ipmi

I recently ran into an issue where I purchased a Supermicro license key for remote BIOS upgrade only to find that the system rebooted to "System initializing" and post code 19. Normally the remote BIOS update key allows you to update BIOS remotely without issue, even when you have some strange...

Hello, I built a ESXi Whitebox a little over a year ago that has a ASRock 990FX Xtreme9 AMD motherboard with an AMD 9590FX 8 core processor installed (undervolted), 32GB DDR3 memory, Swiftech Water cooling system and Fractical Quiet Case. This also sits in my office a few feet from my desk. I...

I got bored on midnights and designed a PCI bracket for the Intel AXXRMM4 remote management module. If any of you need a bracket, please try this out to see if it fits. I haven't got a chance to print it yet, but I designed it to the standard PCI bracket specs, standard ethernet cutout hole...

I have an X8DTH motherboard which I decided to upgrade the bios and BMC on. Both applied without issue according to their utils. Upon reboot the system waits for the BMC for a very long time and then eventually states that the BMC has failed. Inside of the BIOS under BMC it also shows as...

WARNING: Running the following procedure with the wrong BIOS or BMC ROM files can, and PROBABLY WILL permanently brick your node. Running the commands below can permanently brick your node ANYWAY if you look at it the wrong way. To continue, open Notepad or another text editor. Create a new...

I'm powering up the second C6100 chassis and nodes I bought back in September this year. The first went perfectly well - all 4 nodes got BMC/IPMI addresses, booted, installed OS and are now running production. The second is a ... difficult birth, shall we say. So far node 2 is fine. Node 1 I...

When logging into a Gigabyte IPMI interface on one of their server motherboards, one is prompted for a login (username) and password. On modern Gigabyte IPMI interfaces the default login/ password is: Login: admin Password: password Here is what the login screen looks like: The management...

When logging into a Supermicro IPMI interface, one is prompted for a login (username) and password. On modern Supermicro IPMI interfaces the default login/ password is: Login: ADMIN Password: ADMIN Here is what the Supermicro web management login looks like: An update from a few years after...

I have 10 C6100 chassis [40 nodes total] running a render farm. I ordered 8 spare boards, RAM and CPUs when I got the original order. This setup is obviously on a heavy load, maxing out the CPU for hours at a time. These are located in a server room with sufficient air-conditioning, with room...