February 8, 20251 yr Hi, I've been running into a issue where I can't find a good way to install the "ipmitool" cli tool. Previously I could install it via nerdtools, but now that nerdtools is gone, I'm really not sure how to install it. For some of the other packages that I previously acquired via nerdtools I was able to download the slackware package and add it to "/boot/extra", but the problem I'm running into is that there is no "ipmitool" slackware package, and I'd really like to try and avoid compiling it from source.
February 8, 20251 yr Author I tried using free IPMI tool to try and setup a BMC watchdog (which is what I'm trying to do), but no matter what value I use, it gives a "invalid timeout action value" despite it being valid according to the manpage. Thats why I would just like to use ipmitool, because this worked with ipmitool before. Manpage section: -a INT, --timeout-action=INT Set timeout action. The timeout action can be set to one of the following: 0 = No action, 1 = Hard Reset, 2 = Power Down, 3 = Power Cycle.
February 8, 20251 yr Community Expert Solution 27 minutes ago, Meowcat285 said: I tried using free IPMI tool to try and setup a BMC watchdog (which is what I'm trying to do), but no matter what value I use, it gives a "invalid timeout action value" despite it being valid according to the manpage. Thats why I would just like to use ipmitool, because this worked with ipmitool before. Manpage section: -a INT, --timeout-action=INT Set timeout action. The timeout action can be set to one of the following: 0 = No action, 1 = Hard Reset, 2 = Power Down, 3 = Power Cycle.
February 9, 20251 yr Community Expert for what board. I have had luck with just installing the plugin: otherwise, you may need to factory reset your ipmi via linux terminal: Quote "ipmitool mc reset cold" which will initiate a cold reset of the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) via IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface ipmitool mc reset cold as user shinji257 is rebuilding and maintaining the packages for nerd tools. you can install the latest binary from their repo: https://github.com/shinji257/unraid_pkgs/tree/main/slackware64-current/ipmitool Edited February 9, 20251 yr by bmartino1 typo - Data
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