Questions tagged [supermicro]
Supermicro is a computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California. They design and manufacture server equipment.
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Is it possible to reset the password on a SuperMicro IPMI interface?
Is it possible to reset the password on a SuperMicro IPMI interface? My motherboard is model X8STI-F.
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Configuring SuperMicro IPMI to use one of the LAN interfaces instead of the IPMI port?
The SuperMicro X8SIE-F board has two dedicated LAN interfaces for the operating system (LAN1/2) and one dedicated LAN interface for IPMI.
Is it possible to configure IPMI to use one of the LAN1/2 ...
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Is it necessary to burn-in RAM for server-class hardware?
Considering the fact that many server-class systems are equipped with ECC RAM, is it necessary or useful to burn-in the memory DIMMs prior to their deployment?
I've encountered an environment where ...
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How does IPMI sideband share the ethernet port with the host?
We have a number of Supermicro machines with IPMI/BMC features. Some of these machines use an onboard BMC, while others use an add-on card.
We are looking into using sideband due to it's reduced ...
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Accessing Supermicro IPMI via SSH
When you deal with Supermicro IPMI/BMC, you could access it via:
HTTP(S) in your browser - seeing web pages with sensors/configs and java applet to run redirection console
IPMI protocol (using ...
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Securing a SuperMicro IPMI BMC
I've recently acquired a SuperMicro X8DTU-F motherboard, which has a built-in BMC, which basically runs the IPMI system. It turns out to be a small Linux system running on an ARM processor.
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How to find out the exact IPMI unit you have for firmware upgrade?
I have a Supermicro IPMI and I read you can use dmidecode to determine which one it is.
But all I get for the info is:
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: ...
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Using Supermicro IPMI behind a Proxy?
This is a SuperMicro server with a X8DT3 motherboard which contains an On-board IPMI BMC. In this case, the BMC is a Winbond WPCM450). I believe many Dell servers use this a similar BMC model.
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RAID 6 array, one disk rebuilding?
I have got a 10 disk (16 TB) RAID-6 array (AVAGO MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e) in a Supermicro JBOD enclosure. The controller started beeping today and one disk is blinking red/blue. I entered the AVAGO ...
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Does Supermicro IPMI require OnBoard video to be enabled?
Title pretty much says it all.
I am using a supermicro board with integrated IPMI support. When I connect remotely I can take control of the mouse and keyboard but the video is totally black (no ...
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What's the difference between motherboard and chassis?
When I read the supermicro website:
there are chassis and motherboard products.
I want to know what's the function of them, and what's the difference?
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Supermicro IPMI and Windows Share
I am trying to do a Windows Share for a Supermicro IPMI. I go to "Virtual Media" and then "CD-ROM image". I need to enter:
Share to host:
Path to Image:
User:
Password:
I know to enter my Windows ...
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Reflash Supermicro BIOS Chip with external EEPROM programmer
I've a Supermicro server, out of warranty, and it suicided in the last month. Yes, exactly. During a AMIBIOS update process the BIOS Watchdog has been tripped and the motherboard reseted during the ...
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Supermicro IPMIView KVM Console does not work at all
I can't get the Supermicro IPMIView version 2.* (any of them) to launch the KVM Console either in the IPMIView windows program nor any browser. Java, is installed (version 8, update 131) and I'm ...
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How to check if my Supermicro IPMI is compromised with plaintext admin password over the web?
I've some Supermicro servers with IPMI running, and as described in this blog (http://blog.cari.net/carisirt-yet-another-bmc-vulnerability-and-some-added-extras) there's a critical vulnerability to ...
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Supermicro BIOS recovery - SUPER.ROM
I have a Supermicro X9SCL+-F motherboard that I flashed a beta BIOS to, then the flash went bad when I tried to flash back to the latest stable. I am attempting to recover using their SUPER.ROM ...
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Supermicro X9SCD won't enter BIOS (error code: AB)
I've just flashed the BIOS of 3 different X9SCD motherboards, all housed within different MicroCloud chassis. I've done this hundreds of times, with this exact BIOS version (x9scd8.612), with no ...
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hard resetting link exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4090800 action 0xe frozen
Following situation:
A productive linux debian 7 server with kernel
3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Manufacturer: Supermicro
Product Name: X10SLL-F
Version: 1.02
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How to Monitor an Adaptec/Intel ICH10R RAID Controller (any SNMP notification options?)
SuperMicro's Super Doctor III is the software I was looking for. It is SuperMicro's equivalent of IBM's ServerGuide or Dell's OpenManage. Unfortunately, while it supports hardware monitoring and SNMP ...
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Identify Disks on SuperMicro server running FreeBSD
I am running on a SuperMicro 2U server with 6 disks in a ZPool. I want to identify each drive bay using the Drive Carrier LED from running a command from a tool in FreeBSD. Is there a way to do this?
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How can I tell which interface my Supemicro IPMI is piggybacking on?
I've used IPMI before, but only on servers where the IPMI interface had a dedicated ethernet port. I've got an Ubuntu 10.04 server with two ethernet cards, which is supposed to have an IPMI interface ...
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Is disk serial readable from supermicro chassis?
We are working with a hosting company for managing our dedicated servers. We asked for a replacement disk on one of the servers by providing the serial number. They took out 2 other disks instead and ...
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With the Supermicro Embedded BMC, is it possible to connect to Serial Over Lan via SSH?
I have several dozen Supermicro servers which use the Supermicro Embedded BMC. The documentation on that page suggests that I can access the Serial Over LAN (Serial Console) over SSH:
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Supermicro IPMI KVM: connection failed
I have several Supermicro servers, and I can't connect to any of their KVM's through IPMI anymore; I keep getting 'connection failed'. I first noticed it with one, but trying others resulted in the ...
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Supermicro IPMI unable to access through shared port
I have several supermicro servers (X8DTU-F, X7SPA-HF). I am using IPMI configuration with shared ethernet port (X7SPA-HF doesn't have dedicated port though). IPMI over ethernet is working perfectly. ...
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how to install OS remotly using Supermicro IPMI?
I have detected server that I can access using supermicro IPMI. I need to reinstall the OS (linux centos 5) because the current OS cannot boot (kernel panic problems). how can I do that?
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BSOD 0x09c on 50 SuperMicro machines
For a project we have 50 servers all equiped with (generally) the same hardware. The issue we have here is very serious and happens on all machines. Despite a lot of effort and contacting manufacturs ...
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Supermicro server onsite maintenance
We are considering moving from Dell to Supermicro servers. The main concern from management is what to do with maintenance. What do you guys do for same day onsite service maintenance plans?
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SAS Expander backplane performance drops when more than 8 drives are active?
We are using an LSI 9211-8i raid controller (flashed in IT mode) in a PCI-e 2.0 x8 slot.
It's connected to a supermicro SAS 836EL1 backplane with 1 SFF-8087 cable.
We have 16 drives installed.
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Supermicro BMC watchdog-caused reboots
I've recently acquired a SuperMicro X10SLL-F motherboard, which has a built-in BMC (Aspeed AST2400 chip). I want to use built-in watchdog controller when running linux on server (gentoo hardened).
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Serial Over LAN on FreeBSD with SuperMicro X9-SCM-F
How can I setup Serial-Over-Lan (SOL) on FreeBSD with a SuperMicro X9-SCM-F motherboard? There are a few resources out there but they contradict each other, are unclear, and don’t actually allow me to ...
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Change Boot Order Remotely
Using Windows Share, I was able to connect media in order to do an OS reload using IPMI.
However, I also need to change the boot order of the server. My issue is that I cannot seem to get to the ...
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Double UPS on high load during power down
To sketch the situation :
a bunch of servers (~15 going from 4u to 1u, some redudant PSU some single)
2 UPS (1 APC I can read using apcupsd)
2 PDU
So I came upon this situation, and I honestly have ...
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Anyone have any experiences with SuperMicro Layer 3 Switches (SSE-G48-TG4 in particular)
We use a lot of SuperMicro gear, and we just noticed that SuperMicro now has a Layer 3 managed switch. I am interested in using it in a top of the rack application.
As with most of SuperMicro stuff, ...
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Server freezes without kernel panic
We are running a KVM node which is crashing irregularly showing a very strange behaviour. The interesting thing is that we already had this problem with another node which crashed every 1-2 weeks. As ...
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How to know which BMCs are supported by OpenBMC (open source BMC)?
Any idea how to get list of supported BMCs for OpenBMC https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc ?
For example I have a motherboard (X8SIL-F) with Nuvoton WPCM450 BMC.
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Power Usage via IPMI or BIOS or?
Is it possible to check the power usage of an entire machine via IPMI, BIOS, or any other option? I have done some searching but no results have came up yet.
PDUs only show the total usage, so this ...
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Preseed automatic partitioning
I'm using the following partman settings for automated installs of VMs for some years now:
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-lvm/...
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Supermicro Server fails to boot from NVMe SSD
I have a SuperMicro server with an NVMe boot drive and an additional SSD for data. I was attempting to install ubuntu on the NVMe boot drive and even though the installation succeeds and the correct ...
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Difference between SAS multilane, direct-attached HDD and expander backplane?
What's the difference between multilane, direct-attached HDD and expander for SAS backplanes?
Supermicro chassis description page
Direct attached HDD backplane (TQ version), multilane backplane (A ...
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IPMI: LAN Parameter Data does not match
I have a SupoerMicro board with ipmi, where I have some problems in communication using the LAN channel.
The server is running PFsense (netbsd) and I can sendt commands to the local ipmi controller ...
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Configuring RADIUS or LDAP on Supermicro (ATEN) IPMI
I'm trying to get our new server, a X8DTN+-F's IMPI configured to talk to our authentication servers. The two choices are LDAP and RADIUS.
I'm debugging this by looking at packet captures, as it ...
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Unable to Mount ISO Virtual Media over IPMI/iKVM Viewer
I have a single Supermicro Host that has just gone into colo with dedicated IPMI.
I have assigned it a static internet facing IP for remote management. I have configured the IPMI to only be ...
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Supermicro + IPMI + FreeBSD: Kernel prints at 1-bps
I am running FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE. The machine is a Supermicro 5015M with a IPMI 2.0 daughterboard.
When I boot this host, the boot process proceeds fine. I see the BIOS, the RAID BIOS, the first and ...
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How does hardware RAID handle firmware updates for the underlying drives?
My SuperMicro X13SAE has hardware raid for the three m.2 NVME drives that it supports. My question is how does it handle firmware updates for these drives? If the drives aren't being exposed to the ...
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"HDD Status" in ipmitool sensor output
I have a Supermicro "SuperServer 1028U-TR4+" box (motherboard: X10DRU-i+).
I use command
ipmitool -H <ipmi_ip> -U <ipmi_user> -P <ipmi_password> sensor
and get this output:
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Boot from iSCSI. How does it work?
I have a Supermicro 2uTwin2 blade server which we're hoping to run XenServer on.
Because this motherboard only provides Intel's fakeraid, I was hoping to leverage its boot from iSCSI functionality ...
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vmware on unsupported hardware, should I avoid at all costs?
I have a relatively old Supermicro Superserver 6015v-m3 with a x7dvl-3 motherboard, checking compatibility on vmware website, is compatible only with esxi 3.1
I ignored and tried installing esxi 5.5, ...
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4TB HGST SATA drive only shows 1.62 TB in Windows Server 2012
I'm using a Supermicro X9SRE-3F motherboard with the latest BIOS and 2x 4TB drives connected to the on-board SATA controller.
If I set the BIOS to RAID and create a RAID 1 array, the array shows up ...
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Server won't start. IPMI showing Blue Screen with Ubuntu Linux
I have a remote SuperMicro server that is failing to boot.
It's located on a different continent and access is limited.
I can get into the BIOS and do whatever I need to, but as it gets through the ...
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