- Q: I can't get the IPMI item to work.
A: There are several things to verify when IPMI items do not work:
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- Make sure that the Zabbix server is configured with IPMI support. Simple, but easy to miss.
- Check whether the StartIPMIPollers option in the server's configuration file is set to the default value, 0. If it is, set it to 1 and restart the Zabbix server.
- Make sure that the sensor names are correct. You can get the sensor names with IPMItool, and you have to use the name as it appears in the IPMItool output, with spaces and without quoting it.
- Check using the latest OpenIPMI version. Older OpenIPMI versions are known to have various issues.