[2.x] ipmi command time's out while changing boot order

[Brian Morton]

Same issue as https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1516065, but specific to the iLO2 firmware. Filing issue for a better workaround since the fix for 1516065 just skips power management.

On a DL360G6 with iLO2 I see the same behavior trying to get/set the boot flags even though they're supported. Adding --debug to the ipmi-config command you'll notice the data get re-transmitted many times trying to compute the correct checksum and failing. Adding -W nochecksumcheck to the command skips this check and works around the firmware bug. The command works as expected and power management can function correctly.

Since the ipmi-config manpage suggests this workaround is safe in the majority of cases, you could simply add this up front to the command arguments to avoid the session timeout.

[Adam Collard (adam-collard)]

This bug has not seen any activity in the last 6 months, so it is being automatically closed.

If you are still experiencing this issue, please feel free to re-open.

MAAS Team