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Hello Experts<br />
I'm seeing the following entry in event viewer on a Server 2012 R2 Standard. &nbsp;It is a Dell Poweredge R730. &nbsp; Any help is appreciated as to what this means and how to resolve it.<br />
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Log Name: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;System<br />
Source: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;IPMIDRV<br />
Date: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;12/23/2016 8:23:12 AM<br />
Event ID: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1004<br />
Task Category: None<br />
Level: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Warning<br />
Keywords: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Classic<br />
User: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;N/A<br />
Computer: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;File-Server-2<br />
Description:<br />
The IPMI device driver attempted to communicate with the IPMI BMC device during normal operation. However the communication failed due to a timeout. You can increase the timeouts associated with the IPMI device driver.
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Hello Experts
I'm seeing the following entry in event viewer on a Server 2012 R2 Standard.  It is a Dell Poweredge R730.   Any help is appreciated as to what this means and how to resolve it.

Log Name:      System
Source:        IPMIDRV
Date:          12/23/2016 8:23:12 AM
Event ID:      1004
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      File-Server-2
Description:
The IPMI device driver attempted to communicate with the IPMI BMC device during normal operation. However the communication failed due to a timeout. You can increase the timeouts associated with the IPMI device driver.

Event ID:      1004

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