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Chapter 2 IPMI Server Management 39
IPMI Troubleshooting
TABLE 2-3 describes some potential issues with IPMI and provides solutions.
TABLE 2-3 IPMI Troubleshooting
Issue Solution
You cannot connect to the
management controller using
IPMItool over LAN.
Verify the network connection to the management
controller and its IP address and verify the channel is
enabled using the ipmi get channels command.
You cannot authenticate to the
management controller using
IPMItool over LAN.
Ensure that you are using the password assigned
when you enabled IPMI LAN access from the
management-controller shell prompt.
You have forgotten the password
for IPMI access over LAN.
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 -l spuser
# ipmi enable channel lan
# exit
IPMItool fails when using the
“open” interface.
Ensure that the Linux kernel module ipmi_kcs_drv
is loaded by running the lsmod command.