1600SC and IPMI

[Kyle Putnam]

I recently managed to get OMSA 4.4 to work with my Debian system 
(kernel 2.6.17), using the dcdbas and dcdtvm kernel modules.  However, 
I would really prefer to use the lm-sensors package for monitoring, and 
so far I haven't been able to get that working.  I've compiled the 
I2C-PIIX4 drivers, but dmesg reports this after loading them:

> piix4_smbus 0000:00:0f.0: Found 0000:00:0f.0 device
> piix4_smbus 0000:00:0f.0: Host SMBus controller not enabled!

Using the force=1 parameter seems to work, until I use sensors-detect, 
which causes the machine to crash.  I've read on an lm-sensors forum 
that because the details of the ServerWorks CSB5 chipset aren't 
available, there's nothing they can do.  I also noticed that the 1600SC 
is not listed on this page: http://linux.dell.com/ipmi.shtml  However 
Matt Domsch has stated that the x6xx and newer series servers have IPMI 
compatability.  Does the 1600SC in fact have IPMI capability, or am I 
wasting my time on this?

I also read on the Dell Linux blog page that all SC models are now not 
supported since OMSA 4.5, so am I stuck with 4.4?  I would really like 
to find a way to monitor my server without using OMSA, because it's not 
only cumbersome but it sounds like it no longer supports my hardware.  
I'm sure it's only a matter of time until OMSA 4.4 won't compile into 
the next kernel.  Do I have any options besides OMSA?  I'm really only 
interested in being able to monitor my hardware, I don't need the 
configuration features (like BIOS and alert action) nearly as much.

Regards,

Kyle Putnam