Static ipmitool binary for ESXi execution

I realize it's pretty shady to download and execute a stranger compiled file, but I promise it's a clean, functioning standalone version of ipmitool. My iDRACs locked me out on my ESXi hosts so I needed a way to send them a cold reset. Hopefully this saves you time/hassle.

You could also build it yourself quickly with Docker https://github.com/ewen-naos-nz/docker-build-static-ipmitool

ipmitool to the rescue...

I ended up creating a CentOS 4.8 VM to create this and overall it took me a couple hours to fully complete after all was said and done. I'm uploading to save someone else the time/hassle of doing it yourself.

The process was taken from : http://ewen.mcneill.gen.nz/blog/entry/2015-07-09-static-ipmitool-on-vmware-esxi/

Please note that a couple functions won't work:

: warning: Using 'getaddrinfo' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
../lib/.libs/libipmitool.a(ipmi_tsol.o)(.text+0xe34): In function `ipmi_tsol_main':
: warning: Using 'gethostbyname' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking

To reset the iDRAC, first copy the ipmitool.static to your ESXI host. Note that a warm reset won't work.

Then:

~ # ipmitool.static mc reset cold