[OpenIndiana-discuss] Problems using the SuperMicro X8STi-F MB IPMI/BMC and Supermicro IPMIView20, anyone?

[Hans J. Albertsson]

HELP!


I'm trying to use the IPMI management processor of the SuperMicro 
X8STi-F motherboard, and I am having lots and lots of problems.

Basically, connections and logins to the IPMI succeed or fail seemingly 
at random, one minute login just happens instantaneously and all parts 
of the management interface, including the KVM-over-LAN interface, is 
available, then all attempts at logging in fail for hours on end. And 
then it all just starts up again. Sometimes touching the Web GUI of a 
troublesome IPMI makes it run well for three or four logins on IPMIView, 
and then it fails again.

FW has been upgraded to the last version, and properly, too, according 
to the most exacting procedure imaginable..

I'd like to hear of any and all experiences, good or bad, anyone here 
might have had with these embedded IPMIs.

I'm talking to Supermicro in Holland, and they are taking me seriously 
it seems.

Searching for "Get Device ID Failed" and IPMIView20 on Google does find 
some reports of problems similar to mine, but they don't show much in 
the way of root causes or fixes.

Hans J. Albertsson

P.S. I'm trying to use the KVM-over-LAN of the embedded IPMI for 
installing and configuring w/o having to sit in a noisy and cold 
subterranean concrete cell.... Inconsistencies and instability makes 
that a difficult task.