how to do ipmi for fencing, hardware specific requirement?

Question

i'm a total noob about ipmi, fencing and ha, i want to create node with high availability. wanna fencing node with ipmi.

root@proxmox01:~# ipmitool sensor
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Device ID command failed
Unable to open SDR for reading

question 1, how to configure ipmi for fencing, do my pc not meet any requirement specific hardware? this is what i do to check

root@proxmox01:~# dmidecode -t 1 -t 2 -t 3
# dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
        Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Product Name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        UUID: 03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009
        Wake-up Type: Power Switch
        SKU Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
        Manufacturer: ASRock
        Product Name: Z77 Extreme4
        Version:
        Serial Number:
        Asset Tag:
        Features:
                Board is a hosting board
                Board is replaceable
        Location In Chassis:
        Chassis Handle: 0x0003
        Type: Motherboard
        Contained Object Handles: 0

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
Chassis Information
        Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Type: Desktop
        Lock: Not Present
        Version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        Boot-up State: Safe
        Power Supply State: Safe
        Thermal State: Safe
        Security Status: None
        OEM Information: 0x00000000
        Height: Unspecified
        Number Of Power Cords: 1
        Contained Elements: 0
        SKU Number: To be filled by O.E.M.

i just doing

#modprobe ipmi_devintf
#modprobe ipmi_si

but when i'm running ipmitool sensor, the error output still the same, could'n open device at /dev/ipmi0

thereis dmesg output do my hardware not meet any requirement to do ipmi module?

root@proxmox01:~# dmesg |grep ipmi
ipmi message handler version 39.2
ipmi_si: Adding default-specified kcs state machine
ipmi_si: Trying default-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
ipmi_si: Adding default-specified smic state machine
ipmi_si: Trying default-specified smic state machine at i/o address 0xca9, slave address 0x0, irq 0
ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
ipmi_si: Adding default-specified bt state machine
ipmi_si: Trying default-specified bt state machine at i/o address 0xe4, slave address 0x0, irq 0
ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)
ipmi device interface

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '14 at 16:51

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You need a system which actually has IPMI.

Your cheap desktop motherboard, like virtually all such motherboards, does not.

answered Aug 19 '14 at 16:51

Michael Hampton

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how to check the device actually have a ipmi module with the cli/terminal?? – arifkhumaidi Aug 19 '14 at 16:54
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@arifkhumaidi Consult its specifications before you buy it. – Michael Hampton Aug 19 '14 at 16:56
@arifkhumaidi: You buy a *server* which has IPMI support. It's listed in the specs. – Sven Aug 19 '14 at 16:56
This doesn't sound like it'll end up being very highly-available. – ewwhite Aug 19 '14 at 17:08

how to do ipmi for fencing, hardware specific requirement?

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