LOM Issues anyone having a problem ?

[maticks]

Hi,
I just got a new Apple Xserve that had yet been updated firmware wise.
After installing 10.5 Leopard Server it downloaded an LOM Update from Software Updates.
I cant run it, when i tried to run it on command line i got the following error.

sudo /Applications/Server/Xserve\ Lights-Out\ Management\ Firmware\ Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Xserve\ Lights-Out\ Management\ Firmware\ Update –remote
sudo: unable to execute /Applications/Server/Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update: Bad executable (or shared library)

Anyone know how to fix this its a new server?

I cant seem to access Server Monitor it seems to connect because when i type in the wrong password it tells me authentication failed.
If i type in the correct password it just sits their doing nothing.
I even reinstalled OSX and typed in another IP Address so LOM had an IP all for itself it still has issues.

Apple support seem to know very little about what they’ve created only it has issues.

[MacMike]

I have the same problem with the Firmware Update app as well. My server was an upgrade from Tiger server.

[maticks]

I dont know it seems to be buggy as all hell.

I’ve given it an ip address, on my core router i can see the ARP the mac address matches the LOM interface.
I’ve tried creating two users.

bash-3.2# ipmitool channel setaccess 1 3 callin=on ipmi=on link=on privilege=4

bash-3.2# ipmitool user list 1
ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg SOL Channel Priv Limit
1 true false false false NO ACCESS
2 admin true true true false ADMINISTRATOR
3 maticks true true true false ADMINISTRATOR

everything is configured correctly but server monitor keeps coming back with “incorrect user name or password”
anyone know how to get this LOM to work, ive set password that are like abc or abc123 and still nothing.

i’ve even restarted it with this and still no go.
ipmitool mc reset cold

if i set he user to a blank password it connects then deletes the server from server admin.
then if i set the password for that user to something real it will connect and i can then get stats.
but i cant use the user admin area to create an account it wont let me.

[maticks]

i wish their was a way to flash it to a default username/password and i can go into server monitor and correct this grief.

interestingly now that ive used “ipmitool user set password to set the password instead of the set user password it actually sets it correctly.
ipmitool -vvv -U maticks -P -H command

Server Monitor seems to be the issue…. anyone have any suggestions ?

[maticks]

all fixed.
damn apple bugs 🙁
delete your ~/Lib/Pref/com.apple.ServerMonitor.plist
open up Keychain Access
Delete the Internet Password that its saved for Server Monitor for your ip address.
seems Server Monitor doesnt like it if you have more then one saved.

I now have full access to the server.

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