The following assumes that you are already able to build the IPMC software and will explain how to use ipmitool to upload the new code to the IPMC from linux w/o having to use the Actel dongle from the Windows box.
ipmitool1.8.9-pps-10 has been installed in the central package repository at /reg/g/rce/packages/bin with the names ipmitool and ipmitool-pps.
- Create the software image to upload (called the firmware by PPS, hpm1fw.img) by make hpm
- From the same network as the shelf manager (currently cds)
- Execute: ipmitool1.8.9
ipmitool-pps-10-I lan -H shlfmgr02 -t 0x86 -b 0 -A NONE hpm upgrade hpm1fw.img activate-H shlfmgr02is the hostname of the Shelf Manager-t 0x86is the IPMB address of the COB you are upgradinghpm1fw.imgis the path to the software image file created by make hpm
- Execute: ipmitool1.8.9
- If there is a problem with the upgrade, you can try rolling back to the old software with the command:
ipmitool-1.8.9-pps-10... hpm rollback
The help that is packaged with ipmitool is pretty good, so there's more info to be found there.
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- To activate the payload (initiate M1->M2 transition):
ipmitool-1.8.9-pps-10 -I lan -H shlfmgr02 -t 0x86 -b 0 -A NONE picmg policy set 0 2 1
- To deactivate the payload (initiate M4->M5 transition):
ipmitool-1.8.9-pps-10 -I lan -H shlfmgr02 -t 0x86 -b 0 -A NONE picmg policy set 0 1 0
And here are a couple of commands which can be typed into the IPMC console to do fun things:
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- Set Handle Switch
Code Block [B8 00 08 0A 40 00 00 XX] 00 = Open 01 = Closed 02 = Hardware Switch
Custom COB IPMI commands
These commands can be issued using ipmitool.
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ipmitool-pps -I lan -H <shelfmanager> -t <COB Address> -b 0 -A NONE raw <SLAC_NETFN> <CMD> [DATA_0] [DATA_1] ... [DATA_N]
Where:
<shelfmanager> is the hostname/IP address of the Shelf Manager (ex. shasta-sm)
<COB address> is the IPMB address of the COB board (ex. 0x82, 0x84, 0x86, 0x88, 0x8a)
<SLAC_NETFN> The NetFn for our custom command extensions which is 0x34
<CMD> [DATA_X] is the command to be issued and associated parameter as described below
Set Bootstrap Loader Word: <CMD> = 0x01
The format for this command is
Offset Length Description
0 1 Element Number (0xff = All Elements)
(0xfe = All DPMs)
1 4 Bootstrap (MSB first)
Set Bootstrap Loader Word: <CMD> = 0x02
The format for this command is
Offset Length Description
0 1 Cluster Element
Write to Cluster Element BSI: <CMD> = 0x03
The format for this command is
Offset Length Description
0 1 Cluster Element Number (0xff = All Elements)
(0xfe = All DPM Elements)
1 1 Do interrupt
2 2 Address
4 2 Length to write
6 N Data to write (if length <= 16, if length is >16, fill with incrementing data starting with 0)
Read from Cluster Element BSI: <CMD> = 0x4
The format for this command is
Offset Length Description
0 1 Cluster Element Number
1 2 Address (Byte Address)
3 2 Length to read (Though 2 bytes long, IPMI practically limits this to <16)
Read COB Data Board ID PROM: <CMD> = 0x5
The format for this command is
Offset Length Description
0 1 Board Number [RTM, DPM3, DPM2, DPM1, DPM0, DTM] = 5-0
Returns the ID
0 6 MSB -> LSB 6 byte ID
Read the COB Data Board Configuration EEPROM <CMD> = 0xfc
The format for this command is
Offset Length Description
0 1 Board Number [RTM, DPM3, DPM2, DPM1, DPM0, DTM] = 5-0
1 1 Address
2 1 Length (<=8)
Write the COB Data Board Configuration EEPROM (Super-Dangerous Command, which shouldn't be used!) <CMD> = 0xfd
The format for this command is
Offset Length Description
0 1 Board Number [RTM, DPM3, DPM2, DPM1, DPM0, DTM] = 5-0
1 1 Address
2 <=8 Data
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Supported IPMI/ATCA commands
These commands can be issued using ipmitool.
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