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Re: Supermicro IPMI and shell



Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>> However, I could paste here the output of "ipmitool bmc info":
>>
(...)
>> Firmware Revision         : 2.5
(...)
> My firmware-revision is 2.3, so I expect you are using the beta-version.

Maybe yes, I don't remember.

>> BTW, you don't need Windows for flashing the BMC. There's a utility for Linux
>> as well, both in 32/64 bit versions. I used the latter one to do the flashing.
> 
> After long searching I found something like that, but I am not sure it
> is correct for my card:
> ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/CDR-SIMIPMI_1.12_for_SIM_IPMI/IPMI_Solution/Utility/linux_flash_utility_64bit

That's probably a newer version than the one I used:

# ./updatefw.x86_64
updatefw.x86_64  version 1.1 (build 0609071)

Usage: updatefw.x86_64 -f [Firmware File]
       updatefw.x86_64 -i [IP Address] -u [Usr] -p [Pwd] -f [Firmware File]
  e.g. updatefw.x86_64 -f newfw.bin
       updatefw.x86_64 -i 192.168.1.23 -u ADMIN -p ADMIN -f newfw.bin
#

> This is the only place where I found the file ugsim1253.bin:
> http://www.filewatcher.com/b/ftp/ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/supermicro/CDR-SIMIPMI_1.10_for_SIM_IPMI/IPMI_Solution/Utility/linux_flash_utility_64bit.0.0.html
> 
> Do you use the kernel driver or the GPC-agent?  (I don't use them,
> because I don't like close-source on my server)

Neither do I, at least in kernel space. :) I used the kernel's standard IPMI
interface.

AFAIR the difference between the ubsim* and ugsim* versions are that the
latter one can also speak encrypted IPMI. But Supermicro docs/FAQ tells this
exactly, don't rely on my vague memory. :)

Gabor
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