FSF France machines management - Cookbook: recipe #329, IPMI on v20z

recipe #329, HowTo: IPMI on v20z

• IP : 10.5.25.0/24 for rennes

The config may not work if the Service Manager has not been reseted before.

configure lan

If the lan parameters aren't configured, you can configure them from host.
apt-get install ipmitool openipmi modprobe ipmi_si modprobe ipmi_devintf #you need to reset the ip config ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc none ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc dhcp #Here your ip should be set to 0.0.0.0 ipmitool lan print ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 10.5.25.13 ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 10.5.25.1 ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0

enable initial access

From the gateway (rennes.tld) :

And follow steps

• user : admin
• password : ror8OmEf

Once the user has been created, the setup user is locked

enable lan

It will ask for the admin's password first, then for the LAN password (will ask twice), leave it empty.
To check it's ok, try to query ipmi using the lan interface :

configure Serial over lan

• on the host :
  • edit /etc/inittab
  • check you have : T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt102
  • use "init q" to reload inittab without reboot.
• Then, using ipmi :

To use it :

It will prompt you for admin password, then display something like :
[no, -unavailable- is attached]

To log on the serial console, press ctrl+E,c,a,enter, which should show you the console login prompt :
[Enter `^Ec?' for help] ^Eca [ok] Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid hosting9.rennes.tld ttyS0

hosting9.rennes.tld login:

If it does not work try ctrl-E,c,f,enter (to force attach read/write).
hosting12:~# ip=$(getent hosts $(hostname) | cut -f1 -d' ' | cut -f4 -d.) hosting12:~# ssh -l admin 10.5.25.$ip admin@10.5.25.12's password: Sun Microsystems IPMI v2.0 Service Processor Version: V2.4.0.6 localhost $ platform console [Enter `^Ec?' for help] [no, admin@localhost.localdomain is attached] ^Ecf [bumped admin@localhost.localdomain] Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid hosting12 ttyS0

hosting12 login:

grub

To be able to have the console during the boot, you need to add :
console=ttyS0,9600n81r

At the end of the "kopt" line of menu.lst, then update-grub.

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