Build Notes Option #1 Run the script bldipmi.pl Option #2 Use the manual steps listed below: 1) Download ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz from https://xcat.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xcat/xcat-dep/trunk/ipmitool/ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz to /tmp/ipmitool directory. 2) cd /tmp/ipmitool 3) gunzip ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz 4) tar xvf ipmitool-1.8.11.tar 5) Copy ipmitool.spec to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS/ 6) tar cvf ipmitool-1.8.11.tar ipmitool-1.8.11 7) gzip ipmitool-1.8.11.tar 8) Copy ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES 9) Copy ipmitool-config.h.in.patch, ipmitool-imbapi.patch , and ipmitool-ipmievd.patch to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES 10) cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS 11) Run "rpm -bb ipmitool.spec", which creates: /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/ipmitool-1.8.11-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm NOTE #1 HOW TO CREATE THESE PATCHES 1) cd /tmp/ipmitool-1.8.11 2) mkdir a (this directory contains the original file) 3) Copy original file to "a" subdirectory 4) Repeat above for directory "b" (this directory contains the changed file) 5) Copy changed file to "b" subdirectory 6) cd /tmp/ipmitool-1.8.11 7) diff -uNr a b > ipmitool.patch NOTE #2 ENABLE THE SSL Before running the build operation, the openssl-devel should be installed on the build env to make sure the ssl can be enabled for the generated ipmitool package. You can run the 'ldd ipmitool' to see whether the 'libcrypto.so.x' has been added as a dependency to check whether the ssl has been enabled. Note #3 On RHEL 7.1 ppc64le, probably because of the beta version of toolchain, needs to add "--build=powerpc64le-redhat-linux-gnu" with the ./configure in ipmitool.spec