IPMI Troubleshooting

TABLE 2-3describes some potential issues with IPMI and provides solutions.

TABLE 2-3IPMI Troubleshooting

Issue

Solution

 

 

You cannot connect to the management controller using IPMItool over LAN.

You cannot authenticate to the management controller using IPMItool over LAN.

You have forgotten the password for IPMI access over LAN.

IPMItool fails when using the “open” interface.

Verify the network connection to the management controller and its IP address and verify the channel is enabled using the ipmi get channels command.

Ensure that you are using the password assigned when you enabled IPMI LAN access from the management-controller shell prompt.

1.You can reset the IPMI setting, reset the SDRR and purge the SEL from the management-controller shell by running the command:

#ssh spipaddr -l spuser ipmi reset -a

2.Now re-enable IPMI on LAN with the following commands:

#ssh spipaddr -lspuser

#ipmi enable channel lan

#exit

Ensure that the Linux kernel module ipmi_kcs_drv is loaded by running the lsmod command.

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