ipmi(4) doesn't support the interface needed for local access
with ipmitool/freeipmi etc.


On 2010-07-19, Imre Oolberg <imre@auul.pri.ee> wrote:
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> Hallo!
>
> First of all, I am not a seasoned ipmi user, i rather resently found out
> about this possibility to control computers. I would like to ask how to
> use ipmitool to control local computer's ipmi facilities from within
> OpenBSD. This computer is IBM System x3550 M2 and here is where i stand
>
> 1. i searched archives and found that in the first place ipmi should be
> enabled in kernel, so i did
>
> ukc> enable ipmi
>
> and it says in dmesg
>
> ipmi0 at mainbus0: version 2.0 interface KCS iobase 0xca2/2 spacing 1
> ...
> iic0: skipping sensors to avoid ipmi0 interactions
>
> and obviously thanks to this change appeared into sysctl lot of entries
> like this
>
> # sysctl hw.sensors.ipmi0
> hw.sensors.ipmi0.temp0=22.00 degC (Ambient Temp), OK
> hw.sensors.ipmi0.fan0=4081 RPM (Fan 1A Tach), OK
> hw.sensors.ipmi0.fan1=2784 RPM (Fan 1B Tach), OK
> hw.sensors.ipmi0.fan2=4081 RPM (Fan 2A Tach), OK
> hw.sensors.ipmi0.fan3=2880 RPM (Fan 2B Tach), OK
> ..
> hw.sensors.ipmi0.indicator0=On (Power Supply 1), OK
> hw.sensors.ipmi0.indicator1=On (Power Supply 2), OK
>
> 2. then i installed from ports ipmitool since binary packaged didnt have
> open interface enabled
>
> 3. when i run ipmitool i get message about missing device
>
> # ipmitool mc info  
> Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No
> such file or directory
> Get Device ID command failed
>
> I guess that the computer's ipmi system in itself is working all right,
> at the moment in its default configuration, since in addition to the
> above mentioned sysctl values i can also issue from another computer for
> example
>
> # ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.25.138 -U USERID -P xxx mc info
>
> and in return i get an answer as expected.
>
> If somebody could suggest how to proceed to make ipmitool locally work,
> i would be very interested!
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Imre
>
> PS I also tried freeipmi binary package, it says
>
> # bmc-config
> --checkout                                                                                                             
>
> ipmi_open_inband: driver path required