diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
index 52fe4533..eebf1872 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ class IpmiHandler(object):
                 if ge[0] == -2:
                     raise exc.TargetEndpointUnreachable(ge[1])
                 raise
+        self.ipmicmd = persistent_ipmicmds([node, tenant])
 
     bootdevices = {
         'optical': 'cd'