Re: [Wg-test-framework] Minutes from today's Xen Project - Allnet Meeting ( Feb 11 2015)

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 04:22:45PM -0500, Don Slutz wrote:
> On 02/11/15 16:03, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> >> * Machine with MSI image
> >> * Cabling
> >>
> >> Ian: will carry on with the rest of the set-up until the MSI issue is fixed
> >> Paul: suspects that the board is a workstation board instead of a server 
> >> board, which may be the root of the issue
> >>
> >> What are we going to do if we canât resolve the issue
> >> George: suggested to get a new mother board to fit the new chips
> >> Ian: AMD was keen on this particular chipset
> > 
> > Could you provide more details on which motherboard this is?
> 
> 
> 
> White Box 2U rack - AMD 970A-G46, AMD AM3+, 4
> DIMM, max 32GB; AMD FX-630.9 6-Core, 8MB cacge,
> 32nm, 95w; ITB HDD x 1; 8GB RAM; DVDRW
> 
> AMD FX-6300 AM3+ Vishera series; 3.5GHz 6MB L-2
> cache; 8MB L-3; 95watts "CO' Stepping
> 
> MSI 970A-646, AM3+ motherboard **** version with 9
> pin serial port
> 
> 
> 
> > In worst case you can get an Rosewill RC-301EU card ($19 on NewEgg)
> > and use that. Xen suppoerts Oxford based serial cards.
> 
> 
> The issue is not an additional serial card, but having a BIOS that can
> be fully used (changed) via a serial connection.

HAHA. With those desktop and with graphical UEFI BIOSes the chance
of that happening is 0%.

Your best bet is an remote VGA card that can do UEFI. Like an
third-party RSA or DRAC card. But I don't know of any.

Or perhaps an remote accessible KVM switch, like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adder-AL-IPEPS-Ipeps-KVM-over-IP-Single-User-And-IP-/200775966753?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebf2e2021



> 
>    -Don Slutz
> 
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