IPMI watchdog does not work on server which has iTCO enabled hardware
Issue
During integration problem with watchdog was discovered:
On Legacy machines I’m receiving following message and watchdog is not started
# service ipmi restart
Stopping all ipmi drivers: [ OK ]
Starting ipmi drivers: [ OK ]
Starting ipmi_watchdog driver:
kernel:IPMI Watchdog: Unable to register misc device
[ OK ]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
- TIGW1U
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