Load IPMI Modules on Linux

Load IPMI Modules on Linux

Common Errors:

*Not seeing Ipmi information due to no device found. Kernel module may not be loaded.
*Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
*Get Device ID command failed
*Unable to open SDR for reading


Modules may need to be loaded to allow IPMI.
Load Modules:
*modprobe ipmi_devintf
*modprobe ipmi_si

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