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I have a problem with our Power8 box. I can no longer use the IPMI interface - every command I issue even simple read only queries like "chassis status" result in the following output:

$ /opt/local/bin/ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.70.147 -P admin chassis status
Error in open session response message : insufficient resources for session

Error: Unable to establish IPMI v2 / RMCP+ session
Error sending Chassis Status command

The issue with this is that I can no longer access the SOL interface. Any ideas how I get the box out of this state? I've tried power cycling - next idea is to reset to factory defaults.

Jeremy Kerr
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Access to IPMI is mutually exclusive between the PowerVM and PowerKVM enabled modes.

As seen, IPMI will work just fine in the OPAL hypervisor mode, PowerVM mode uses a different firmware load.

There's an emerging page for IPMI considerations over on the DeveloperWorks realm.

There's also some information on IPMI in the PowerKVM Redbook.

Bill Buros
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