[xcat-user] rpower timeouts on BMC

[Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick]

Hi,

Trying to configure xcat-1.3 on x3655 (head node) and x3455 compute 
nodes.  I have it working to the point, where I can use rpower to power: 
on and stat, as well as rbeacon.  After the nodes are "rpowered" on, and 
I try to rpower them off or even run stat, I get a timeout.  All of the 
BMCs have static IPs and are pingable when the nodes are powered on and 
the systems have the most recent BIOS and BMC firmware.

/opt/xcat/etc# rpower bigmem stat
node1014: off
node1016: off
node1017: off
node1020: off
node1001: timeout
node1002: timeout

When the nodes are rpowered on they get the correct static IP address 
and can see the DHCP server.  TFTP will time out as I have not installed 
the OS images as of yet.  Could this have anything to do with rpower not 
working properly? 

I have included snippets of my relevant .tab files below.

site.tab setting for ipmi:
ipmimaxp                80
ipmitimeout             3
ipmiretries             5
ipmisdrcache            yes


nodehm.tab
node1001        
ipmi,ipmi,NA,ipmi,ipmi,conserver,NA,ipmi,rcons,pxe,bcm5700,NA,Y,ipmi,NA,19200

Also, I am confused about ipmi and mp.tab files.

If I am using ipmi, do I need mp.tab and mpa.tab files?
If I do need mp.tab and mpa.tab files, what is the correct syntax for 
BMC:  bmc??  versus rsa, asma, or bc.  Will xcat recognize the entry:  
bmc ??

ipmi.tab file ( i used IPs versus bmc host names, although hostnames 
resolve in DNS)
node1001        172.29.101.1,USERID,PASSW0RD  ("oh" = zero in PASSW0RD)
node1002        172.29.101.2,USERID,PASSW0RD
node1003        172.29.101.3,USERID,PASSW0RD

Any insight or where I need to look to resolve this issue would be great.


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Thanks
Mary Ellen