What does this message "IPMI message handler: Event queue full, discarding incoming events" mean

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Issue

  • IPMI message handler: Event queue full, discarding incoming events" appears in /var/log/messages
  • How can the IPMI event queue be shown ?
  • How can the IPMI event queue be cleared ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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