How To Install OpenIPMI on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI on CentOS 7. OpenIPMI is IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI on CentOS 7.

What is OpenIPMI

The Open IPMI project aims to develop an open code base to allow access to platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). This package contains the tools of the OpenIPMI project. The Open IPMI project aims to develop an open code base to allow access to platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). This package contains the tools of the OpenIPMI project.

We can use yum or dnf to install OpenIPMI on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install OpenIPMI.

Install OpenIPMI on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenIPMI

Install OpenIPMI on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install OpenIPMI

How To Uninstall OpenIPMI on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the OpenIPMI package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove OpenIPMI

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.