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Or just enable NTP client in the BMC. A more than a decade old BMCs based on Aspeed 20xx had the NTP baked in. Because you know, it's already running Linux the

Or just enable NTP client in the BMC. A more than a decade old BMCs based on Aspeed 20xx had the NTP baked in. Because you know, it's already running Linux there. I don't remember on hw/os ancient iLOs/iDRACs were running on, but they had NTP client too. I'd say everything newer than 2010 should already have NTP client.

gpapilion 4y ago
The oem vendors have been adding weird surcharges for the bmcs to use features. For example hp used to charge(and I assume still does) for remote console. The author mention dell charged for using ntp, which was a little surprising. But, “enterprise” features like ntp and ldap are things vendors get excited to charge you for.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  > adding weird surcharges for the bmcs to use features While this is a true statement, I don't remember NTP client being on this list. SuperMicro only wants a license for a online BIOS update, HP/HPE wants money for iKVM to a running OS[0] and some features making sense only in enterprise environments, like AD integrations and Dell's iDRAC... well I haven't used iDRAC without aN Ent. license for a decade, so I can't bet my $5 on the feature set. Overall, most BMC implementations does have NTP client free of charge. [0] You can have any time you need to install OS. You have a one or two minute limit in already running OS. Enough to for the troubleshooting.
  - X-Istence 4y ago
    In Dell iDrac 7/8, NTP is a licensed feature. See table here: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/idrac8-lifecycle-controller-v2.75.75.75/idrac8_2.75.75.75_ug/licensed-features-in-idrac7-and-idrac8?guid=guid-e7b32690-602f-4f14-ab6e-ad00b4a42e4a&lang=en-us https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/idrac8-lifecycle-...
    - justsomehnguy 4y ago
      Thanks. It's dissapointing, there is a ton of things what make sense only in Ent. environment, but having a correct time is not Ent.-only.
pabs3 4y ago
Enabling network interaction using outdated probably insecure software running on the vendor BMC Linux distro sounds terrifying. I would much rather hack the BMC to run OpenBMC or a regular distro than enable NTP on an existing vendor BMC distro.

gpapilion 4y ago

The oem vendors have been adding weird surcharges for the bmcs to use features. For example hp used to charge(and I assume still does) for remote console. The author mention dell charged for using ntp, which was a little surprising. But, “enterprise” features like ntp and ldap are things vendors get excited to charge you for.

justsomehnguy 4y ago
> adding weird surcharges for the bmcs to use features While this is a true statement, I don't remember NTP client being on this list. SuperMicro only wants a license for a online BIOS update, HP/HPE wants money for iKVM to a running OS[0] and some features making sense only in enterprise environments, like AD integrations and Dell's iDRAC... well I haven't used iDRAC without aN Ent. license for a decade, so I can't bet my $5 on the feature set. Overall, most BMC implementations does have NTP client free of charge. [0] You can have any time you need to install OS. You have a one or two minute limit in already running OS. Enough to for the troubleshooting.
- X-Istence 4y ago
  In Dell iDrac 7/8, NTP is a licensed feature. See table here: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/idrac8-lifecycle-controller-v2.75.75.75/idrac8_2.75.75.75_ug/licensed-features-in-idrac7-and-idrac8?guid=guid-e7b32690-602f-4f14-ab6e-ad00b4a42e4a&lang=en-us https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/idrac8-lifecycle-...
  - justsomehnguy 4y ago
    Thanks. It's dissapointing, there is a ton of things what make sense only in Ent. environment, but having a correct time is not Ent.-only.

pabs3 4y ago

Enabling network interaction using outdated probably insecure software running on the vendor BMC Linux distro sounds terrifying. I would much rather hack the BMC to run OpenBMC or a regular distro than enable NTP on an existing vendor BMC distro.