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BMC Settings
7.12.2
Syslog
Syslog is used for sending the alarm events to remote sites.
7.13
BMC Self Recovery
BMC self recovery provides the ability of automatic repair operations if necessary.
7.13.1
Hardware Watchdog
Known fault scenarios:
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Kernel panic
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System resources exhausted or error, system can’t create a new task, but the original
task can continue to run.
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Hardware watchdog
：
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Watchdog starts when uboot loads kernel, and the timeout is 5 minutes. If BMC boot
timeout occurs, BMC will reset.
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After the BMC system starts, the main process resets the Watchdog every minute. If
the timeout is more than 1 minute, BMC will reset.
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When entering the flash mode, set watchdog time to 20 mins, if timeout BMC will
reset automatically. When flashing image starts, the watchdog will update to 20 mins,
if timeout BMC will reset automatically.
7.13.2
Software Watchdog
BMC regularly detects the working status of internal services. When the progress is
abnormal, BMC will restart the corresponding service:
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IPMI server
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KVM server
•
Virtual media server
7.14
LED
The system provides LEDs to indicate the health of the system
LED name
Color
Status Description
UID Button LED
Blue
OFF
UID button is not pressed
ON
UID button is pressed
BMC Fault LED
Red
OFF
BMC workable
ON
BMC error
BMC Heatbeat LED
Green OFF
BMC off
ON
BMC active
