Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHEA-2011:0775 - ipmitool enhancement update

Synopsis

ipmitool enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An enhanced ipmitool package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This updated ipmitool package adds the following enhancements:

  • The update adds the "delloem" command extensions for Dell OEM hardware, which provide support for Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) solutions, LCD setting on panel, NIC setting, and power monitoring. This update also provides manual pages for the "delloem" command extensions. (BZ#631649)

  • This update integrates the Linux Multiple Device (MD) driver with ipmitool to indicate SES (SCSI enclosure services) status and drive activities for PCIe SSD based solutions. (BZ#663793)

Users of ipmitool are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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-1.8.11-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-7.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information