m.roth at 5-cent.us
2017-Feb-22 21:51 UTC
[CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on
John R Pierce wrote:> On 2/22/2017 1:32 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> 1. the server was working fine before we moved it out of the datacenter >> yesterday afternoon. > > old hardware often doesn't survive moves, or even power/thermal cycles > (powering off long enough to get cold, then back on). >I know, and I'm afraid of that. Still, the googling I did seems to suggest that there are issues with the idiot diagnostic panel that pulls out - the power button's on it, but pulled out, shows diagnostics. I've tried pushing the "remind" button, that tells it "yeah, I know there's an error, boot anyway", and I've tried pushing the tiny, tiny thing that I think sends the system an NMI. No joy.> > does that server have an IPMI/BMC or some other sort of lights off > management? can you raise that, or was it never configured ?That's what I was saying - I tried connecting to it from another server in the rack, and it's supposed to show a web page, but I can't ping it, and firefox times out trying to connect to the default IP of 192.168.70.125. mark
On 2/22/2017 1:51 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> That's what I was saying - I tried connecting to it from another server in > the rack, and it's supposed to show a web page, but I can't ping it, and > firefox times out trying to connect to the default IP of 192.168.70.125.a default IP like that only works if the host connecting to it is on the same IP subnet and physical LAN segment, unless your routers know to route 192.168.70.0/24 to that physical segment. set a laptop to 192.168.70.10 mask 255.255.255.0 and plug a ethernet cable in directly between the IPMI/BMC management network port and the laptop, THEN try and connect to the web thingie. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 at 07:08, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:> On 2/22/2017 1:51 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > That's what I was saying - I tried connecting to it from another server > in > > the rack, and it's supposed to show a web page, but I can't ping it, and > > firefox times out trying to connect to the default IP of 192.168.70.125. > > a default IP like that only works if the host connecting to it is on the > same IP subnet and physical LAN segment, unless your routers know to > route 192.168.70.0/24 to that physical segment. set a laptop to > 192.168.70.10 mask 255.255.255.0 and plug a ethernet cable in directly > between the IPMI/BMC management network port and the laptop, THEN try > and connect to the web thingie. > > > > > -- > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos<https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>>Just sharing my two cents. make sure the casing cover of that server is close before you power-on again theres a sensor in that will preventing to not powering on if the server case cover is remove. -- Regards ./Francis ~The future has many paths - choose wisely.. ./StarWars:CloneWars ~If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are.. ./Master Shifu
On 02/22/17 18:08, John R Pierce wrote:> On 2/22/2017 1:51 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> That's what I was saying - I tried connecting to it from another server in >> the rack, and it's supposed to show a web page, but I can't ping it, and >> firefox times out trying to connect to the default IP of 192.168.70.125. > > a default IP like that only works if the host connecting to it is on the same > IP subnet and physical LAN segment, unless your routers know to route > 192.168.70.0/24 to that physical segment. set a laptop to 192.168.70.10 mask > 255.255.255.0 and plug a ethernet cable in directly between the IPMI/BMC > management network port and the laptop, THEN try and connect to the web thingie. >Are you saying that if I plug a cable in an unused port on one server, use ifconfig to give it an IP of 192.168.70.10, and plug the other end into the problem server's management port, and try to ping it, it won't work? mark