Bug ID 1789413: IPMI 0xC0 "Node Busy" PEL/SEL related messages

Last Modified: Jul 15, 2026

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, F5OS-C(all modules)

Fixed In:
F5OS v2.0.0

Opened: Jan 28, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

IPMI commands are failing with a "Node Busy" error because the BMC cannot complete the request.

Impact

On "Node Busy." failure IPMI commands will now retry up to 5 times.

Conditions

Intermittent race conditions occur when BMC executes IPMI commands.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

After upgrading to F5OS 2.0 or later, IPMI commands will now retry up to five times if the BMC is busy, rather than failing with the "Node Busy" error message.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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