[Users] fencing: HP ilo100 status does NMI, reboots computer

[Yedidyah Bar David]

Hi, 

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Ted Miller" <tmiller at hcjb.org>
> To: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:35:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] fencing: HP ilo100 status does NMI, reboots computer

> On 1/22/2014 2:44 PM, Joop wrote:

> > Ted Miller wrote:
> 
> > > I am having trouble getting fencing to work on my HP DL180 g6 servers.
> > > They
> > > have ilo100 controllers. The documentation mentions ipmi compliance, but
> > > there are problems.
> > 
> 

> > > The ipmilan driver gets a response, but it is the wrong response. A
> > > status
> > > request results in the NMI line being asserted, which (in standard PC
> > > architecture) is the same as pressing the reset button (which these
> > > servers
> > > don't have).
> > 
> 

> > Thats weird. I have 2 ML110 G6 desktop servers, as storage servers, and
> > those
> > have ilo100 controllers too and I just checked and they are setup as
> > ipmilan
> > in engine.
> 
> > I have used the Test button more than once and never had problems. My
> > Summary
> > page says:
> 
> > IPMI Version: 	2.0
> 
> > Firmware Version: 	4.23
> 
> > Hardware Version: 	1.0
> 
> > Description: 	ProLiant ML110 G6
> 
> > System GUID: 	33221100-5544-7766-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF
> 
> > Mayb that helps you to track down the problem. If you have got question,
> > please ask.
> 

> > Joop
> 

> Joop, thanks for the info. That tells me I was not totally off track when I
> was trying the ipmilan driver.

> I have firmware 4.21 in my controllers. I'll have to see about updating that.

> One thing I have figured out, this problem would not have been so noticeable,
> except that something is causing host s1 to go "non responsive" every few
> hours. That provokes a Restart -> Stop -> Status -> Start sequence from the
> fencing system.

> I will have to deal with what is causing the "non responsive" condition, but
> first I want to work through the fencing problem.

> I tried the ilo2 driver, but the test of that produced even more convulsive
> messages from the computer.
Note that lo100 - afaik there no such a thing as ilo100 - is unrelated to iLo (whatever version). 
These are two completely different products - lo100 is on the board of some of the lower-end 
DL1xx series (and iirc also available as an add-on card) and iLo is on the board of DL3xx 
series servers. 
-- 
Didi 
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