iPOST power-on-reset, error-reset, and hw-change Triggers Do Not Work (16192025)

These Oracle ILOM properties control whether iPOST (Oracle ILOM POST) runs when the SP is booted:

• /SP/diag mode

• /SP/diag trigger

By default, these properties are defined so that the execution of iPOST is disabled. For example:

/SP/diag mode=off
/SP/diag trigger=all-resets

If you change /SP/diag mode to normal to enable iPOST, and if you change /SP/diag trigger from all-resets to any other value (power-on-reset, error-reset, or hw-change), iPOST will not run.

In addition, these messages are displayed on the SER MGT port during the boot sequence indicating that iPOST did not run:

...
Starting IPMI Stack: . Done
Starting BBR daemon...
bbrd started after 0 seconds.
Starting SP fishwrap cache daemon: fishwrapd . Done
FPGA iPOST skipped
Starting Host daemon: hostd . Done
Starting Network Controller Sideband Interface Daemon: ncsid . Done
Starting Physical Domain Manager: pdm . Done
Starting Platform Obfuscation Daemon: pod . Done
Starting vbsc daemon: vbsc . Done
...

Workaround: Perform these steps to enable iPOST:

1. Log in to Oracle ILOM.

2. Ensure that the host is not powered on.

3. Configure the Oracle ILOM diag properties:

   • From the Oracle ILOM CLI, type:

     -> set /SP/diag mode=normal
     -> set /SP/diag trigger=all-resets
     

   • In the Oracle ILOM BUI, select System Management > Diagnostics. Select all three Trigger boxes and change the Mode to Normal.

4. Reset the SP.

   The output on the system console indicates that iPOST is running:

   ...
   Starting IPMI Stack: . Done
   Starting BBR daemon...
   bbrd started after 0 seconds.
   Starting SP fishwrap cache daemon: fishwrapd . Done
   Running FPGA iPOST
   Starting Host daemon: hostd . Done
   Starting Network Controller Sideband Interface Daemon: ncsid . Done
   Starting Physical Domain Manager: pdm . Done
   Starting Platform Obfuscation Daemon: pod . Done
   Starting vbsc daemon: vbsc . Done
   ...