[Ipmitool-devel] Supermicro X7DBE does not show memory sensors!

[sanjay verma]

Regards,

We have a Supermicro X7DBE motherboard as well as an
Intel S5000PSL motherboard. Both use the same chipset
(Intel Blackford).

When I query the BMC using the ipmitool-1.8.9, the
Supermicro mother board does not show memory sensors
but the Intel board does.

I am trying to understand the technical reason for
this. Is access to memory and processor sensors not a
direct function of the Chipset? Is the Supermicro
lacking something in its motherboard that is
preventing ipmitool to access memory sensors?

Thanks,
Sanjay


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[Cress, Andrew R]

The two system have entirely different IPMI BMCs on the board.
They each have their own IPMI firmware on the BMC.
Also, the FRU & SDR records applied would vary by vendor.

You can see the BMC vendor & product IDs from GetDeviceID ('ipmitool mc
info' or 'ipmiutil health').

Andy

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Subject: [Ipmitool-devel] Supermicro X7DBE does not show memory sensors!

Regards,

We have a Supermicro X7DBE motherboard as well as an
Intel S5000PSL motherboard. Both use the same chipset
(Intel Blackford).

When I query the BMC using the ipmitool-1.8.9, the
Supermicro mother board does not show memory sensors
but the Intel board does.

I am trying to understand the technical reason for
this. Is access to memory and processor sensors not a
direct function of the Chipset? Is the Supermicro
lacking something in its motherboard that is
preventing ipmitool to access memory sensors?

Thanks,
Sanjay


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[David A. Ranch]

Make sure you're running the newest IPMI firmware on the Supermicro
BMC. If Supermicro releases software for these new SIM-style BMCs is
anything like their legacy AOC BMCs, you need to run the beta firmware
which is usually stable. Also note that the version number for the code
is meaningless for their "betas". You need to track the date of the
file to understand if there is a change and they don't post a changelog
from one file to the next.

Btw.. to confirm this ISN'T a ipmitool issue, install and run
Supermicro's IPMIView from an external machine and see if these #s show
up there.

--David

Post by Cress, Andrew R
The two system have entirely different IPMI BMCs on the board.
They each have their own IPMI firmware on the BMC.
Also, the FRU & SDR records applied would vary by vendor.
You can see the BMC vendor & product IDs from GetDeviceID ('ipmitool mc
info' or 'ipmiutil health').
Andy
-----Original Message-----
sanjay verma
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:25 AM
Subject: [Ipmitool-devel] Supermicro X7DBE does not show memory sensors!
Regards,
We have a Supermicro X7DBE motherboard as well as an
Intel S5000PSL motherboard. Both use the same chipset
(Intel Blackford).
When I query the BMC using the ipmitool-1.8.9, the
Supermicro mother board does not show memory sensors
but the Intel board does.
I am trying to understand the technical reason for
this. Is access to memory and processor sensors not a
direct function of the Chipset? Is the Supermicro
lacking something in its motherboard that is
preventing ipmitool to access memory sensors?
Thanks,
Sanjay
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[Al Chu]

Post by sanjay verma
Regards,
We have a Supermicro X7DBE motherboard as well as an
Intel S5000PSL motherboard. Both use the same chipset
(Intel Blackford).
When I query the BMC using the ipmitool-1.8.9, the
Supermicro mother board does not show memory sensors
but the Intel board does.
I am trying to understand the technical reason for
this. Is access to memory and processor sensors not a
direct function of the Chipset? Is the Supermicro
lacking something in its motherboard that is
preventing ipmitool to access memory sensors?

I can't speak for this motherboard, but I have never seen a Supermicro
motherboard support memory sensors w/ IPMI. So there's a liklihood your
particular machine just doesn't have them.

Al

Post by sanjay verma
Thanks,
Sanjay
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