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xiaotong.tony@gmail.com (xiaotong-tony) wrote : ipmitool failed: Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 : No such file or directory

ipmitool failed in-band
ipmitool lan print
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory

And it work out-band:
# ipmitool -H {theip} -I lanplus -U {user} -P {passwd} lan print
Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable : Callback : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : User : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Operator : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Admin : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : OEM : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
IP Address Source : DHCP Address
...

packages that I installed:
# dpkg -l | grep ipmi
ii freeipmi-common 1.4.11-1.1ubuntu4.1 amd64 GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - common files
ii ipmitool 1.8.18-5ubuntu0.1 amd64 utility for IPMI control with kernel driver or LAN interface (daemon)
ii libfreeipmi16 1.4.11-1.1ubuntu4.1 amd64 GNU IPMI - libraries
ii libopenipmi0 2.0.22-1.1ubuntu2.1 amd64 Intelligent Platform Management Interface - runtime
ii openipmi 2.0.22-1.1ubuntu2.1 amd64 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (for servers)

the mods:
# lsmod| grep ipmi_
ipmi_devintf 20480 0
ipmi_poweroff 16384 0
ipmi_watchdog 28672 0
ipmi_ssif 32768 0
ipmi_si 61440 0
ipmi_msghandler 53248 6 ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si,nvidia,ipmi_watchdog,ipmi_ssif,ipmi_poweroff