Kevin Horton
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I'm looking for advice on possible remedies for an apparently failed IPMI firmware update on a X10SL7-F board on my backup server.
History:
I noted that the IPMI was no longer showing values for CPU Temp and PCH Temp. Both were marked as N/A. Everything else was apparently functioning correctly.
I rebooted the BMC, but that didn't help. I then shutdown the server, and attempted to reflash the firmware (Redfish 3.45, which is the latest version). The reflash reported as being successfully completed, and the IPMI then claimed to be rebooting, but it never came back up. The BMC heartbeat LED on the board showed steady green (i.e. no heartbeat), and this did not change with several power cycles. The FreeNAS server did come back online after several power cycle attempts, so at least that is working normally. But, the IPMI is completely unresponsive, with no light on its NIC, no heartbeat, and nothing found on the network (I've used IPMIView on iPhone to search the network, and I've looked in the router DHCP log in case it switched IPs).
Other than sending the board back to SuperMicro, is there anything else that has a chance of resurrecting the IPMI?
Thanks,
Kevin
Note: while I did search the forums before attempting the IPMI reflash, I missed an X10 FAQ entry that covers the original issue (The CPU/PCH temperatures read N/A).
History:
I noted that the IPMI was no longer showing values for CPU Temp and PCH Temp. Both were marked as N/A. Everything else was apparently functioning correctly.
I rebooted the BMC, but that didn't help. I then shutdown the server, and attempted to reflash the firmware (Redfish 3.45, which is the latest version). The reflash reported as being successfully completed, and the IPMI then claimed to be rebooting, but it never came back up. The BMC heartbeat LED on the board showed steady green (i.e. no heartbeat), and this did not change with several power cycles. The FreeNAS server did come back online after several power cycle attempts, so at least that is working normally. But, the IPMI is completely unresponsive, with no light on its NIC, no heartbeat, and nothing found on the network (I've used IPMIView on iPhone to search the network, and I've looked in the router DHCP log in case it switched IPs).
Other than sending the board back to SuperMicro, is there anything else that has a chance of resurrecting the IPMI?
Thanks,
Kevin
Note: while I did search the forums before attempting the IPMI reflash, I missed an X10 FAQ entry that covers the original issue (The CPU/PCH temperatures read N/A).