Sounds like you are falling foul of a problem I posted about way back in July last year:
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2009-July/039594.html Basically, 6.1 doesn't recognise Centos 4.x and treat it as Redhat 4. My original post details how you can go about getting it working. HTH, Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Domsch Posted At: 26 February 2010 05:17 Posted To: Hostmaster Conversation: Dell OMSA 6.1 on CentOS 4.8 - openipmi unsupported version Subject: Re: Dell OMSA 6.1 on CentOS 4.8 - openipmi unsupported version On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 03:54:33PM -0800, Chris Jones wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I've got Dell OMSA 6.1 install on a PowerEdge 1950 running CentOS 4.8, > however when I go to start OMSA I get the following messages at startup. > > Starting ipmi driver: Unsupported version [FAILED] > > Do I need to install DKMS and install a different version of openipmi? You shouldn't need to - 4.8 has a plenty new-enough IPMI driver... -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq All E-Mail communications are monitored in addition to being content checked for malicious codes or viruses. The success of scanning products is not guaranteed, therefore the recipient(s) should carry out any checks that they believe to be appropriate in this respect. This message (including any attachments and/or related materials) is confidential to and is the property of Computer Service Centre, unless otherwise noted. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Computer Service Centre. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
