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Re: [Freeipmi-users] IPMI questions
From: |
Albert Chu |
Subject: |
Re: [Freeipmi-users] IPMI questions |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:47:47 -0700 |
Hi Joe,
> one can open a redirected console session and remotely mount media
> (ISO images) on BIOS devices.
IPMI 2.0 supports serial-over-LAN (SOL), so if they implement their
redirected console session via it, FreeIPMI's ipmiconsole tool should be
a suitable cmdline tool equivalent. Depending on the default setup of
your motherboard, some additional config via FreeIPMI's bmc-config may
be necessary.
As for "remotely mount media", it depends on what exactly you're looking
for. The following are available for configuration via FreeIPMI's
ipmi-chassis-config.
#
# Section Chassis_Boot_Flags Comments
#
# The following configuration options are for configuring chassis boot
behavior.
# Please note that some fields may apply to all future boots while some may
only
# apply to the next system boot.
#
# "Boot_Flags_Persistent" determines if flags apply to the next boot only or
all
# future boots.
#
# "Boot_Device" allows the user to configure which device the BIOS should boot
# off of. Most users may wish to select NO-OVERRIDE to select the configuration
# currently determined by the BIOS. Note that the configuration value
BIOS-SETUP
# refers to booting *into* the BIOS Setup, not from it. FLOPPY may refer to any
# type of removeable media. "Device_Instance_Selector" may be be used to select
# a specific device instance for booting.
#
Section Chassis_Boot_Flags
## Possible values: Yes/No (Yes = All Future Boots; No = Next Boot Only)
Boot_Flags_Persistent No
## Possible values: PC-COMPATIBLE/EFI
BIOS_Boot_Type PC-COMPATIBLE
## Possible values: Yes/No (Only applies to Next Boot)
CMOS_Clear No
## Possible values: Yes/No (Only applies to Next Boot)
Lock_Keyboard No
## Possible values: Yes/No (Only applies to Next Boot)
Screen_Blank No
## Possible values: NO-OVERRIDE/PXE/HARD-DRIVE/HARD-DRIVE-SAFE-MODE/
## DIAGNOSTIC_PARTITION/CD-DVD/BIOS-SETUP/REMOTE-FLOPPY
##
PRIMARY-REMOTE-MEDIA/REMOTE-CD-DVD/REMOTE-HARD-DRIVE/FLOPPY
Boot_Device NO-OVERRIDE
## Possible values: None/Internal-{1-15}/External-{1-15} (e.g.
Internal-5)
Device_Instance_Selector None
## Possible values: Yes/No
Lock_Out_Reset_Button No
## Possible values: Yes/No
Lock_Out_Power_Button No
## Possible values: Yes/No
Lock_Out_Sleep_Button No
## Possible values: DEFAULT/QUIET/VERBOSE
Firmware_Bios_Verbosity DEFAULT
## Possible values: Yes/No
Force_Progress_Event_Traps No
## Possible values: Yes/No
User_Password_Bypass No
## Possible values: BIOS-SETTING/SUPPRESS/ENABLE
Console_Redirection BIOS-SETTING
EndSection
Beyond this, there isn't much in the IPMI spec mounting media.
Hope this helps,
Al
On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 18:03 -0700, joe mcguckin wrote:
> Albert,
>
> I recently purchased a Supermicro motherboard that has IPMI support. Using
> the JAVA console app that you can get from
> Supermicro, one can open a redirected console session and remotely mount
> media (ISO images) on BIOS devices.
>
> Are these two features proprietary extension of IPMI 2.0 - or - are they
> implemented in the standard? For various reasons, I do not wish to use the
> JAVA app to access the server remotely, I'd prefer a command line utility.
> Supermicro has been less than useful in either making available a suitable
> cmdline application, or protocol descriptions, etc for implementing our own.
>
> Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
> Joe McGuckin
> ViaNet Communications
>
> address@hidden
> 650-207-0372 cell
> 650-213-1302 office
> 650-969-2124 fax
>
>
>
--
Albert Chu
address@hidden
Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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