Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 235737
Forcedeth module causes bmc access to fail while machine is off
Last modified: 2014-06-29 18:58:28 EDT
Description of problem: loose ipmi access when machine is powered off. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Rhel5 Server x86_64 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. power down machine with forcedeth .56 driver 2. ping ipmi ip of target machine 3. ping will fail when machine is shut down. (ipmitool accesability is gone too) Actual results: ping/access fails you cannot do "ipmitool -H 10.0.0.1 chassis power on" Expected results: should ping. should be accessible with ipmitool Additional info: Using forcedeth v .59 or v.60 resolves the issue. From the upstream forcedeth.c for v.60 Changelog * 0.59: 31 May 2006: Added support for sideband management unit. This change allowed ping and regular access to the BMC while the machine is turned off.
This problem should be fixed with the update of the forcedeth driver (to version 0.60) made during RHEL5.1, which is currently in beta. Don, this is the relevant patch tracking file: forcedeth-update-to-driver-version-0-60.patch
This is true -- in fact I'm quite sure I saw an almost identical report where the update to the forcedeth driver for 5.1 resolved this. Feel free to test kernels from http://people.redhat.com/agospoda/#rhel5 or http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5/46.el5/
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0959.html