IPMI modules

[Tom Haddon]

Hi Folks,

I have a Poweredge 1750 and am trying to upgrade from OMSA 4.5 to 5.0.

>From previous installs on Poweredge 1850s here's my install script (this
is all on FC3, hence the yum command):

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# Make sure we have the right packages - needed to build the dell_rbu
module
# NOTE: if you are having problems installing gcc because of dependcy issues, see below
yum install gcc cpp glibc-headers glibc-kernheaders compat-libstdc++
# Create the directories to hold the install files
cd /usr/src
mkdir OMSA-5.0
cd OMSA-5.0
wget http://ftp.us.dell.com/sysman/OMI-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-50_A00.tar.gz
tar zxvf OMI-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-50_A00.tar.gz
cd linux
rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY
cd supportscripts
lsmod
# Review to see if any ipmi modules are loaded
# if not:
modprobe ipmi_si
modprobe ipmi_devintf
./srvadmin-install.sh
# Install/Upgrade all components
# Start services (either through the install, or ./srvadmin-services start

# Now see if the ipmi modules are going to be loaded on startup
chkconfig --list | grep ipmi
# If not:
chkconfig dsm_sa_ipmi on

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The problem I'm having is when I do the modprobes to load the ipmi_si
module: it hangs for a long time  and I get the following in dmesg:

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ipmi message handler version v33
IPMI System Interface driver version v33, KCS version v33, SMIC version
v33, BT version v33
    ACPI-0180: *** Error: Invalid address flags 8
ipmi_si: Found SMBIOS-specified state machine at I/O address 0xe4, slave
address 0x20
BT: timed out in B2H_WAIT [ ] restart command
BT: timed out in B2H_WAIT [ ] restart command
BT: timed out in B2H_WAIT [ ] retry limit (2) exceeded
IPMI: BT reset (takes 5 secs)
ipmi device interface version v33
BT: timed out in XACTION [ B2H ] retry limit (2) exceeded
Trying to free free IRQ10
ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)
Fusion MPT base driver 3.01.20
Copyright (c) 1999-2004 LSI Logic Corporation
Fusion MPT misc device (ioctl) driver 3.01.20
mptctl: Registered with Fusion MPT base driver
mptctl: /dev/mptctl @ (major,minor=10,220)
IPMI System Interface driver version v33, KCS version v33, SMIC version
v33, BT version v33
    ACPI-0180: *** Error: Invalid address flags 8
ipmi_si: Found SMBIOS-specified state machine at I/O address 0xe4, slave
address 0x20
BT: timed out in XACTION [ B2H ] restart command
BT: timed out in XACTION [ B2H ] restart command
BT: timed out in XACTION [ B2H ] retry limit (2) exceeded
IPMI: BT reset (takes 5 secs)
  Using irq 10
 IPMI bt interface initialized

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The output I get from my 1850s are:

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ipmi message handler version v33
IPMI System Interface driver version v33, KCS version v33, SMIC version
v33, BT version v33
    ACPI-0180: *** Error: Invalid address flags 8
ipmi_si: Found SMBIOS-specified state machine at I/O address 0xca8,
slave address 0x20
 IPMI kcs interface initialized
ipmi device interface version v33

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It seems like the "ipmi_si" module is eventually loading okay, but can
anyone explain to me what's going on here? I don't feel too confident
about it based on this...

Cheers, Tom


-- 
Tom Haddon <tom at greenleaftech.net>