I happen to have access to a Poweredge 1850. Using Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper), the following workaround seems to work ( from http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/341#comment_5 ):
nano /usr/share/ipmitool/ipmi.init.basic
The top section looks like this:
# load the ipmi modules modprobe ipmi_msghandler modprobe ipmi_devintf if ! modprobe ipmi_kcs_drv ; then modprobe ipmi_si # try new module name fi
This script check doesn't work, and throws an error that it can't load the KCS driver.
Change it to: modprobe ipmi_msghandler modprobe ipmi_devintf modprobe ipmi_si # try new module name
Save as: /usr/share/ipmitool/ipmi.init.debian
I didn`t need to creat the device manually, though. Did you have to do that ?
To start the OpenIPMI driver, do: /usr/share/ipmitool/ipmi.init.basic
You can test the local (KCS) IPMI interface by issuing: ipmitool -I open channleinfo
Although my LAN interface is configured, the following command failed for me: ipmitool -I lan -H HOST_IP_ADDRESS -U USERNAME -a channel info
More information about setting up and using IPMI on Dell servers can be found at: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q04-20040204-Murphy.pdf
I happen to have access to a Poweredge 1850. Using Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper), the following workaround seems to work ( from http:// www.debian- administration. org/articles/ 341#comment_ 5 ):
nano /usr/share/ ipmitool/ ipmi.init. basic
The top section looks like this:
# load the ipmi modules
modprobe ipmi_msghandler
modprobe ipmi_devintf
if ! modprobe ipmi_kcs_drv ; then
modprobe ipmi_si # try new module name
fi
This script check doesn't work, and throws an error that it can't load the KCS driver.
Change it to:
modprobe ipmi_msghandler
modprobe ipmi_devintf
modprobe ipmi_si # try new module name
Save as: /usr/share/ ipmitool/ ipmi.init. debian
I didn`t need to creat the device manually, though. Did you have to do that ?
To start the OpenIPMI driver, do: ipmitool/ ipmi.init. basic
/usr/share/
You can test the local (KCS) IPMI interface by issuing:
ipmitool -I open channleinfo
Although my LAN interface is configured, the following command failed for me:
ipmitool -I lan -H HOST_IP_ADDRESS -U USERNAME -a channel info
More information about setting up and using IPMI on Dell servers can be found at: www.dell. com/downloads/ global/ power/ps4q04- 20040204- Murphy. pdf
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