Random0Munky,

Would you do me a favor and run this command to identify which IPMI you are using? Either SLES or OMSA.

zypper wp ipmi_si.ko

After that we will want to try switching to the other, whichever that would be.

Let me know what you find out.

Good morning Chris,

Thanks for the reply:

Here's the output I received while doing entering in that command:

# zypper wp ipmi_si.ko

Loading repository data...

Reading installed packages...

No providers of 'ipmi_si.ko' found.

/lib/modules/3.0.42-0.7-default/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi# ls

ipmi_devintf.ko  ipmi_msghandler.ko  ipmi_poweroff.ko  ipmi_si.ko  ipmi_watchdog.ko

I have received a reply from the SUSE forums with this. Is there anything to shed some light on:

Firstly for others watching this thread please note this issue has also

been posted to the Dell Community Support Forums @

en.community.dell.com/.../20379839.aspx

Does the server boot through UEFI? Dell have an Installation Instructions

and Important Information document for PowerEdge Systems running SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server 11[1] and page 14 includes the following issue and

resolution:

--begin--

IPMI May Not Start On Systems That Boot Through UEFI

Description

The IPMI kernel modules might fail to load on systems that boot through

UEFI. As a consequence, services that depend on IPMI may be affected.

Work around

To work around this issue, add the following line to/etc/modprobe.conf

before starting the IPMI service:

options ipmi_si type="kcs" ports="0xca8" regspacings="4"

A fix for this issue will be available in a future SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server 11 kernel update.

Cause

This is caused due to a kernel bug that sets the IPMI driver to use the

Block Transfer (BT) interface instead of the KCS interface.

---end---

Of course it's possible that the above issue has been fixed in a later

version of the kernel and is not your particular issue if using UEFI.

HTH.

[1]

ftp.dell.com/.../all-produ...uide_en-us.pdf

--

Simon

SUSE Knowledge Partner

Thanks

Got it!

rmmod ipmi_si && modprobe -v ipmi_si type="kcs" ports="0xca8" regspacings="4"