Synopsis

ipmitool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: cc56f8c640132d0e7e452a0ad7e5564f5f2e35f1f6705508254e8b02a7450fe4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 40f28bbd9c5036f37caeddf18c54149c1c6000b80365a38edc578eb82a4ed8fa
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3e2c641e7cb61d51b4b9423954eaedca0ace4afdc78af91e633db6722042a0bc
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: fd9a62d7658cabe2b4a7eb9788c9baa56117b41aad9b4d40ac76641a0be77ff8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4a0e8c5a348c3df143c15800b9ff8aaec937fd102f25545b47649a33563ad1e1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: cc56f8c640132d0e7e452a0ad7e5564f5f2e35f1f6705508254e8b02a7450fe4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 40f28bbd9c5036f37caeddf18c54149c1c6000b80365a38edc578eb82a4ed8fa
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3e2c641e7cb61d51b4b9423954eaedca0ace4afdc78af91e633db6722042a0bc
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: fd9a62d7658cabe2b4a7eb9788c9baa56117b41aad9b4d40ac76641a0be77ff8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4a0e8c5a348c3df143c15800b9ff8aaec937fd102f25545b47649a33563ad1e1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: cc56f8c640132d0e7e452a0ad7e5564f5f2e35f1f6705508254e8b02a7450fe4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 40f28bbd9c5036f37caeddf18c54149c1c6000b80365a38edc578eb82a4ed8fa
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3e2c641e7cb61d51b4b9423954eaedca0ace4afdc78af91e633db6722042a0bc
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: fd9a62d7658cabe2b4a7eb9788c9baa56117b41aad9b4d40ac76641a0be77ff8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4a0e8c5a348c3df143c15800b9ff8aaec937fd102f25545b47649a33563ad1e1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: cc56f8c640132d0e7e452a0ad7e5564f5f2e35f1f6705508254e8b02a7450fe4
s390x
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 98b21c99d1615ebfe513b394774d6d10e1890e86438558fc1fbdfc604635c41d
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1826cb890c117e336de849333c8d25641272755b1e609696c555397251c7fbe0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: cc56f8c640132d0e7e452a0ad7e5564f5f2e35f1f6705508254e8b02a7450fe4
ppc64
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: f89bd3f92013cac16000555eaae2a77d1d023ba2590fe55a7288081aef1a2e96
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 54ae3fccfbe0b55c612dba97a7517ec6c91e3c31884894eb05ab9ae4ae3c9350

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: cc56f8c640132d0e7e452a0ad7e5564f5f2e35f1f6705508254e8b02a7450fe4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 40f28bbd9c5036f37caeddf18c54149c1c6000b80365a38edc578eb82a4ed8fa
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3e2c641e7cb61d51b4b9423954eaedca0ace4afdc78af91e633db6722042a0bc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: cc56f8c640132d0e7e452a0ad7e5564f5f2e35f1f6705508254e8b02a7450fe4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 40f28bbd9c5036f37caeddf18c54149c1c6000b80365a38edc578eb82a4ed8fa
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3e2c641e7cb61d51b4b9423954eaedca0ace4afdc78af91e633db6722042a0bc
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: fd9a62d7658cabe2b4a7eb9788c9baa56117b41aad9b4d40ac76641a0be77ff8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-20.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4a0e8c5a348c3df143c15800b9ff8aaec937fd102f25545b47649a33563ad1e1