[PLUG] Ubuntu Server on HP ProLiant DL380 G5

Chuck Hast wchast at gmail.com
Mon Aug 26 16:45:37 UTC 2019


If you use any variant of Ubuntu there is a setup script that you run, it
gets a ZM system up and running, then
starts the good part, adding the cameras. I have a collection of different
ones so they are almost all different
but once setup it runs great.

These newer H264 and H265 cameras do not take a lot of BW BUT they need
processor, I used to get away
with a run of the mill machine for the old jpg stream, but this not so. I
am trying to figure out if there is a way
to use a video card to offload the video processing and zone processing so
as not to load up the processors
so much. I have 8 cameras 2 are 5mp 4 of them are 1080p and two are 720p.
All told they keep the 380 G5
loaded at about 70%. The admin console is CLI as it is all done over ssh
(for day to day admin) and web
browser (to change zoneminder params check a given stream or camera and for
the full diplay ZMNinja.

I have two PCI slots in the 380, I am wondering if I can use some sort of
video card or other processor to
offload some of the video processing from the processors.


On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 11:30 PM elcaseti . <elcaseti at gmail.com> wrote:

> "I installed ZoneMinder, it was quite easy"    Zoneminder is the best a/v
> security setup I know of, but I've never heard anyone refer to setting it
> up as easy.  I hope to learn it someday.
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 8:49 AM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Folks
> > I got the beast running, I really needed to do so as the UHD cameras had
> > maxed out the I7 processor on my
> > original ZoneMinder box.
> >
> > A summary of what I did.
> > First I tried Ubuntu Server Live 18.04, it would not load abending with
> > unable to find bnx2 drivers.
> > Then for grins I tied Ubuntu 18.04 desktop. It would run from the stick,
> > but once loaded it would freeze just
> >     before the login screen.
> > I tried CentOS, it did about that same as Ubuntu Server Live. It would
> > abend complaining about not seening
> >     the hard disk.
> > So I had Mate 18.04 (that is what I run on everything else) so I figured
> > what is another 15 minutes. IT LOADED.
> >
> > At this point I have a system that is running so I installed the LAMP
> > server bits and ran an install script for
> > ZoneMinder, added the first camera and got video. Now I have all of them
> > running and the average load on
> > the processors is about 40% Still a wee bit high but all of the temps on
> > the processors are good and I am not
> > seeing any video getting dropped or other funnies I was seeing with the
> > older machine.
> >
> > The most impressive thing?? Shut it down and let it cool a bit (or
> > something time out) and then fire it back up,
> > for about 30 seconds the fans run up to full throttle, sounds like a
> small
> > turbine, then it slowly throttles back to
> > whatever speed it needs to keep the insides cool.  I guess the other
> issue
> > will be feeding the thing, but for now
> > it is doing the job I need it to do, capture 5mpxl data streams from my
> > cameras.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:04 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The weird thing is that the desktop version installs the bnx2 module
> just
> > > fine and  brings up the NIC cards,
> > > I get IP assignments for both of them. Indeed I have tried both Ubuntu
> > and
> > > Ubuntu Mate and both of them
> > > bring the NIC cards on line using the bnx2 driver.
> > >
> > > I was looking at the server install info and supposedly I should be
> able
> > > to proceed with the install and if I
> > > need more software install it later, but it will NOT allow me to get
> past
> > > the network setup. So that is FUBAR'd.
> > >
> > > Also I see the bnx2 module in there but for some reason it does not
> > become
> > > active. Both NIC cards are labeled
> > > as disabled.
> > >
> > > I will continue to plug at it until I get it fixed. It just appears to
> be
> > > some sort of issue with the server install, who
> > > would want to run a desktop install on a box like that. It sounds like
> a
> > > wind tunnel and it will keep the room warm
> > > so I will not need to run the heat in the winter time in this room
> (were
> > I
> > > to keep it here) These things are just big,
> > > but the make great DVR boxen for high res cameras on Zoneminder.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 3:31 AM wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> When I have challenges like this, I often use a USB ethernet adapter
> > >> during
> > >> the install, which uses common enough hardware that drivers are always
> > >> found in the default kernel module set.
> > >>
> > >> -wes
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:42 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > looked in the kernel.log and found the following error message
> > >> > bnx2  0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for
> > bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw
> > >> > failed with error -2
> > >> > bnx2  Can't load firmware file " bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw"
> > >> >
> > >> > Then it appears to try and load it again and fails. But it works in
> > the
> > >> > desktop version.
> > >> >
> > >> > It LOOKS like the bnx2 module is in there, but if you try to insmod
> > it,
> > >> the
> > >> > system comes back saying it doesn't
> > >> > exist, if you look back in /sys/modules it is no longer there.  I
> also
> > >> got
> > >> > a pix of the system as it is setting up
> > >> > the second line above is what is flashed on the screen. I am trying
> to
> > >> > figure out how to work around this one.
> > >> > Not sure what is going on with Ubuntu Live Server,
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:42 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > The driver is bnx2,  I think as Server is loading I see some red
> > lines
> > >> > > flash by with bnx2 in them so I bet that
> > >> > > either it is missing or not loading for some reason.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:25 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > >> I think I may see the issue, it appears that the Live Server
> needs
> > >> to be
> > >> > >> able to pull down some software, It would
> > >> > >> appear that I am going to have to set up a static connection (No
> > big
> > >> > deal
> > >> > >> but kind of hoky given that the DT
> > >> > >> version can find both NICs perfectly well.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> I also found that there is a way to use the Deb installer rather
> > than
> > >> > the
> > >> > >> Live server installer, that I much prefer,
> > >> > >> just have to see how to do it.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:50 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >>> Had never used ethtool before, did the ethtool -h and got a
> whole
> > >> > >>> probably 3 screens of data. The first thing
> > >> > >>> it wants is the DEVNAME, so I did a ifconfig, and it sees
> nothing,
> > >> only
> > >> > >>> the loop back.
> > >> > >>> This is under Ubuntu server...
> > >> > >>> Now to try the desktop version that appears to find the NIC
> ports
> > >> just
> > >> > >>> fine.
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 6:19 PM <alan at clueserver.org> wrote:
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> > Folks,
> > >> > >>>> > I did this many moons ago when I lived in Kalama and worked
> at
> > >> the
> > >> > >>>> glass
> > >> > >>>> > plant.
> > >> > >>>> > They had some spare ProLiant servers in a rack doing nothing,
> > >> they
> > >> > >>>> wanted
> > >> > >>>> > cameras, so I gave them cameras. I installed ubuntu server on
> > one
> > >> > and
> > >> > >>>> then
> > >> > >>>> > I installed ZoneMinder, it was quite easy and that server did
> > not
> > >> > even
> > >> > >>>> > know
> > >> > >>>> > it was
> > >> > >>>> > working.
> > >> > >>>> >
> > >> > >>>> > I am trying to do the same thing again, I have a  HP ProLiant
> > >> DL380
> > >> > G5
> > >> > >>>> > which
> > >> > >>>> > I am trying to install Ubuntu server on but when I get to the
> > NIC
> > >> > >>>> setup it
> > >> > >>>> > says
> > >> > >>>> > DHCPv4 has supplied no addresses, I go in and make sure that
> > >> DHCP is
> > >> > >>>> > selected
> > >> > >>>> > but no joy. Never had that problem before.
> > >> > >>>> >
> > >> > >>>> > I saw one person on line who had a similar problem, this
> person
> > >> had
> > >> > a
> > >> > >>>> URL
> > >> > >>>> > that
> > >> > >>>> > took you to a different version of Ubuntu server, but the
> file
> > >> would
> > >> > >>>> not
> > >> > >>>> > read.
> > >> > >>>> >
> > >> > >>>> > If I load in the regular desktop version it does see the NIC
> > >> cards
> > >> > >>>> and it
> > >> > >>>> > obtains addresses
> > >> > >>>> > for both ports (I plug them both into active networks)
> > >> > >>>> >
> > >> > >>>> > Any idea of what I am fighting here? Why does the server
> > version
> > >> not
> > >> > >>>> take
> > >> > >>>> > the NIC
> > >> > >>>> > cards but the desktop does?
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> ethtool will tell you what kernel module is used. See if it is
> > >> loading
> > >> > >>>> in
> > >> > >>>> both versions.
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> ---
> > >> > >>>> Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas?
> > >> > >>>> A: Because OCT 31 == DEC 25.
> > >> > >>>>
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> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> --
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > >> > >>> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > >> > >>> Ph 4:13 KJV
> > >> > >>> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > >> > >>> Fil 4:13 RVR1960
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> --
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > >> > >> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > >> > >> Ph 4:13 KJV
> > >> > >> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > >> > >> Fil 4:13 RVR1960
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >
> > >> > > --
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > >> > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > >> > > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > >> > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > >> > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> >
> > >> > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > >> > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > >> > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > >> > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > >> > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
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> > > --
> > >
> > > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
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Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Ph 4:13 KJV
Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
Fil 4:13 RVR1960



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