Enable IPMI on HP Z840 workstation from bios for vmware ESXi

[zalbarqa]

I have a (High End) Z840 Workstation, 2X E5-2699, And i run a vmware ESXi on it in Bare Metal mode which means Vmware is the main OS i removed the windows OS and i let it to boot up with ESXi vmware.

 

So, After i booted up with the vmware ESXi and i logged in to the ESXi Host Client i got an error message saying:

"This system has no IPMI capabilities, you may need to install a driver to enable sensor data to be retrieved"

 

So, My question is can i enable the IPMI from the BIOS of HP workstation or i need to install some driver in VMWARE OS and if i need to install a driver how can i do that from the BIOS or from the vmware OS?

 

[Technogeezer]

Since you are running ESXi on bare metal (not as a VM) and you're not running VMware Workstation on a Windows or Linux OS, you might get a better answer by posting this question in a vSphere/ESXi forum: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi/ct-p/2009

 

 

[zalbarqa]

Thank you for your reply,

I just posted same question in the mentioned community, hope to get proper answer overthere

[Scott Vessey]

This post will likely disappear once a moderator notices that it is a duplicate and in the wrong area of the forums.

[bluefirestorm]

It looks like Z840 does not have any IPMI as it is not listed in the specifications.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04505606

The name iLO is used by HP to brand their IPMI. If there is an IPMI, usually one LAN port is dedicated for its use.