How to Setup IPMI in XO
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@stevewest15 these errors are normal on XO from source, since you don't have licenses
the configuration to use for ipmi sensors depends on the bios strings .Could you post the bios string of your hosts ? Dell configuration is used if system-manufacturer' contains the string dell
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@florent I also ran into this. It seems to be working on Dell hosts, but on my supermicro hosts I get nothing even though I do get data back from the cli plugin
[09:15 host01 ~]# xe host-call-plugin host-uuid=aa8e6bf4-6710-4320-98f9-d8e581cf8ef7 plugin=ipmitool.py fn=is_ipmi_device_available true [09:16 host01 ~]# xe host-call-plugin host-uuid=aa8e6bf4-6710-4320-98f9-d8e581cf8ef7 plugin=ipmitool.py fn=get_all_sensors [{"name": "CPU Temp", "value": "59 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "Inlet Temp", "value": "no reading", "event": "ns"}, {"name": "PCH Temp", "value": "43 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "System Temp", "value": "23 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "Peripheral Temp", "value": "30 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "CPU_VRMON Temp", "value": "39 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "M2_SSD1 Temp", "value": "38 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "M2_SSD2 Temp", "value": "40 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "DIMMAB Temp", "value": "30 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "FAN1", "value": "16240 RPM", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "FAN2", "value": "16800 RPM", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "FAN3", "value": "16380 RPM", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "FAN4", "value": "no reading", "event": "ns"}, {"name": "FAN5", "value": "no reading", "event": "ns"}, {"name": "FANA", "value": "10080 RPM", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "FANB", "value": "no reading", "event": "ns"}, {"name": "MB 12V", "value": "11.92 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "MB 5VCC", "value": "5.10 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "MB 3.3VCC", "value": "3.34 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "VBAT", "value": "0x04", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "MB 5VSB", "value": "5.06 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "MB 3.3VSB", "value": "3.34 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "PCH 1.8V", "value": "1.82 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "CPU 1.8V_AUX", "value": "1.79 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "PCH 1.05V", "value": "1.05 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "BMC 2.5V", "value": "2.50 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "BMC 1.8V", "value": "1.81 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "CPU 1.1V_DDR", "value": "1.11 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "CPU Core", "value": "1.34 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "BMC 3.3VSB", "value": "3.34 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "CPU 1.05V", "value": "1.05 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "CPU 1.8V", "value": "1.82 Volts", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "Chassis Intru", "value": "0x00", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "PS1 Status", "value": "0x01", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "AOC_NIC1 Temp", "value": "63 degrees C", "event": "ok"}, {"name": "PS2 Status", "value": "0x01", "event": "ok"}] -
curious how does this work, dont you need to put in a username and password/IP address for ipmi details. I havent looked at docs or tried this out, just wondering. I think on ESXI i had to setup the ipmi with such details before i could issue power on etc.
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@marcoi said in How to Setup IPMI in XO:
curious how does this work, dont you need to put in a username and password/IP address for ipmi details. I havent looked at docs or tried this out, just wondering. I think on ESXI i had to setup the ipmi with such details before i could issue power on etc.
I am also curious, since I asume authentication would be required before you're allowed to read or write data from iDRAC, we have a read-only "statsuser" to poll from iDRAC with Observium.
But maybe there is some kind of "special" integrated pass-through authentication done since the ipmitool is being executed from the same host.
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Indeed, there's no login, we just call ipmitool from the Dom0. I'm not aware of any write access from there.
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@marcoi on xo side we use to show the ip of the ipmi and the sensor. We don't write anything nor use it for poweroff
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Cool, thnx for the info!
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So to understand it...
To get IPMI info from Supermicro;
Can the Host access the IPMI internally, or does it need to talk to it by the main NIC (sharing IPMI) or do I have to open FW access from the host to the dedicated IPMI interface?
In version 8.3, do I need to install any plugin, or should it work by itself? It isn't now.
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Tested this and it worked;
[09:33 xcp-ng-01 ~]# ls /dev/ipmi* /dev/ipmi0 [09:33 xcp-ng-01 ~]# ipmitool sensor CPU Temp | 49.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 100.000 | na Inlet Temp | 24.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 50.000 | na System Temp | 27.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 85.000 | na Peripheral Temp | 35.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 85.000 | na CPU_VRM0 Temp | 41.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 100.000 | na CPU_VRM1 Temp | 32.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 100.000 | na SOC_VRM Temp | 38.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 100.000 | na VDDIO_VRM Temp | 31.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 100.000 | na DIMMA~F Temp | 37.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 85.000 | na DIMMG~L Temp | 38.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | na | na | 85.000 | na MB 12V | 11.999 | Volts | ok | 10.151 | 10.319 | na | na | 13.259 | 13.427 MB 5VCC | 5.112 | Volts | ok | 4.482 | 4.482 | na | na | 5.490 | 5.490 MB 3.3VCC | 3.229 | Volts | ok | 2.952 | 2.952 | na -
Just to add more data.
Xen Orchestra, commit 56b17
Master, commit 56b17
All patches on host are done.the ipmitool works on my asrock MB but i dont see it in XO host screen.
I also didnt see it on xo6 interface.
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Hi,
Each vendor got a different way to display their IPMI stats, so it needs a specific code in XO to display it. Sadly, it's not universal. There's no Asrock support yet.
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Not yet, I think it's already planned, check https://feedback.vates.tech
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no Asrock support yet
nor HPE servers
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@olivierlambert I would think HP servers would be a top tier for IPMI support.... please...
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Go for https://feedback.vates.tech/ and create one and upvote then
We'll put it in the backlog. More votes = higher prio! -
@olivierlambert https://feedback.vates.tech/posts/52/ipmi-for-hpe-servers
go vote all of you !
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I have two PE R630 and one PE R730xd. The two R630s show the IPMI data in XO but the R730xd does not. If I run
ipmitool sensorfrom an ssh session, I get very similar data back on the 730 and 630.This isn't critical to me, just letting you know that there are cases that functioning
ipmitoolon a Dell does not seem to be enough to show it.There are some differences in the labels. The R730 has "Fan1 RPM", "Fan2 RPM" while the R630 has "Fan1A", "Fan2A", "Fan1B". Most of the other interesting fields seem to have the same names but the order is a bit different and I didn't do an exhaustive comparison.
It's very cool that you are surfacing this data now.
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Come on everyone! Click Here to vote to support HP IPMI info in XO!
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