How to Install IPMItool?

Purpose :

IPMItool is a good tool for operation and management by sending commands to BMC.

It supports both local and remote operations.

Requirement :

Environment with available ipmitool utility.

Method :

A. Installing on RedHat or CentOS via yum

B. Installing on Ubuntu via apt-get

C. Download ipmitool source code to build and install

A. Installing on RedHat or CentOS via yum

[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install ipmitool
...
Installed:
  ipmitool.x86_64 0:1.8.18-7.el7

Dependency Installed:
  OpenIPMI-modalias.x86_64 0:2.0.23-2.el7

Complete!

Load the IPMI kernel modules

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipmi_si
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipmi_devintf
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipmi_msghandler

Check ipmitool essential modules are loaded and running.

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep -i ipmi
ipmi_ssif 29487 0
ipmi_si 59571 0
ipmi_devintf 17603 0
ipmi_msghandler 56032 3 ipmi_ssif,ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si

B. Installing on Ubuntu via apt-get

[root@localhost ~]# sudo apt-get install ipmitool  

Load the IPMI kernel modules

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipmi_si
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipmi_devintf
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipmi_msghandler

Check ipmitool essential modules are loaded and running.

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep -i ipmi
ipmi_ssif 29487 0
ipmi_si 59571 0
ipmi_devintf 17603 0
ipmi_msghandler 56032 3 ipmi_ssif,ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si

C. Download ipmitool source code to build and install

      1. Download the latest version of IPMItool from the official website:

      2. Get the patch tar ball “ipmitool-1.8.18.tar.gz”:

      3. Unzip the file, configure and build source: 

      4. Load IPMItool driver:

      5. Execute first IPMItool command, to read the current HPM.1 version configuration.

D. Download ipmitool_DOS.zip to use on Windows