How to upgrade M7076-X540-2T to support UEFI mode

1.      Install M7076-X540-2T at OCP slot of motherboard. (ex. S7106)

2.      Boot up S7106 and enter BIOS setting screen

3.      Set BIOS -> Advanced -> PCI Configuration -> Above 4G Decoding from “Enabled” to “Disabled”.

4.      Boot up S7016 to DOS mode.

5.      Type bootutil and press enter to check EEPROM status of M7076-X540-2T

Trouble Shooting: Cannot access BMC Web interface, but can get BMC information from ipmi command

Symptom: BMC is reachable through impi and ikvm just fine, but the web interface is not reachable.

Solution:It seems the http service function of BMC is disabled. Two processes can fix this issue.

Sample case: Tyan S7106 motherboard

BMC v2.0

Case Study: How to test AMD MI25

AMD MI25


1. Install Ubuntu 16.04.4 Desktop
2. Upgrade Ubuntu 16.04.4 Desktop
a. sudo apt update
b. sudo apt dist-upgrade
c. sudo apt install libnuma-dev
d. sudo apt install linux-headers-4.13.0-32-generic linux-image-4.13.0-32-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-32-generic linux-signed-image-4.13.0-32-generic
e. sudo reboot

How to install ipmitool in Linux

1. install ipmitool
apt-get install openipmi ipmitool

2. enable ipmitool
modprobe ipmi_msghandler
modprobe ipmi_devintf
modprobe ipmi_si

CentOS / Redhat

1. Enterprise Linux 5.x / CentOS 5.x: # yum install OpenIPMI OpenIPMI-tools.
2. Enterprise Linux 6.x / CentOS 6.x or Fedora: # yum install OpenIPMI ipmitool.
3. Enterprise Linux 7.x / CentOS 7.x or Fedora: # yum install OpenIPMI ipmitool.

Ubuntu

$sudo apt-get install -y ipmitool

or

#apt-get install -y ipmitool

How to Change Redfish UserName and Password

Hardware Requirement

S8026, BIOS v1.01, BMC v2.0

Default Username: Administrator, Default Password: superuser

Software Requirement

Postman v6.0.10 for Windows,

https://www.getpostman.com/apps

Postman v6.0.10 for Chrome, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop

How to use USB device in FreeBSD

1. vi /etc/devfs.rules
 [localrules=5]
 add path 'da*' mode 0660 group operator

2. vi /etc/rc.conf
 devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"

3. vi /etc/sysctl.conf
 vfs.usermount=1

4. #sysctl vfs.usermount=1

5. #mkdir /usb

6. #chown root:operator /usb

7. insert USB device

8. #ls /dev/da*

9. #mount -t msdosfs -o -m=644,-M=755 /dev/da0s1 /usb

B7086 Boot up test

B7086 Boot up test