Getting LCD message through IPMI form Dell Server (Poweredge R710)

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I'm exploring the IPMI interface (using ipmitool on ubuntu 11.10, remotely over LAN) and can perform various operations however, I can't view the status message displayed on the LCD.

ipmitool supports delloem lcd subcommands. These subcommands unfortunately primarily only allow me to set data to the lcd, but I can't read from the lcd.

The message currently displayed on the LCD relates to the loss of power redundancy (Dell orange error). For testing purposes I manually removed the redundant power supply and have been trying to read the message.

Any suggestions?

Best Answer

This may not get you the text off the LCD, but have you tried the chassis and power subcommands? It's been a while since I had Dell equipment, but I believe one of these has power supply status information.

Alternatively you can install the OpenManage SNMP agent and query this information (and a lot more) via SNMP without having to parse ipmitool's output yourself.