Enabling IPMI Access on the Server
This section contains two alternate procedures; one for a
■“Enabling IPMI Access on a
■“Enabling IPMI Access on a
Enabling IPMI Access on a Linux-Based Server (In-Band)
1.Log in to the server and authenticate as the user root.
2.Install the custom openIPMI Linux kernel driver from the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Documentation and Support Files CD. The drivers are located in the CD directory /support/sysmgmt/.
Browse to the OS variant installed on your server. The options are:
■redhat/rhel3 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 3
■suse/sles8 for SUSE Enterprise Linux, version 8
■suse/suse9 for SUSE 9 Professional
3.Ensure that the
# rpm
If this utility reports that the
■On SUSE distributions, install the
#yast2
■On RedHat distributions, download the current
#rpm
4.Install the openIPMI Linux kernel driver RPM.
a.Browse to the OS variant installed on your server. The options are:
■redhat/rhel3 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 3
■suse/sles8 for Suse Enterprise Linux, version 8
■suse/suse9 for Suse 9 Professional
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