SuperMicro iKVM Video Only

Frustrated that the IPMI iKVM session on your brand new SuperMicro server says “Video Only” at the top and your virtual keyboard won’t work? I was. I’m sure the culprit could be any of a number of issues, but for me it was a BIOS setting.

I was messing around in the BIOS (a.k.a. “asking for trouble”) and I changed the number of USB ports from 12 to 4. I guess the virtual keyboard is “plugged” into number 12. Or something. Anyway, I guessed (and the manual confirmed) that they all have to be enabled for iKVM to work properly. That solved my problem.

Written by Lee Verberne

2012-06-21 at 21:55

Posted in Hardware

Tagged with bios, ipmi, supermicro

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I had this exact same problem, but I have a different board and the AMI BIOS did not have the option you show. However, if I went into the web-based admin, clicked “IKVM Reset”, and *then* tried to connect, it would usually connect fine and let me interact with the console (no more “Video Only”)

Garry Dolley

2012-07-04 at 02:09

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- Great tip, thanks for sharing!
  
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  2012-07-04 at 05:52
  
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Thank You very much. Resetting iKVM did help me!!

Hermann

2013-04-08 at 00:47

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Resetting iKVM fixed this problem for me, looks like I had another window open or someone else did. Thanks!

Cal Leeming

2014-08-03 at 05:53

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tech stuff.