I'm exploring the IPMI interface (using ipmitool
on ubuntu 11.10, remotely over LAN) and can perform various operations however, I can't view the status message displayed on the LCD.
ipmitool
supports delloem lcd
subcommands. These subcommands unfortunately primarily only allow me to set data to the lcd, but I can't read from the lcd.
The message currently displayed on the LCD relates to the loss of power redundancy (Dell orange error). For testing purposes I manually removed the redundant power supply and have been trying to read the message.
Any suggestions?
Best Answer
This may not get you the text off the LCD, but have you tried the
chassis
andpower
subcommands? It's been a while since I had Dell equipment, but I believe one of these has power supply status information.Alternatively you can install the OpenManage SNMP agent and query this information (and a lot more) via SNMP without having to parse
ipmitool
's output yourself.