IPMItool and System Event Logs

Document Scope

This document provides instructions for generating system event logs from the IPMI using IPMItool. These logs can provide useful troubleshooting information that isn't always readily available while booted into the OS on your system. Our support team may ask for this info to help nail down hard-to-diagnose issues.

Step 1: Install IPMI and IPMItool via yum using the following command

[root@exx]# yum install OpenIPMI OpenIPMI-tools

[root@exx]# sudo dnf -y install ipmitool

For Ubuntu 20.04

[root@exx]# sudo apt install ipmitool

Step 2: Make sure that the server is set to start during startup and start the IPMI service

[root@exx]# chkconfig ipmi on
[root@exx]# service ipmi start

Step 3: You can now use these commands to print output of the system activity

ipmitool sel info
ipmitool sel elist

## output the .txt file to send to Support if they ask
ipmitool sel elist > ipmilogs.txt