difference in supermicro X11s

[jacobweinstock]

got some feedback that the current support for SuperMicro X11 doesn't work for all models of X11. The existing X11 support was written and tested with X11SCM-F in mind. It was reported that X11DSC+ appears to not work, but might work if it was using the X10 code.

I think we need to re-evaluate how we probe for compatibility between SuperMicro models.

Currently, after determining that the BMC is a SuperMicro we call conn.HardwareType() here and here and compare it to a constant of the BMC model number. either x11 or x10. Whichever one it matches we use. This leaves
X11DSC+ not functioning, as reported.

One option could be to not only check this value but if the conn.HardwareType() (or another command) actually worked. and then use that provider implementation.

Any other thoughts or ideas?

[joelrebel]

@jacobweinstock, are the X11DSC+ not identified at all or which (if any) errors are seen, or which bmclib methods fail to work?

one option here would be to define another 'generic' supermicro probe identifier in which the device board name/model number is identified using ipmitool -I lanplus -H <IP> -U ADMIN -P <password> fru

another option would be to define a X11DSC+ probe identifier with the caller passing in the probe hint