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Supermicro iKVM BIOS keyboard input issue (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by tophneal@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I was given a server running on an XR9Si-3F. I was initially thrown off with the lack of video output but realized where I was confused concerning interacting with the machine through the web console.

Unfortunately, as cool as completely managing a server through a web console is, it just won't work for me as I have only one machine that can "reliably" run the old Java app to give input to the server. So I dug into understanding how to redirect the console to the VGA and got that setup through BIOS. Unfortunately, I neglected to ensure legacy USB support was enabled so I could use the keyboard attached to my KVM switch.

Now, I'm in BIOS to try and enable that, but BIOS is not registering any keyboard input through the Java app. Neither my physical laptop keyboard or the OSK are working. Both input options work in the booted OS, as well as to get me into BIOS, but I cannot navigate once I'm in BIOS.

Does anyone have any experience with this type of issue, or any suggestions I could try to get some form of keyboard input working so I can enable USB support and use my KVM switch?

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Are yoy able to switxh to HTML5 instead of Java? I never managed to get that Java applet to run properly without issues, and it sucks that older supermicro machines default to it. But many (most? All?) Have an HTML5 option you can use instead.

Also, the BMC croaks sometimes - pull bios battery and any other backup batteries during a power cycle.

[–] HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

As the owner of several X9 boards, I can confirm the answer is ‘no’. Java is the only option for this generation.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Noted. I'm mostly an X11 kind of guy. A few X12s.