PE 1950 LCD access

[Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com]

Sorry I mistyped the command. It should be `omconfig chassis frontpanel
lcdindex=1 config=custom text=<insert custom text here>`

Here is a script that I use to put the 15 minute load average onto the
LCD of my 2900.

----Code Begins here----
#!/bin/sh
while [ true ]; do
omconfig chassis frontpanel lcdindex=1 config=custom text=`cat
/proc/loadavg | gawk '{print $3}'`
sleep 30
Done
----End Code----

Patrick Boyd
Dell Storage Software Engineer
(512)728-3182


-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of
Patrick_Boyd at dell.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:10 AM
To: haakon at basefarm.no; naidu at kazeon.com; linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: RE: PE 1950 LCD access

Try using OMSA with the command `omconfig chassis leds lcdindex=1
config=custom text=<insert custom text here>`

You can script this to display dynamic data or change it once to display
what ever static data you want.

Patrick Boyd
Dell Storage Software Engineer
(512)728-3182
 

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Haakon Gjersvik
Eriksen
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 1:15 AM
To: Naidu Bollineni; linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: PE 1950 LCD access

Naidu Bollineni wrote:
> Is there any documentation on how to program and access the front LCD,

> like APIs?

As far as I've been able to figure out, this string is only customizable
from the BIOS. Which means, there's no (documented) way of showing
dynamic content like loadavg.
This was the case for 2650s, anyway. Haven't been able to find any
indication that it's been changed since then.

-- 
  Haakon Gjersvik Eriksen     --                  Basefarm AS

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