BMC communication failure

[Robert Gravsjö]

Thanks a lot Ben!
A full reset and power down did the trick. I'm glad it wasn't the
hardware failing on me.

/roppert

Ben Scott skrev:
> On 4/12/07, Robert Gravsjö <robert.gravsjo at tietoenator.com> wrote:
>> Am I forced to update firmware to resolve this or is there any other
>> way? (Cold reboot?)
> 
>   Do a full shutdown, and then disconnect all AC power sources
> ("unplug it").  With the power disconnected, press the machine's soft
> power switch, as if you were going to turn it on.  Then wait about 30
> seconds.  Then reconnect power and power back on, and see if that
> fixes it. (The BMC is normally power by "standby power", even if the
> machine is in the "off" state, so you have to disconnect line in to
> really do a power reset on it.)
> 
>   Could also be that Something Happened(TM) and the firmware got
> corrupted.  Trying to re-flash might fix that.
> 
>   You might also just have a hardware failure.  It could be the BMC just died.
> 
> -- Ben
> 
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