Hi!

Thanks for the quick and clear relpy! Actually it isn't a problem, i
could just boot this computer once up with some other os and configure
appropriate settings into ipmi and use it from there again with OpenBSD,
i just wanted to be sure that i didnt miss something obvious. Thanks again!


Imre

Stuart Henderson wrote:
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> 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:
>   
>> 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