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I have IPMI configured on a Ubuntu server.

Currently, the power status is on, but I cannot access this remote appliance. 

ipmitool -Ilan -H IP -UADMIN -P'password' chassis power status
Chassis Power is on

Pinging the IP from another remote appliance I receive:

"Destination Host Unreachable."

I've used IPMI to cycle and reset the power:

ipmitool -Ilan -H IP -UADMIN -P'!#letmein' chassis power reset
ipmitool -Ilan -H IP -UADMIN -P'!#letmein' chassis power cycle

I'm using linux and the server that I'm trying to access is linux (ubuntu to be exact).

I've tried ipmi sol it says:

[SOL Sesson operational.  Use ~? for help]

It appears to be hanging though, and I can't type anything.

Finally it updated me with:

Error sending SOL data: FAIL
Error: No response to keepalive - Terminating session
Error: No response de-activating SOL payload

So it appears there is some issue with sending SOL data. I'm researching this further.

I changed the boot disk and it allowed me to select what distro I wan to load up. However, when I select one I loose SOL it goes back to hanging.

Anyway I can send arp from grub?

Kirs Kringle
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  • What's on the server's boot screen? – ewwhite Jun 08 '15 at 03:43
  • @ewwhite I cannot see the boot screen. I'm remote. Can I use IPMI to access the boot screen? – Kirs Kringle Jun 08 '15 at 03:51
  • I've fixed my question in hopes that I can have the negative mark removed. This is a serious question. – Kirs Kringle Jun 08 '15 at 04:06
  • @ewwhite I can access grub now, but when i select a distro is just hangs again. – Kirs Kringle Jun 08 '15 at 06:02
  • @KirsKringle - might check your connection for lost packets, check if there's anything helpful in the SEL: `ipmitool sel elist last 10`, get some additional information using the `--debug` switch. – 7y7 Jun 08 '15 at 09:26
  • @7y7 Just old almost 8 months old temp readings... Did an MTR to the IPMI address and I'm getting no packet loss, but when trying to ping the actual appliance IP I get the error message in the question above. Currently at 100 packets sent and 0% loss. – Kirs Kringle Jun 08 '15 at 09:48
  • @KirsKringle Is SSH or HTTPS connection to the BMC working steadly ? Check the BIOS `Redirection After Boot` parameter - it could redirect the console once the OS loads, try turning it off and retry connecting to the SOL. – 7y7 Jun 08 '15 at 13:20
  • @7y7 It was due to a mount error in fstab.... Still couldn't use IPMI to skip it. I guess someone tried using the GUI of IPMI and they could do it... Quite disappointing. I wonder why it wasn't showing that in the command linethough... drives me nuts. – Kirs Kringle Jun 12 '15 at 12:52
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    It would be _very helpful_ to post the specs to the system (motherboard or system brand/model.) BMCs have a long history of being very buggy, and knowing which quirks to dig into would help. Also, the mixed information in your question are concerning - are you really getting a response from a remote IPMI? If so, why is there no ping response? If there's no ping response, how did you do an mtr and have no loss? BTW, was this ever resolved? – Paul Oct 12 '18 at 15:37

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