AW: Using IPMI for fencing

[Marcus Franke]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 02:01:47PM +0200, Rene Rosenberger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i have now set up an ip adress and a password for ipmi. I also enabled ipmi
> over lan. But when i try to use:
> 
> ipmitool -v -I lan -H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -U root chassis power status
> 
> i get an error:
> 
> ipmitool -v -I lan -H 192.168.100.241 -U root chassis power status
> Password:
> Get Auth Capabilities command failed
> Get Auth Capabilities command failed
> Error: Unable to establish LAN session

IP address may be wrong? 

Remember, the BMC network device is sitting piggy packed on
the first network device. Usually thats eth0, maybe you're
using this device for a public IP?

> Unable to get Chassis Power Status
> 
> Any ideas what i have to do that it works?
> 

Are you able to ping the address?

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