Processor Magazine Server Downtime Article

[Lanny Baron]

I wonder when they last tested their 'backup' server.  I mean how hard 
is it to setup a shell script to get hardware info via ipmi.

./scripts/ipmiserv2
   Power Unit       | 0x00              | ok
Power Redundancy | 0x01              | ok
BMC Watchdog     | 0x00              | ok
Scrty Violation  | 0x00              | ok
Physical Scrty   | 0x00              | ok
POST Error       | 0x00              | ok
Critical Int     | 0x00              | ok
Memory           | 0x00              | ok
Logging Disabled | 0x00              | ok
Baseboard 1.2V   | 1.21 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 1.25V  | 1.24 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 1.8V   | 1.80 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 1.8VSB | 1.80 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 2.5V   | 2.53 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 3.3V   | 3.38 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 3.3AUX | 3.31 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 5.0V   | 4.94 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 5VSB   | 5.10 Volts        | ok
Baseboard 12V    | 11.97 Volts       | ok
Baseboard 12VRM  | 12.03 Volts       | ok
Baseboard -12V   | -12.04 Volts      | ok
Baseboard VBAT   | 3.15 Volts        | ok
Baseboard Temp   | 35 degrees C      | ok
FntPnl Amb Temp  | 22 degrees C      | ok
Basebrd FanBoost | 35 degrees C      | ok
FP Amb FanBoost  | 22 degrees C      | ok
Baseboard Fan 1  | 4692 RPM          | ok
Baseboard Fan 2  | 4998 RPM          | ok
Baseboard Fan 3  | 5151 RPM          | ok
Baseboard Fan 4  | 5151 RPM          | ok
SCSI A Term Pwr  | 4.06 Volts        | ok
SCSI B Term Pwr  | 4.04 Volts        | ok
Power Supply 1   | 0x01              | ok
Power Supply 2   | 0x01              | ok
Power Cage Fan   | 6360 RPM          | ok
Power Cage Temp  | 33 degrees C      | ok
PwrCage FanBoost | 33 degrees C      | ok
Proc Missing     | 0x00              | ok
ACPI State       | 0x01              | ok
System Event     | 0x00              | ok
Button           | 0x00              | ok
SMI Timeout      | 0x00              | ok
Sensor Failure   | 0x00              | ok
NMI State        | 0x00              | ok
SMI State        | 0x00              | ok
FSB Mismatch     | 0x00              | ok
Processor 1 Stat | 0x80              | ok
Processor 2 Stat | 0x80              | ok
Processor1 Temp  | 29 degrees C      | ok
Processor2 Temp  | 27 degrees C      | ok
Proc1 FanBoost   | 29 degrees C      | ok
Proc2 FanBoost   | 27 degrees C      | ok
Processor Vccp   | 1.47 Volts        | ok
CPU Therm Ctrl   | 0x01              | ok
DIMM 1B          | 0x04              | ok
DIMM 1A          | 0x04              | ok
DIMM 2B          | 0x00              | ok
DIMM 2A          | 0x00              | ok
DIMM 3B          | 0x00              | ok
DIMM 3A          | 0x00              | ok
Hot Swap Temp    | 0 degrees C       | ok
HSC Drv Status   | 0x01              | ok
HSC Drv Presence | 0x00              | ok
Regards,
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Lanny Baron
Freedom Technologies Corporation / FreeBSD Systems
High Performance Servers and RAID Systems

Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900
http://www.freebsdsystems.com
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Wes Kussmaul wrote:
> Matt Olander wrote:
> 
>> Here's an article in Processor Magazines print and online version that
>> discusses using FreeBSD or OpenBSD as part of a strategy to increase 
>> server
>> uptime.
> 
> The url was broken in a couple of places, let's see if it fits here:
> 
> http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P2935/21p35/21p35.asp&guid=www@ 
> 
> 
> Wes Kussmaul
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