Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1567 - ipmitool bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

ipmitool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated ipmitool packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ipmitool packages contain a command line utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control.

The ipmitool utility has been upgraded to upstream version 1.8.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#825194)

This update also fixes the following bug:

  • The IPMI kernel code was missing aliases for the IPMI kernel modules. Consequently, not all of the IPMI kernel modules could be automatically loaded when the appropriate hardware was detected, and the hardware thus could not be used. To fix this problem, the module alias configuration file has been added to the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory, linking all of the separate IPMI modules to the IPI* device class alias. Note that the system must be rebooted for this change to take effect. (BZ#1029529)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

  • To improve usage of ipmitool as a part of the software stack, certain environment variables were unified and several new variables were introduced to ipmitool, specifically:

IPMITOOL_* variables now take precedence over IPMI_* variables.

The IPMITOOL_KGKEY variable has been added to unify the name space usage.

  • Limited IPv6 support has been added to the ipmitool packages; the IPMI standard does not include the IPv6 data definitions, and therefore this change includes only IPv6 connectivity. The OEM-vendor-specific command values related to IPv6 are beyond the scope of this feature. (BZ#1056581)

Users of ipmitool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements. After installing this update, the IPMI event daemon (ipmievd) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.s390x.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.s390x.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information