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:
Log in to Oracle ILOM.
Ensure that the host is not powered on.
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.
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 ...