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Is "ipmievd" required on SPARC systems (T5xx0 / T3-x)?
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"ipmievd" service / daemon not needed on SPARC CMT systems.
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Applies to:
SPARC T3-1 - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
SPARC T3-2 - Version Not Applicable and later
SPARC T3-4 - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Blade T6340 Server Module - Version Not Applicable and later
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Goal
If you see errors like:
Aug 24 06:12:32 xxxxxxx ldc: [ID 490484 kern.warning] WARNING: ldc_close: (0xb) channel RX queue unconf failed
Aug 24 06:12:33 xxxxxxx ipmievd: [ID 702911 daemon.error] Get SEL Info command failed: Unknown (0x7e)
Aug 24 06:12:35 xxxxxxx ipmievd: [ID 702911 daemon.error] Get SEL Entry 0 command failed: Unknown (0x7e)
or
Oct 4 10:15:26 xxxxxxx ipmievd: Error obtaining SDR info: Timeout
Oct 4 10:15:26 xxxxxxx ipmievd: Unable to open SDR for reading
Oct 4 10:15:41 xxxxxxx ipmievd: Get SEL Info command failed: Timeout
Check if the "ipmievd" service is enabled:
# svcs ipmievd
STATE STIME FMRI
online Sep_15 svc:/network/ipmievd:default
Fix
"ipmievd" is part of the IPMI tool package ("SUNWipmi" or "ipmitool").
The "ipmievd" is a daemon mainly intended for x86 systems and forwards events from the Service Processor's event log to the syslog facility.
On SPARC systems there is a different mechanism that forwards entries from the Service Processor's Event log to the Host's syslog facility and therefore "ipmievd" is not needed.
You can safely disable it on SPARC systems:
# svcadm disable ipmievd
The "ipmitool" command and the forwarding of events from the SP's event log will continue to work with "ipmievd" disabled (SPARC).
"ipmievd" is actually disabled by default on SPARC systems.
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