This isn''t specific to Xen, AFAIK. We also have a number of SC1425s
that experience the same behavior with our Linux installs.
You might want to consult this thread in ipmitool-devel:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10745216
- gino
On 7/26/05, Sami Kuhmonen <sami@tokavuh.com>
wrote:> I have a Dell PowerEdge SC1425 server and I installed Xen with Debian on
> it. When I plug the power in, I''m able to access the server via
IPMI.
> After I start the machine, IPMI is still available. But when I command a
> shutdown on dom0, it will go down and say "Power down", stay
there and
> IPMI is not available anymore. Only after I remove the power cord and
> replug it is the IPMI available.
>
> I have tried both not enabling and enabling IPMI in dom0 configuration,
> but this does not change anything (I don''t use IPMI from local
machine,
> only from other machines). Also if I try to compile power down via IPMI,
> compilation will complain about missing pm_power_off.
>
> So the main problem is: I cannot shutdown the server nicely. I can
> always command chassis power off from IPMI, but then the dom0 will be
> forcibly shut down, which is not what I want. I can also shut down the
> dom0, but the machine will stay powered on and I cannot reset or power
> off via IPMI.
>
> Anyone else having this kind of problems or knows what''s wrong? I
> haven''t yet tested this with clean Linux kernel without Xen so
I''m a bit
> unsure whether the problem is with Xen or Linux itself. The compilation
> problem would be nice to get fixed though, since then Linux would shut
> the machine down via IPMI at least.
>
> --
> Sami Kuhmonen
>
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