Poweredge 1900 & CentOS 5

[Otso Helenius]

>
> The new PE 2950 I have here is exactly the same. Dell failed on
> providing CPU temperatures and fan control...
>
> /Kristian

I just noticed a peculiar thing and would like to know if you have  
similar behaviour:

While googling around for BMC info i stumbled upon this message:
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2006-May/025936.html

When browsing around my NIC and BIOS settings I couldn't find any way  
to do the suggested mapping (there simply weren't any options for such).

After a few boots I noticed that before GRUB starts a message flashed  
quickly on the screen stating: "Baseboard Management Controller  
Communication Failure". I could regenerate the line by going to NIC  
features with Ctrl-E during boot; after exiting the setup agent PE1900  
would state the error and ask for either continue or go to setup (in  
case which it goes to *bios*).

I could find only one message in the entire google stating this error:
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2007-April/030505.html
except that I don't get any extra errors like Robert is getting, just  
the message. I'm testing out if reflashing the BMC FW will do anything.

I'll report back if i find out any useful information.


  * Otso Helenius