How to disable IPMI

[ledude1]

Hi all.

Still very new with esxi.  tryng to figure out what I'm doing but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far except one.  Apparently my SuperMicro Mobo can't run ESXI if my IPMI is enabled.  So I have to disable it when I boot using this command.

Shift O

noipmiEnabled

That lets me boot the ESXI which is cool except one problem.  I think that's a temporary fix because if I rebooted the machine, I'll have to redo it again.  So how do I do it permanently to disable the IPMI?

I found the solution from this link:

http://akhpark.wordpress.com/2013/06/

1. Once booted, connect with vSphere and add uncheck VMkernel.Boot.impiEnabled

Wasn't quite sure what it means.  Can anyone help me out with the step by step on how to do it?  I'm very puzzled.  Many thanks.

Le Dude

[aravinds3107 · Accepted solution]

Follow the section Setting advanced configuration options using the vSphere Client for ESX/ESXi 3.0. 4.x, and 5.x in KB1038578 to disable

For step 6 look for VMkernel.Boot.impiEnabled and set value 0 or unchecked

[ledude1]

Thanks aravinds3107.

found it under this section base on the doc you referred to:

Setting advanced configuration options using the vSphere Client for ESX/ESXi 3.0. 4.x, and 5.x

Now I'm just waiting for the right time to reboot the host and hopefully it works like a champ.  Many thanks again...