Could not obtain ip address information with ipmitool lan print command

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

"ipmitool lan print" did not show IP address of the hardware management unit (BIOS). The command shows the IP address "0.0.0.0".

$ ipmitool -H xx.xx.xx.xx -U admin -P xxxxxx lan print

(snip)
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : MD5 
                        : User     : MD5 
                        : Operator : MD5 
                        : Admin    : MD5 
                        : OEM      : MD5 
OpenIPMI Request Message (4 bytes)
 02 04 00 00
IP Address Source       : Unspecified
OpenIPMI Request Message (4 bytes)
 02 03 00 00
IP Address              : 0.0.0.0
(snip)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • ipmitool
  • OpenIPMI

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