S2600KPR: BMC FW Problems

idata · ‎02-01-2017

I wanted to ask you about the Motherboard "S2600KPR" and some problems that I am facing with the new Firmware version .

With the latest FW version[1] I am getting this error message,

"Your session has expired due to inactivity. You will need to login again"

And with the old one that came with the Hardware [2] it is working flawless.

If I downgrade to 1.43 it works again. Is this a known issue?

I have also another question about BMCs and Ciphers.

Why do the BMC just works with CIPHERS 1? We would like to work with Cipher3 like we do with other products.

See,

root@host1 ~ # ipmitool channel getciphers ipmi 1

ID IANA Auth Alg Integrity Alg Confidentiality Alg

0 N/A none none none

1 N/A hmac_sha1 none none

2 N/A hmac_sha1 hmac_sha1_96 none

3 N/A hmac_sha1 hmac_sha1_96 aes_cbc_128

4 N/A hmac_sha1 hmac_sha1_96 xrc4_128

6 N/A hmac_md5 none none

7 N/A hmac_md5 hmac_md5_128 none

8 N/A hmac_md5 hmac_md5_128 aes_cbc_128

9 N/A hmac_md5 hmac_md5_128 xrc4_128

11 N/A hmac_md5 md5_128 none

12 N/A hmac_md5 md5_128 aes_cbc_128

13 N/A hmac_md5 md5_128 xrc4_128

15 N/A Unknown (0x03) none none

16 N/A Unknown (0x03) Unknown (0x03) none

17 N/A Unknown (0x03) Unknown (0x03) aes_cbc_128

18 N/A none Unknown (0x04) xrc4_128

[1]

root@host1 ~ # syscfg /i

System Configuration Utility Version 14.0 Build 15

System BIOS and FW Versions:

BIOS Version............. SE5C610.86B.01.01.0020

ME Firmware Version...... 03.01.03.043

BMC Version

Boot Code............... 01.07

Op Code................. 1.48.10351

SDR Version.............. SDR Package 1.14

[2]

root@host2 ~ # syscfg /i

System Configuration Utility Version 14.0 Build 15

System BIOS and FW Versions:

BIOS Version............. SE5C610.86B.01.01.0016

ME Firmware Version...... 03.01.03.021

BMC Version

Boot Code............... 01.07

Op Code................. 1.43.9685

SDR Version.............. SDR Package 1.14

idata · ‎02-07-2017

Hello,

We have not received reports from other customers about this situation. I will look into this and get back to you.

Additionally, I do not handle the details on why the BMC only works with CIPHERS 1. I see your point, and I am going to share your feedback with our product managers to see if we can add this feature in a later firmware release.

Regards,

Dave A.

idata · ‎02-07-2017

Hello Dave,

Thanks for reporting the issue with CIPHERS.

About the BMCs issue, we found that it just happens with the RHEL7.3 Firefox (firefox-45.7.0-1). Can you please report it too?

Best regards,

Mario Trangoni

Cesar_B_Intel · ‎02-07-2017

HelloMarioTrangoni ,

I will report the error about the BMC's issue, that you found to happen with the RHEL7.3 Firefox (firefox-45.7.0-1).

Thanks for letting us know about these issues.

Best regards,

Caesar B.

idata · ‎02-16-2017

Hello Cesar,

Do you have an ETA for a new and fixed BMC release?

We would like to go to the latest released versions, because of BIOS, but this BMC issue is a showstopper for us.

Best regards,

Mario Trangoni

idata · ‎02-16-2017

Hello Mario,

We do not have an ETA for a new BIOS release.

Best regards,

Caesar B.