Dell IPMI power problems

[Ernest Martinez]

I have 2 separate issues here.

1. Nodes without DRAC card will not power cycle properly so cannot even
commission.
2. Node with DRAC will commission, but cannot Deploy because it times out
before BIOS boot completes.

For item 1. Does Wake on Lan need to be enabled?
For item 2. The BIOS boot is around 4 minutes, I haven't timed it. When I
select deploy, it powers up the node and it start the BIOS boot process but
MaaS times out before PXE boot can occur.

Ernie

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Mike Pontillo <mike.pontillo at canonical.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Ernest Martinez <erniel29 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yes it is, but I believe that option is only available with a DRAC. Is
>> DRAC a requirement?
>>
>> But that still doesnt address the failing to deploy on the one node with
>> DRAC that I CAN commision but cannot DEPLOY because it's timing out before
>> the server is done going through it's BIOS boot sequence. It also doesnt
>> address the issue of the IPMI power configurations being overwritten.
>>
>
> The only requirement should be a reachable IPMI interface; I don't think
> you should need a specific management card as long as IMPI is reachable by
> MAAS and compliant with industry standards.
>
> How long does your BIOS take to POST? I assume it's doing something along
> the lines of checking a large amount of ECC RAM?
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
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