Description of problem: Update ipmitool to support setting OS name and Hostname on BMC: Attached patch adds getsysinfo and setsysinfo to ipmitool (in upstream CVS). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipmitool-1.8.12 This adds functionality to ipmitool to set and get osname, primary_os_name and system_name values. Usage: ipmitool mc setsysinfo os_name "Fedora 18" ipmitool mc setsysinfo primary_os_name "Fedora 18" ipmitool mc setsysinfo system_name "server1.example.org"
Created attachment 613630 [details] ipmitool getsysinfo and setsysinfo Author: Jordan_Hargrave
rawhide, f18
ipmitool-1.8.12-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ipmitool-1.8.12-4.fc18
Package ipmitool-1.8.12-4.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing ipmitool-1.8.12-4.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16327/ipmitool-1.8.12-4.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
ipmitool-1.8.12-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ipmitool-1.8.12-5.fc18
(In reply to comment #5) > ipmitool-1.8.12-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ipmitool-1.8.12-5.fc18 I have proposed a start up script upstream to can use these features in ipmitool to set the system's hostname, OS string and get the BMC's IP and expose it in a /run/bmc-info file. I have a systemd unit for F18 that I am testing with. It would be possible to pull the start-up script into ipmitool as well after upstream acceptance?
(In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > > ipmitool-1.8.12-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ipmitool-1.8.12-5.fc18 > > I have proposed a start up script upstream to can use these features in > ipmitool to set the system's hostname, OS string and get the BMC's IP and > expose it in a /run/bmc-info file. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29982028 > > I have a systemd unit for F18 that I am testing with. > > It would be possible to pull the start-up script into ipmitool as well after > upstream acceptance?
ipmitool-1.8.12-5.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.