How to disable scans for IPMI for all interface?

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Issue

  • How to disable all IPMI interface?
  • IPMI interface errors are generated in log messages, how to stop them?
  • Virtual machine does not have IPMI interface, still IPMI errors are generated.
messages:May  7 06:11:42 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
messages:May  7 06:11:42 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)
messages:May  7 06:22:57 hostname kernel: ipmi message handler version 39.2
messages:May  7 06:22:57 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Adding default-specified kcs state machine
messages:May  7 06:22:57 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Trying default-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
messages:May  7 06:22:57 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
messages:May  7 06:22:57 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Adding default-specified smic state machine

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux [ All ]
  • Virtual Machine [ Xen, KVM, Vmware ]
  • IPMI

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