You DO need the 'si' driver (as least I do). The SI driver should give a better error report than '17'. Look at the src code and see if there are any better descriptions there.
--david ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Yoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Ranch Cc: ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net <ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thu Feb 21 07:08:11 2008 Subject: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] /dev/ipmi0 not seen by ipmitool? The device looks correct: # ls -l /dev/ipmi* crw-r--r-- 1 root root 254, 0 2008-02-19 11:59 /dev/ipmi0 the major node looks correct as well: # cat /proc/devices | grep ipmi 254 ipmidev the kernel modules appear to be loaded: # lsmod | grep ipmi ipmi_watchdog 20156 0 ipmi_devintf 10248 0 ipmi_msghandler 37952 2 ipmi_watchdog,ipmi_devintf I don't need to have the ipmi_si module loaded, correct? If I try to load it, I get an error in the kern.log: init_ipmi_si: Unable to register driver: -17 I'll have to check on the BIOS and BMC firmware. On Feb 20, 2008, at 4:47 PM, David A. Ranch wrote: > > Do you have the right BMC firmware loaded on the DL360 as well as > the most up to date BIOS and BMC firmware. > Also, what's the output of "ls -la /dev/ipmi*"? It should be > something like: > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 253, 0 Dec 10 15:38 /dev/ipmi0 > > --David > >> Hiya, list! >> >> I installed openipmi successfully (I think), and now have a /dev/ >> ipmi0: >> >> # ls /dev/ipmi* >> /dev/ipmi0 >> >> >> However ipmitool doesn't like my device if I use -I open: >> >> # ipmitool -I open sdr >> 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 >> Unable to open SDR for reading >> >> If I use -I imb, I get weird errors: >> >> # ipmitool -I imb sdr >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=0 >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=0 >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=0 >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=0 >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=0 >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=0 >> WARNING: Unknown SDR repository version 0x00 >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=bf >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=bf >> Error sending IMB request, status=1 ccode=bf >> Unable to obtain SDR reservation >> Unable to open SDR for reading >> >> This is a local query, so AFAIK -I lan/-I lanplus would not be >> approriate for me, correct? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Some notes: this works fine on all my ProLiant DL145 machines. >> However, I get the above-mentioned problem on all of my ProLiant >> DL360 machines. So it seems to be something hardware-dependent. >> >> >> Suggestions? Comments? RTFM locations? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Kurt >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> - >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Ipmitool-devel mailing list >> Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
