Owner's Manual

Configuring Your Network 17
Prerequisites for Enabling IPMI
Each cluster node requires a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC),
running a firmware compatible with IPMI version 1.5 or later and configured
for remote control using LAN.
NOTE: It is recommended that you use a dedicated management network
(DRAC port) for IPMI.
The Linux rpm required for ipmitool is
OpenIPMI-tools-2.0.16-7.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm .
Configuring the Open IPMI Driver
1 Log in as root .
2 To enable the IPMI service, type:
Chkconfig ipmi on
3 To start the IPMI service, type: Service ipmi start.
4
Run the command /sbin/lsmod|grep ipmi to confirm that the IPMI
modules are loaded. For example:
# /sbin/lsmod | grep ipmi
ipmi_devintf 44753 2
ipmi_si 77453 1
ipmi_msghandler 72985 2
ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si
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
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