Hi Matt, On 21.03.2018 20:12, Matt Turner wrote: > I only learned about this recently, and I can't actually find any > mention of it in the documentation so I thought I'd post here in case > it's not well known. WOW !!! I wasn't aware of that. > The C8000 (and presumably similar vintage hardware like the rp3440, > etc) have a BMC (baseboard management controller) that is active when > the system is powered. When attached to the serial console, you can > press ESC ( and you will be able to interact with the BMC: I knew the C8000 has a BMC, and I was able to (partly) talk to it from inside Linux, but I had no documentation on how to access it from serial console or network. > ( > cli>help > CLI Commands: > C [<passwordstring>] - Change Password > CON - Display Console selection > FPL - Read Forward Progress Log > H - Help (this text) > I <ipmi command data> - Send any IPMI message > req fmt: rsSA netfnlun chk1 rqSWID rqSeq cmd [data] chk2 > resp fmt: rqSWID netfnlun chk3 rsSa rqSeqrsLun cmd ccode [data] chk4 > INFO - Display BMC FW Revision > IPMI <ipmi command data> - Send any IPMI message > req fmt: netfnlun cmd [data] > resp fmt: ccode [data] > P [0,1] - Power Control > Q - Quit/Logout > RS [s] - Reset System [and switch to sys console] > SD - Read SDR Repository > SE - Read System Event Log > TOC [s] - Send an INIT/TOC [and switch to sys console] > cli> > > I've found this most useful for being able to remotely reboot (RS > command) and power on/off (P command) the system. That's good info! Up to now I have my boxes connected to a USB-connected "Gembird Silvershield SIS-PM" power plug to be able to power-cylce the machines remotely. That way it's easier! > Pressing ESC ) "reconnects" you to the system's serial console. > > The C8000 supports IPMI, and I assume you can do a lot of these same > things over the built-in e1000 LAN interface once configured. I > haven't tried to do that yet. If you find more info here, please let me know. > Hope this is useful for someone. Yes, Thanks! Helge -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
