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: > ipmi(4) doesn't support the interface needed for local access > with ipmitool/freeipmi etc. > > > On 2010-07-19, Imre Oolberg <i...@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
