Installing and enabling ipmitool.

Problem:

How do I install and enable ipmitool?

Solution:

To install the ipmitool software execute the following commands from a root shell:

  • Enterprise Linux 5.x / CentOS 5.x:

    # yum install OpenIPMI OpenIPMI-tools
    
  • Enterprise Linux 6.x / CentOS 6.x or Fedora:

    # yum install OpenIPMI ipmitool
    
  • Enterprise Linux 7.x / CentOS 7.x or Fedora:

    # yum install OpenIPMI ipmitool
    
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

    # apt-get install ipmitool
    

To enable IPMI access for non-Ubuntu distributions execute the following commands from a root shell:

# /sbin/chkconfig ipmi on
# service ipmi start

Ubuntu starts the daemon automatically.