Appendix A - IPMI Checks
Software Installation Guide Table of Contents
Procedures provided in this appendix can be used to establish a level of confidence that your IPMI implementation is functional. Note that IPMI implementations can be problematic, and while these procedures can provide a level of confidence, absolute assurance that your particular IPMI implementation will operate error-free is not possible.
IPMI Platform Check
Perform the following steps:
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Identify the BMC model number on all servers.
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Identify the BMC firmware revision on all servers.
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Ensure that the BMC model number and firmware revision are the same on all servers.
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Using the
fence\_ipmilan
utility provided by the fence-agents RPM on Red Hat/CentOS, verify that the following commands complete successfully:
a. fence_ipmilan -a <BMC ADDRESS> -l <BMC USERNAME> -p <BMC PASSWORD> -o monitor
b. fence_ipmilan -a <BMC ADDRESS> -l <BMC USERNAME> -p <BMC PASSWORD> -o status
c. fence_ipmilan -a <BMC ADDRESS> -l <BMC USERNAME> -p <BMC PASSWORD> -o reboot
d. fence_ipmilan -a <BMC ADDRESS> -l <BMC USERNAME> -p <BMC PASSWORD> -o off
e. fence_ipmilan -a <BMC ADDRESS> -l <BMC USERNAME> -p <BMC PASSWORD> -o on
This process could run some combination of these commands over an extended period (e.g., monitor every 30 seconds or so with periodic power commands), for each BMC.