Re: [Ipmitool-devel] Unable to establish LAN session

[Duncan L. <dl...@gm...>]

On 9/15/06, Steffen Grunewald <ste...@ae...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 06:28:31PM +0200, Olivier Archer wrote:
> > Daniel Toma wrote:
> > > Olivier Archer wrote:
> > >
> > >>    I didn't fix manualy the ip addr, since bmclanconf -c 1 gave me
> one
> > >> by dhcp. what is this ip @ ? Is it the same as the network main iface
> > >> (eth0)? And i've said bmclanconf to configure channel 1, but how to
> deal
> > >> choosing channel number ?
> > >>     so i've always got "Unable to establish LAN session" error.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I'm not sure, but in documentation for my device is written:
> > > "Please use an IP that is different from your system IP."
> > >
> > >
> ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/CDR-SIMIPMI_1.01_for_SIM_IPMI/Rev1.02_Beta/Manuals/Note-SIMSO.pdf
> > >
> > >
> > [reply-to set to list]
> >
> > Ok, I've set another IP address, tryed one local and one public. Both
> > are non pingable. Are they supposed to be ? do i have to add extra route
> ?
> > The only documention I read is README and manpages . Tha not a lot. Is
> > there other documentation/FAQ ?
>
> Strange ... I got both a SIMSO+ and a SIMSO to test, and while I was able
> to
> ping (and connect to) the SIMSO+, I couldn't get in touch with the SIMSO
> (no plus). I used (DOS based) ipnmac to set and verify the IP and MAC
> addresses.
> No way. I'll return the non-plus one... There's a small chance that it
> doesn't
> have a proper firmware, but the LED is active so I guess the Linux on the
> ARM
> is running. No way to check though.



It is sad when Linux is stuck in an embedded system with no way to break out
or look in.  At least penguins at the zoo can be observed.  Free Tux!

-duncan