Given that I am a complete Noob with all this, I am struggling a bit to know what all I am looking at now that it is running. I have played with Linux some (I built a Fedora based file server nearly 20 years ago as an experiment; used the GUI and was not headless - not really familiar with command line or SSH.) I am using an older Macbook running Catalina for communication with the TPi2 for now, though I guess I will have to borrow the wife's Windows machine for updating the BMC (or am I better off waiting for an easier update method??) I did manage to get UART working to watch the BMC boot, but when it is done, I cannot seem to scroll back through all of the information. Screen grab of what I can see is attached. Where does the rest of the information go? Also, it says "network is unreachable" so how do I determine IP address to access the web interface? I did install ADB, but not sure how to use it yet. My setup so far: I am using a Thermaltake Core V1 case with a 450 watt power supply (I know, overkill... I messed up when finalizing my TPi2 order and ended up with a power brick but no PicoPSU, so using what was easier and cheaper to get at the time.) The TPi2 board is raised 12mm on standoffs, in order to provide clearance for the M.2 slots when I can use them, so I modified Dan's printable IO shield to match. Nodes 2 and 3 are set up with CM4 002016, with heatsink/fan combo from Waveshare. To control the fans, I am using a 2 channel PWM controller from Amazon, with a self designed 3D printed mounting plate attached to existing holes in the case. I have one RK1 on order for now, will hopefully eventually get at least 1 more to fill out the board. I have enjoyed the process of getting the TPi2 set up, now to learn how to use it.

I think you will have the most luck creating individual focused forum threads for each of your issues. When I skim this post my eyes glaze over before I can find the part where you explain the specific help you are requesting

> I did manage to get UART working to watch the BMC boot, but when it is done, I cannot seem to scroll back through all of the information. Screen grab of what I can see is attached. Where does the rest of the information go? UART is a serial port. The BMC sends the data over and you are receiving them. The data is not being re-send through UART this is, for example, when you connect after the boot process, you won't see anything from the past. Your terminal emulation software must cache the history for you. look at the settings, you might find the history size in the lines setting.

Right, I didn’t expect the BMC to resend anything; I assumed the Terminal window would save everything that it saw during boot. It mostly scrolls by fast enough I cannot read it real time, so was hoping to scroll back through after to see what I missed, but all that is left is what I captured in the screenshot. I will check settings. I am using the basic built-in Terminal window on my MacBook. Maybe there is a better option for this?

yup that all sounds fine, so you should be able to ssh to it

Check out iTerm2. It’s much better. https://iterm2.com/

I'm not a Mac user, so can't help with that 🙂

Have not tried yet, long days at work this week, so may not have another chance until the weekend.

I think you need a newer firmware version for mDNS to work

I updated to 1.0.2 via web UI, have not done 1.1 yet, as I have not set up Phoenixsuite on the wife’s windoze machine yet. Do I need 1.1, or am I better off waiting for the next release? I am ok with using the IP to SSH as needed.

Technically, 1.0.2 should be done with PhoenixSuit because it contains changes that cannot be addressed with an .swu file.

Huh, in that case, I wonder why an .swu is provided?

For these who already updated the kernel

Mostly because Windows is so common there is no excitement left in the system... This is where Mac and Linux take over, different system, more things to learn, less doze factor. 🙂

I can;t say for sure, but the OS might try to communicate with the kernel in the ways the kernel does not expect and this can cause crashes