Dell C6100 Configure IPMI from OS?

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With my other dells, I could configure IPMI from CentOS, though I didnt have full BMC as far as I know. I mainly used it for power functions and never even actually tried SoL. Anyway, I am trying to see if I can configure my C6100's in Ubuntu through ipmitool, but it doesnt seem to see anything. Is there another tool I should be using? I dont use anything like openmanage.

Setting up ipmitool (1.8.11-5ubuntu1) ...
ipmievd: using pidfile /var/run/ipmievd.pid0
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Unable to open interface
invoke-rc.d: initscript ipmievd, action "start" failed.
Unable to start ipmievd during installation. Trying to disable.
Setting up libopenipmi0 (2.0.18-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up openipmi (2.0.18-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
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A bit more information:

foo@osd3:~$ /etc/init.d/openipmi start
* Starting ipmi drivers

foot@osd3:~$ /etc/init.d/openipmi status
ipmi_msghandler module not loaded.
ipmi_si module not loaded.
ipmi_devintf module not loaded.
/dev/ipmi0 does not exist.

foo@osd3:~$ ipmitool lan print
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory
Get Channel Info command failed
Invalid channel: 255
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Figured it out. Hope this helps others:

Code: 
foo@osd3:~$ sudo modprobe -v ipmi_si
insmod /lib/modules/3.5.0-39-generic/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.ko
insmod /lib/modules/3.5.0-39-generic/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si.ko
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$ /etc/init.d/openipmi restart
 * Stopping ipmi drivers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             * may be in use
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [ OK ]
 * Starting ipmi drivers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [ OK ]
foo@osd3:~$ /etc/init.d/openipmi status
ipmi_msghandler module loaded.
ipmi_si module loaded.
ipmi_devintf module not loaded.
/dev/ipmi0 does not exist.
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$ sudo modprobe -v ipmi_msghandler
foo@osd3:~$ sudo modprobe -v ipmi_devintf
insmod /lib/modules/3.5.0-39-generic/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.ko
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$ /etc/init.d/openipmi restart
 * Stopping ipmi drivers.                                                                                                                                                                           
 * Starting ipmi drivers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [ OK ]
foo@osd3:~$ /etc/init.d/openipmi status
ipmi_msghandler module loaded.
ipmi_si module loaded.
ipmi_devintf module loaded.
/dev/ipmi0 exists.
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$
foo@osd3:~$ sudo ipmitool lan print
Set in Progress         : Set Complete
Auth Type Support       : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : User     : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Operator : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Admin    : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
                        : OEM      : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
IP Address Source       : DHCP Address
IP Address              : 192.168.0.117
Subnet Mask             : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address             : 00:a0:d1:ed:4b:5a
SNMP Community String   : public
IP Header               : TTL=0x40 Flags=0x40 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x08
BMC ARP Control         : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Gratituous ARP Intrvl   : 2.0 seconds
Default Gateway IP      : 192.168.0.1
Default Gateway MAC     : 00:00:00:00:00:00
Backup Gateway IP       : 0.0.0.0
Backup Gateway MAC      : 00:00:00:00:00:00
802.1q VLAN ID          : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority    : 0
RMCP+ Cipher Suites     : 0,1,2,3
Cipher Suite Priv Max   : uaaaXXXXXXXXXXX
                        :     X=Cipher Suite Unused
                        :     c=CALLBACK
                        :     u=USER
                        :     o=OPERATOR
                        :     a=ADMIN
                        :     O=OEM
foo@osd3:~$
 
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