IPMI watchdog

[Reiner030]

Hi,

is there a plan to make a little nice package of it ?

I found this very helpful howto:
http://www.zomers.eu/knowledge/pfSense/Pages/Configure-pfSense-2.0-RC1-to-use-Watchdog-functionality-Method2.aspx

but even it seems all working fine:

[2.1-BETA1][root@gw1.zws8.local]/root(2): bmc-watchdog -g
Timer Use:                   OEM
Timer:                       Running
Logging:                     Enabled
Timeout Action:              None
Pre-Timeout Interrupt:       None
Pre-Timeout Interval:        0 seconds
Timer Use BIOS FRB2 Flag:    Clear
Timer Use BIOS POST Flag:    Clear
Timer Use BIOS OS Load Flag: Clear
Timer Use BIOS SMS/OS Flag:  Clear
Timer Use BIOS OEM Flag:     Set
Initial Countdown:           20 seconds
Current Countdown:           13 seconds

the IPMI watchdog reboots my firewall every ~ 5min when I activate it.
I tried it with all possible Timer Use /Flags combinations without success.

When searching for further informations I found out this forums post (in 2.0  Snapshot Feedbacks):
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,34056.45.html

Hardware: Supermicro X9SCM-F, BIOS version 2.0b

[2.1-BETA1][root@gw1.zws8.local]/root(1): cat /var/log/dmesg.boot
...
acpi0: <superm smci--mb="">on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 67, 1 (4) failed
...
ipmi0: <ipmi system="" interface="">port 0xca2,0xca3 on acpi0
ipmi0: KCS mode found at io 0xca2 on acpi
ipmi1: <ipmi system="" interface="">on isa0
device_attach: ipmi1 attach returned 16
ipmi1: <ipmi system="" interface="">on isa0
device_attach: ipmi1 attach returned 16
...
ipmi0: IPMI device rev. 1, firmware rev. 1.67, version 2.0
...
ipmi0: Number of channels 2
ipmi0: Attached watchdog</ipmi></ipmi></ipmi></superm> 

Has someone perhaps a hint what goes here wrong? Thx.

Bests

Reiner