Description of problem (feature request): The OpenIPMI-tools rpm does include the ipmitools package, but the ipmiutil rpm is not in the RH EL distribution. There are versions of this package in SLES, MVL CGE, RedFlag, etc. The ipmitool package is very useful, but ipmiutil does provide some additional features that are not included in ipmitool, and there are some customers who prefer it. ipmiutil-1.9.5 is available at http://ipmiutil.sf.net
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Engineering for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Red Hat does not currently plan to provide this change in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux update release for currently deployed products. With the goal of minimizing risk of change for deployed systems, and in response to customer and partner requirements, Red Hat takes a conservative approach when evaluating enhancements for inclusion in maintenance updates for currently deployed products. The primary objectives of update releases are to enable new hardware platform support and to resolve critical defects. However, Red Hat will further review this request for potential inclusion in future major releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.