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Re: [Freeipmi-users] FreeIPMI does not work with Sun Fire X4200 but IPMI
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nand |
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Re: [Freeipmi-users] FreeIPMI does not work with Sun Fire X4200 but IPMItool does? |
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Mon, 8 Feb 2016 20:02:35 +0100 |
Hi Al,
That solves the problem perfectly. Thanks!
nand
On Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:56:19 -0800, Albert Chu <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Nand,
>
> There are several errors in Sun's IPMI implementation that may be
> causing your problem. In FreeIPMI, they can be worked around with the
> "-w sun20" workaround. Here's the chunk of text from the manpage for
> details.
>
> sun20 - This workaround flag will work work around several Sun IPMI
> 2.0 authentication issues. The issues covered include invalid
> lengthed hash keys, improperly hashed keys, and invalid cipher suite
> records. Those hitting this issue may see "password invalid"
> or "bmc error" errors. Issue observed on Sun Fire 4100/4200/4500
> with ILOM. This workaround automatically includes the "opens-
> esspriv" workaround.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> If that doesn't solve your problems, can you please send me the output
> from --debug.
>
> Al
>
> On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 19:46 +0100, nand wrote:
> > Hello freeipmi-users,
> >
> > I have a Sun Fire X4200 that I am trying to remotely control (via
> > MAAS) using IPMI.
> >
> > I have changed the root password to ‘example’ for the sake of testing.
> >
> > 1. ssh login works. (ssh address@hidden and typing in ‘example’ logs me in
> > and
> > I can proceed to power the machine on or off)
> >
> > 2. ipmitool works:
> >
> > $ ipmitool -I lanplus -H foo -U root -P example user list
> > ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg Channel Priv Limit
> > 1 false false true NO ACCESS
> > 2 root false false true ADMINISTRATOR
> > 3 maas true true true ADMINISTRATOR
> > 11 ldapproxy true true true OPERATOR
> >
> > (I can also use ipmitool to power the machine on or off)
> >
> > 3. freeipmi does not:
> >
> > $ ipmipower -D LAN_2_0 -h foo -u root -P example --stat
> > foo: password invalid
> >
> > I have also tested other freeipmi tools such as ipmi-sel with the
> > same result.
> >
> > This causes problems because MAAS uses ipmipower and not ipmitool to
> > monitor and control hosts via IPMI.
> >
> > I tried multiple different passwords, multiple different users, I tried
> > enabling every authentication method via bmc-config, I tried setting the
> > password in different ways (ILOM, bmc-config, ipmitool). I'm at a loss
> > for what else to try.
> >
> > Do you have any idea what could be going wrong here? Every other host
> > works, it just seems to be this specific machine that's incompatible
> > with freeipmi.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > nand
> >
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> --
> Albert Chu
> address@hidden
> Computer Scientist
> High Performance Systems Division
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>
>