Owner's Manual

Configuring Your Network 21
5 Ensure that the system recognizes the IPMI device, using the following
command:
ls -l /dev/ipmi0
If the IPMI device has been dynamically loaded, then the output should be
similar to the following:
# ls -l /dev/ipmi0
crw------- 1 root root 252, 0 Dec 23 16:41
/dev/ipmi0
Configuring BMC Using IPMItool
Use the following example to configure BMC using ipmitool version 2.0:
1
Log in as root .
2 Verify that ipmitool is communicating with the BMC using the IPMI
driver. Use the following commands to check for the device ID in
the output:
# ipmitool bmc info
Device ID : 32
Device Revision : 0
Firmware Revision : 0.20
IPMI Version : 2.0
Manufacturer ID : 674
Manufacturer Name : Unknown (0x2a2)
Product ID : 256 (0x0100)
If ipmitool is not able to communicate with BMC, see "Configuring
the Open IPMI Driver" on page 20 and ensure that the IPMI driver is
running.