Re: MIPS64EL port box is ready for use
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bastien ROUCARIES
> <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Bastien ROUCARIES
>>> <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> wrote:
>>>>>> ]] Aron Xu
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > IPMI would be lovely, but I'm not sure we can locate a board right now with
>>>>>>> > that - so, we may have to fix remote management with a remotely controlled
>>>>>>> > power/reset box - I believe they exist (something else I've been looking
>>>>>>> > into). If the DSA already use some then I'd be interested to hear which :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know if IPMI is available, but there is certain kind of PCI
>>>>>>> device that can help with remotely power on/off the machine controlled
>>>>>>> by SMS. I'm curious if DSA think IPMI is mandatory for buildd and
>>>>>>> porterbox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We would very much like «reasonable remote access». Whether that's IPMI
>>>>>> onto a BMC or serial console which can interact with the boot loader and
>>>>>> a network-enabled power strip is less important. Of course, having nice
>>>>>> features like mounting of ISOs over HTTP and such is a nice bonus, but
>>>>>> not a requirement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We haven't really talked about how and when it should be enforced, but
>>>>>> I'm reluctant to take on more porter hardware that lacks reasonable
>>>>>> remote management.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If we can find a way of letting Loongson 3A board supports remote
>>>>> console then you are able to re-install the system because PMON have
>>>>> networking support and can boot the system from tftp. Power control
>>>>> can be done by hacking the on-board power button pins.
>>>>
>>>> It could be done trivally from a chip arm card. Using socat from a tty
>>>> to a ssh tunnel
>>>> see http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/doc/socat-ttyovertcp.txt
>>>
>>> Looks really cool, and I think it's doable to support power control
>>> like what you've suggested already.
>>
>> What are the safety specification appliable by DSA ? Main tension ?
>> Does the board have a power brick ?
>>
>
> I'm not sure about DSA's opinion, and here is the information about
> the board. It is an almost standard ITX one, and we've put it in an
> ITX chassis retired from a ~2006 Lenovo PC, using its power supply.
> The board has some pins for connecting power bottons (Power and
> Reset), though we are not using it because it looks not fit to the
> connector of the chassis. There is a dedicate button on the board to
> power on/off the machine as well. We used the on board button and no
> hard reset needed/conducted since successful installation of hardware.
> The mentioned ITX machine (6100 model) available for purchase is just
> a complete PC box.
The mini itx does not specify a power connector.... So if you use an
atx power control do something like this
http://www.mupuf.org/blog/2013/05/11/wtrpm-a-web-based-wt-suite-to-power-up-slash-down-your-computers/
>
> Thanks,
> Aron Xu
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