Re: [Wg-test-framework] Notes from Xen Project/AllNet call Mar 4th

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(Adding CC to Ian Campbell who is going to pursue things in my absence
next week...)

Don Koch writes ("Re: [Wg-test-framework] Notes from Xen Project/AllNet call 
Mar 4th"):
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:47:01 +0000
> Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > +fiano0      x      x        x
> > > +fiano1      x      x        x
> > 
> > For these I can't seem to access the BIOS over the serial port.  I
> > _do_ see a message from the PXE ROM, so there is some serial access
> > during boot, but no BIOS configuration.
> 
> Same here.
> 
> > It's possible that rather than the BIOS serial access being turned
> > off, the "display message" and "allow escape into BIOS by pressing
> > key" are turned off, or I'm not sending the right escape key.
> > 
> > I think someone needs to visit the colo to check on the settings.
> 
> I'll try to make a trip to the colo this PM.

Thanks.

> > It would be wise to check the action on AC power loss / restore.
> 
> Some of the machines need a significant time between power-off and power-on
> or they won't see the reboot. I'm tempted to set a power-on delay of 5 sec.

I've switched to using osstest's power cycle operation, which does
off, then its own delay, then on.  osstest defaults to 5s but a few of
the machines seemed to need more: I've configured it (in its database)
to use 15s for godello{0,1} and oselata1.

Ian.

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