If the IPMI driver becomes unresponsive, reload the IPMI driver (ipmi_si_drv).Įsxcfg-module -u ipmi_si_drv => unload ipmi_si_drvĮsxcfg-module ipmi_si_drv => load ipmi_si_drv Users Hard Reset operation on certain VMware ESXi operating systems, the IPMI driver (ipmi_si_drv) may become unresponsive because of an existing issue in the IPMI driver. On ESXi 6.0 U1 and ESXi 6.0 U2 versions of ESXi the IPMI driver may become unresponsive after the iDRAC reset. The result of the operation is displayed as an integer value which indicates success or failure of the operation. The command: winrm i iDRACHardReset -u:'root-username' -p:'password' -r: -a:basic -encoding:utf-8 -skipCNCheck -skipCACheck -skipRevocationcheck Unlike Windows (except WMI) and Linux OS ESXi does not prompt the user for a confirmation before resetting the iDRAC. This enables customers to perform the iDRAC reset remotely using WinRM remote commands. On all iDRAC Service Module supported ESXi OS iSM 2.3 and newer supports a CMPI method provider.

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