Re: [ipmiutil-developers] Recieved error "-1", unable to figure out cause

[Andy C. <and...@gm...>]

Zach,

On Windows, there are two options for IPMI drivers that ipmiutil can use:
   imbdrv.sys from Intel  (cached at
http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/kern/imbdrv130.zip)
   ipmidrv.sys from Microsoft which comes installed by default on most
later Windows Server versions.
You can use one or the other, but not both, since they compete to
access the same interface.

Section 5.1 of the ipmiutil UserGuide explains the issues in some
depth.  (http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/docs/UserGuide).

On the 2012 system you have encountered the third one of the Microsoft
driver bugs listed in the UserGuide.
I don't understand why Microsoft has not tried to fix the ipmidrv.sys
driver.   If you have Microsoft support please log this bug with them.
Perhaps if enough people report it, they will fix it.

As it stands, the only available remedy is to remove the Microsoft
driver and replace it with the Intel driver.
Refer to the UserGuide for steps to perform this.

Andy

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 1:06 PM, zach vandehey <Sai...@li...> wrote:
> Hello, I am a bit of an IPMI noob, (just learned what it is and how to
> use/implement it in the last 2 weeks) and I have hit a bit of a snag with
> one of my production servers.
>
>
> when trying to use ipmiutil 3.0.2 on a windows 2012 r2 server I have
> received this:
>
> "cannot open an IPMI driver: imbdrv.sys or ipmidrv.sys ipmiutil serial,
> error -1"
>
>
>  I originally thought it was because the imbdrv.sys was removed from the
> server, however, I have a test server of the same model running windows
> server 2012 r2 as well that I removed the driver from but any command still
> works. however, on my production server I am still hitting the error. is
> there any information or anyone else that has experienced this? Any
> information and help to solve this is greatly appreciated, thank you.
>
>
> -Zach
>
>
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