hpilo in FreeBSD

[Pavel Timofeev]

For IPMI hardware you can use ipmi kernel module. 
By the way some HP proliant servers have IPMI hardware, but this ipmi
hardware is not full: no network, only with aditional card (for separate
payment). For example, DL 360 G5. 

Try "kldload ipmi" and then install /usr/ports/sysutils/ipmitool (or
/usr/ports/sysutils/freeipmi).
And then use something like "ipmitool sdr", see man.

But this solution is not enough for full management and monitoring hardware
state of HP Proliant servers (for other manufacturer servers it perhaps be
enough). 
For example, on HP servers IPMI SEL not provide actual information about
hardware events, because it stores to iLO IML.

And again, it is all about only HP Proliant.


Dušátko Jan wrote:
> 
> As I wrote esterday, for i386 architecture and certain system is
> possible to use http://people.freebsd.org/~jcagle/
> However, right now I have problem. I can use few:
> - HP ProLiant DL360 G6/ 192GB RAM for application purposes
> - HP ProLiant DL320 G6/ 64GB RAM for IDS, firewalling and management.
> Because waste of support, I can use i386 architecture (!joke!)
> or amd64 architecture without hardware support. I mean, no automatic
> server recovery, no iLO, no array management, server health reporting.
> 
> Other platform have similar problems:
> The Fujitsu-Siemens using IPMI management (it come with bunch of
> support), but there are some "software RAID" based on ICH7. Especialy
> new system. Few system components listed in pciconf are without
> communication, because no support for them
> Similar situation I have for Intel nodes, probably best support I got
> right now for Dell. But I'm fan of HP (better old Compaq branch), due
> this it is sad for me.
> 
> I trying to solve specified issues by patching, scripts and so on, but
> this is not a solution. It is sad, but real.
> In case that someone is interested in development of drivers, please
> told me. In case that I'll have preproduction system, I'll provide
> access to develop drivers and so on and arrange time to reinstall
> it again.
> 
>> I totally agree with you!
>> I am very surprised that this is not done until now, and nobody even
>> thought
>> about it.
>> 
>> 
>> Dušátko Jan wrote:
>> >
>> > HP ProLiant uses:
>> > - the SmartArray (drivers/modules/something), most of them supported
>> > - NIC, which is de-facto Broadcom or Intel
>> > - iLO, which is not supported
>> > - Server management, not supported
>> >
>> > Right now in FreeBSD is waste of support:
>> > - for array reconfiguration utility
>> >   (on the fly, I used it many times in Win/Novell world)
>> > - server health monitoring
>> >   (HP allow as many other vendors monitoring of server health)
>> > - Remote console and media support
>> >   (HP iLO)
>> >
>> > But similar situation are for other vendors too. People who trying
>> > to solve this issue are overloaded and they do as much as possible,
>> > but most of their work is investigation due lack of documentation
>> > and resources.
>> >
>> >> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:37:55AM +0400, Pavel Timofeev wrote:
>> >> > > Red Hat 5.5 (and CentOS 5.5, respectively) contains a driver for
>> >> iLO, which
>> >> > is
>> >> > > called hpilo.
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes, I`m sure.
>> >> >
>> >> > > And I just checked RedHat EL5 Update 5, there are no packages
>> >> included
>> >> > > which start with hp.
>> >> >
>> >> > Excuse me, please, I forgot to say the main thing: this is not
>> >> package, this is
>> >> > kernel module (I previously called it 'driver')!
>> >> > Sorry for confusion!
>> >> >
>> >> > for example:
>> >> > /sbin/modprobe hpilo
>> >>
>> >> Ok, the kernel module is there:
>> >>
>> >> itrepofrmt01 root mnt/Server # rpm -q -l -p kernel-2.6.18-
>> >> 194.el5.i686.rpm | grep -i ilo
>> >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/kernel/drivers/misc/hpilo.ko
>> >>
>> >> This kernel is also provided by the hp-ilo rpm from HP. This rpm
>> also
>> >> provides
>> >> a source code to rebuild the module. So it could be used to port it
>> to
>> >> FreeBSD.
>> >> But the ilo module is not the only thing to manage a HP server.
>> There
>> >> are
>> >> other programs and items, which make the whole management suite. But
>> >> for the
>> >> other stuff, not everything is provided with source.
>> >>
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