does not seem to work?!
> 
> Sometime ago when a number of us were working on the
> FreeIPMI project,
> we found that ipmi wouldn't be able to power control
> some machines when
> the machine was shutdown through 'shutdown -h now'.
> 
> After some digging, Anand Babu found that the
> ethernet driver would put
> the ethernet card into a strange state that somehow
> affected the network
> card's ability to receive packets.  I recall part of
> the problem was
> related to Wake on Lan (WOL).  For Intel's e1000
> driver, we ended up
> commenting out a piece of code in the driver to
> ensure that the card
> never ended up in any type of WOL state.  Just using
> ethtool to turn off
> WOL didn't seem to be enough.
> 
> If you need more info, just let me know.
> 
> Al
> 
> --
> Albert Chu
> ch...@ll...
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A.H. Timmer" <ad...@we...>
> Date: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:14 am
> Subject: [Ipmitool-devel] IPMI on Dell Poweredge
> SC1425 (with Debian sarge)
> 
> > L.S.,
> > 
> > Has anyone got experiences with making IPMI work
> with the Dell 
> > Poweredge 
> > SC1425? I'm trying to get it to work under Debian
> Sarge (using 
> > kernel 
> > 2.6.10), and although I am having some success, I
> can't get all 
> > functions to work. Especially BMC and power
> related stuff don't 
> > seem to 
> > work (using ipmitool version 1.6.0 with or without
> the Dell patch).
> > 
> > My boot messages related to IPMI are:
> > 
> > ipmi message handler version v33
> > ipmi device interface version v33
> > IPMI System Interface driver version v33, KCS
> version v33, SMIC 
> > version 
> > v33, BT version v33
> > ipmi_si: Found SMBIOS-specified state machine at
> I/O address 0xca8
> >  IPMI kcs interface initialized
> > IPMI Watchdog: driver version v33
> > Copyright (C) 2004 MontaVista Software - IPMI
> Powerdown via 
> > sys_reboot 
> > version v33.
> > IPMI poweroff: Found a chassis style poweroff
> function
> > 
> > I can do a remote query:
> > 
> > # ipmitool -I lan -U root -a -H 10.1.0.165 chassis
> status
> > Password:
> > System Power         : on
> > Power Overload       : false
> > Power Interlock      : inactive
> > Main Power Fault     : false
> > Power Control Fault  : false
> > Power Restore Policy : always-off
> > Last Power Event     :
> > Chassis Intrusion    : inactive
> > Front-Panel Lockout  : inactive
> > Drive Fault          : false
> > Cooling/Fan Fault    : false
> > Sleep Button Disable : allowed
> > Diag Button Disable  : allowed
> > Reset Button Disable : allowed
> > Power Button Disable : allowed
> > Sleep Button Disabled: true
> > Diag Button Disabled : true
> > Reset Button Disabled: true
> > Power Button Disabled: true
> > 
> > But BMC Power Restore Policy commands do not work:
> > 
> > # ipmitool -I lan -U root -a -H 10.1.0.165 chassis
> policy list
> > Password:
> > BMC Power Restore Policy command failed: Invalid
> command
> > 
> > Also, I can do a remote power off and subsequently
> a power on, but 
> > if a 
> > do a normal shutdown -h now, the remote power on
> through IPMI does 
> > not 
> > seem to work?!
> > 
> > # ipmitool -I lan -U root -a -H 10.1.0.165 chassis
> power on
> > Password:
> > Error: Unable to establish LAN session
> > Unable to set Chassis Power Control to Up/On
> > 
> > > > 
> > --
> > Adwin Timmer
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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