Regardless, this is driving me bonkers and I'd hate to abandon SuperMicro products (we're replacing all the servers this year - may go with IBM or HP) over something so ridiculously simple.Īny help is appreciated (we tried paid help, but the IT people here are just as stumped). This issue was first seen after Oracle made a change starting with Java 8 update 131 to not trust md5 signed jar files. Either IPMIView is incompatible with these boards, or IPMIView cannot run in an IPSec tunnel. I've made 1000% certain that ALL ports on the network (inside an IPSec VPN) are open - disabled all firewalls with no effect. Would you like to update now?' - which is incorrect as I have the latest version of Java installed). But for the last 5 years and countless versions, I've never had this working (it also will not work in any of my browsers as IPMIView appears to be looking for an ancient version of Java - go figure - I get the error message in the browser 'You need the latest Java(TM) Runtime Environment.

It was my understanding that The ESR versions of Firefox would continue to support Java. Not one works! As per SuperMicro, IPMIView is supposed to be compatible with these boards. Yesterday I updated Java to 'Version 8 Update 131 (build -b11)', and I can longer use Java plugins on any version of Firefox, which means I can no longer access the VPN. I've uninstalled Java, reinstalled Java, uninstalled/reinstalled IPMIView with no luck so I'm thinking the problem is with all of the SM servers (4) that run w/the H8SGL-F series motherboards. Article Content Article Properties Rate This Article Article Content. The ONLY thing not working is the KVM Console.īeen at this for days w/no working solutions. Advice for users experiencing iDRAC6 vConsole errors with Java Plugin 8 update 131 Summary: See less Advice for users experiencing iDRAC6 vConsole errors with Java Plugin 8 update 131. I can connect to the Supermicro server, turn it off/on/reboot, read all of the sensors just fine. All 3 machines have the same problem: The KVM Console simply will not run on any of them.

Java, is installed (version 8, update 131) and I'm running Windows 8.1 (though IPMIView 2 won't run on my Windows 7 laptop, nor any of the Windows 10 machines). I can't get the Supermicro IPMIView version 2.* (any of them) to launch the KVM Console either in the IPMIView windows program nor any browser.