diff --git a/confluent_server/VERSION b/confluent_server/VERSION
index 9459d4ba..e173b1a0 100644
--- a/confluent_server/VERSION
+++ b/confluent_server/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1
+1.1.post1
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/core.py b/confluent_server/confluent/core.py
index 837fb296..8c27e360 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/core.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/core.py
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ noderesources = {
         # this is a dummy value, http or socket must handle special
         'session': PluginRoute({}),
     },
+    'events': {
+      'hardware': {
+          'log': PluginRoute({
+              'pluginattrs': ['hardwaremanagement.method'],
+              'default': 'ipmi',
+          })
+      }
+    },
     'power': {
         'state': PluginRoute({
             'pluginattrs': ['hardwaremanagement.method'],
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py b/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py
index 03175cc3..5a8c24cb 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/messages.py
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 import confluent.exceptions as exc
 import json
 
+valid_health_values = set([
+    'ok',
+    'warning',
+    'critical',
+    'failed',
+    'unknown',
+])
 
 def _htmlify_structure(indict):
     ret = "<ul>"
@@ -527,6 +534,44 @@ class PowerState(ConfluentChoiceMessage):
     keyname = 'state'
 
 
+class EventCollection(ConfluentMessage):
+    """A collection of events
+
+    This conveys a representation of an iterable of events.  The following
+    fields are supported:
+    id (some data giving the class of event without the specific data of the
+        event.  For example, 'overtemp (1000 degrees celsius)' would have
+        the same 'id' as 'overtemp (200 degrees celsius)
+    component  (specific name of the component this event references if any)
+    component_type (A description of the sort of device component is)
+    event (A text description of the event that occurred)
+    severity (The text 'ok', 'warning', 'critical', 'failed', or 'unknown')
+    timestamp (ISO 8601 compliant timestamp if available)
+    """
+    readonly = True
+
+    def __init__(self, events=(), name=None):
+        eventdata = []
+        self.notnode = name is None
+        for event in events:
+            entry = {
+                'id': event.get('id', None),
+                'component': event.get('component', None),
+                'component_type': event.get('component_type', None),
+                'event': event.get('event', None),
+                'severity': event['severity'],
+                'timestamp': event.get('timestamp', None),
+            }
+            if event['severity'] not in valid_health_values:
+                raise exc.NotImplementedException(
+                    'Invalid severity - ' + repr(event['severity']))
+            eventdata.append(entry)
+        if self.notnode:
+            self.kvpairs = {'events': eventdata}
+        else:
+            self.kvpairs = {name: {'events': eventdata}}
+
+
 class SensorReadings(ConfluentMessage):
     readonly = True
 
@@ -562,12 +607,7 @@ class KeyValueData(ConfluentMessage):
 
 class HealthSummary(ConfluentMessage):
     readonly = True
-    valid_values = set([
-        'ok',
-        'warning',
-        'critical',
-        'failed',
-    ])
+    valid_values = valid_health_values
 
     def __init__(self, health, name=None):
         self.stripped = False
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
index b6f7423b..56258260 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ def sanitize_invdata(indata):
                         format(x, '02x') for x in indata[k][idx])
 
 
-
-
 class IpmiCommandWrapper(ipmicommand.Command):
     def __init__(self, node, cfm, **kwargs):
         self._attribwatcher = cfm.watch_attributes(
@@ -262,7 +260,8 @@ def perform_request(operator, node, element,
             results.put(msg.ConfluentTargetTimeout(node, str(tu)))
         except Exception as e:
             results.put(msg.ConfluentNodeError(
-                node, 'IPMI PluginException: ' + str(e)))
+                node, 'IPMI PluginException (see stderr log): ' + str(e)))
+            raise
         finally:
             results.put('Done')
 
@@ -327,8 +326,8 @@ class IpmiHandler(object):
         self._logevt = None
         if self.broken:
             if (self.error == 'timeout' or
-                        'Insufficient resources' in self.error):
-                self.error = self.error.replace(' reported in RAKP4','')
+                    'Insufficient resources' in self.error):
+                self.error = self.error.replace(' reported in RAKP4', '')
                 self.output.put(msg.ConfluentTargetTimeout(
                     self.node, self.error))
                 return
@@ -351,6 +350,22 @@ class IpmiHandler(object):
             self.handle_sensors()
         elif self.element[0] == 'inventory':
             self.handle_inventory()
+        elif self.element == ['events', 'hardware', 'log']:
+            self.do_eventlog()
+        else:
+            raise Exception('Not Implemented')
+
+    def do_eventlog(self):
+        eventout = []
+        for event in self.ipmicmd.get_event_log():
+            event['severity'] = _str_health(event['severity'])
+            if 'event_data' in event:
+                event['event'] = '{0} - {1}'.format(
+                    event['event'], event['event_data'])
+            event['id'] = '{0}.{1}'.format(event['event_id'],
+                                           event['component_type_id'])
+            eventout.append(event)
+        self.output.put(msg.EventCollection(eventout, name=self.node))
 
     def make_inventory_map(self):
         invnames = self.ipmicmd.get_inventory_descriptions()