IPMI serial console

[Steven Hartland]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel O'Connor"
>> Try setting the IPMI pieces (in the IPMI device itself) to 9600bps.
>> 
>> Then try using 9600bps in FreeBSD (loader.conf or /boot.config, as well
>> as in inittab/getty).
>> 
>> If this works for you, I can expand further on why, if requested.
> 
> 
> Well that broke everything :)
> 
> - No messages from the BIOS
> - No kernel messages
> - No getty output
> 
> Now to forward a tun interface so I can run the Java faux-VNC client and fix it.

Not a surprise if it doesnt match the serial IO speed which on all our
Supermicro machines is: 115200

Which MB, which bios version, and which IPMI FW version are you using?

    Regards
    Steve

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