[Rack] power loss

[Jonathan Lassoff]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:05 PM, miloh <froggytoad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote:
>>> Oh no! Poor UPS...
>>>
>>> I still can't reach either pony or stallion through the Sonic.net connection.
>>>
>>
>> the noisebridge ap, noisebridge-a through to router connection is up
>> (hence my emails), and we are on sonic currently.
>>
>>
>>> Can you check that all the switches and soekrises are powered on? I
>>> fear the IP PDU might need to be poked somehow.
>>>
>>
>> yes, something needs to be poked -- mike says quagga doesn't have
>> 'internet' and pony is down on the local network..
>
> Looks like pony and stallion are still offline, but the WiFi is still
> working over Sonic.net. I might take a look later tonight. I think the
> IP PDU doesn't enable it's ports again on boot :)

I was able to connect via telnet to the IP PDU which has the most
unintuitive interface possible:

##################################
# telnet 172.30.0.7
Trying 172.30.0.7...
Connected to 172.30.0.7.
Escape character is '^]'.
9258Telnet command shell
Type 'help' and return for help
9258Telnet-> help
Available commands:
setpower - Set port state
getpower - Read port status
exit    - exit shell
9258Telnet-> getpower
Power Status:
Power1=Off
Power2=Off
Power3=Off
Power4=Off
Power5=Off
Power6=Off
Power7=Off
Power8=Off
##################################

Hmm, ok. Let's turn on outlet 1 and 2 (where pony and stallion connect):

##################################
9258Telnet-> setpower
Parameter Error!
9258Telnet-> help setpower
Available commands:
setpower - Set port state
getpower - Read port status
exit    - exit shell
9258Telnet-> setpower Power1=on
Parameter Error!
9258Telnet-> setpower Power1 on
Parameter Error!
9258Telnet-> setpower Power1
Parameter Error!
##################################

WTF!? How does this work?

##################################
9258Telnet-> setpower=11000000
Set Power Done!
9258Telnet-> getpower
Power Status:
Power1=On
Power2=On
Power3=Off
Power4=Off
Power5=Off
Power6=Off
Power7=Off
Power8=Off
##################################

So, if you ever need to do this again... here's how. I'll add this to the wiki.

Cheers,
jof