Owner's Manual

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NetWare(R) or Red Hat(R) Linux through SOL Proxy, you may receive a
message stating that the system is unable to power off the server
because the "power_off_timeout" was reached. The
"power_off_timeout" value specifies the time in seconds that SOL
Proxy polls for the managed system's power status and is set to a
default value of 60 seconds. If your managed system is running a
supported NetWare or Red Hat Linux operating system, it may take
more than 60 seconds for the operating system to complete the
graceful shutdown. To avoid this, change the "power_off_timeout"
parameter in the "solproxy.cfg" file to a higher value, such as 90
seconds.
* To configure the BIOS settings for SOL Proxy for the Dell
PowerEdge 1855, there is no option to set the "Serial Port 1"
field under "Integrated Devices." Instead, navigate to the
"Console Redirection" field and set it to "BMC SOL." You can then
configure the "Failsafe Baud Rate" and "Remote Terminal Type"
settings, if applicable.
* Using a direct connect cable with some 3COM 3C905-TX based network
interface controller (NIC) adapters (including the 3C920), you may
experience problems keeping the SOL connection active when
performing a "reboot and activate" operation. Some drivers for the
3C9xx series of adapters include an intentional cable detect delay
that can exceed 10 seconds by default. You can correct it by
editing the advanced properties of the NIC adapter and decreasing
the values for "Cable Hold Off Timer" and "Cable To Detect Timer."
* If your network switch has the "Spanning Tree" feature enabled, and
if you experience out of sequence packets or connection timeout
errors, it is often due to the long delays experienced when the
"Spanning Tree" feature is analyzing the network. Turn off the
"Spanning Tree" feature to avoid long reconnection times.
Alternately, you can edit "solproxy.cfg" and increase the
retry_interval to 10. The exact value depends on the specific
network and how long the spanning tree requires to complete its
job. Restart the SOL Proxy service for the changes to take effect.
* The SOL Proxy server is unable to start a console redirection
session from the Windows command prompt (access the Windows
command prompt by clicking "Start" and selecting "Run," and typing
"cmd.exe" in the "Run" dialog box). The following message is
displayed on the management station:
"SOL not able to write to the system serial port."
Cause: Console redirection is not enabled in the BIOS setup.
* The Linux operating system shell prompt has a path cache that
can under some circumstances cause a different ipmish to be
invoked if ipmish is executed immediately after it is installed.
To resolve this, type "hash -r" at the same shell prompt to clear
the cache and then execute ipmish.