#####load the required drivers
modprobe ipmi_devintf
modprobe ipmi_si
modprobe ipmi_msghandler
IMO, you shouldn't: when permanently active, the local ipmi
interface seems to consume noticable cycles (kipmi thread).
just modprobe when you need it and rmmod after...
(2)Can't mod the BIOS settings or even dump them. Is there a way to
modify the BIOS settings via. IPMI (in general)
definitely not in general. a vendor could certainly provide IPMI
extensions that manipulate bios settings. but the market doesn't
seem to find this kind of HPC-mostly concern worthwhile :(
donno, maybe the really big players (google, etc) get satisfaction.
I wonder though, whether it would kill vendors just to publish
the source for their bios.
bios-serial-redirection and serial-over-lan can let you do it manually.
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