Cisco Sourcefire 8140 Warning Alarm

[Rami Ibrahim]

Hi, 

 We've cisco sourcefire 8140 having 1 inline set and two security zones. 

 Recently, we noticed a warning msg in health monitor on FMC regarding the sensor :

"Module Process Status: The Intelligent Platform Management Interface daemon exited 5 times"

Any ideas on what the problem might be since we need to update the IPS signature but we are afraid because of this alarm.

Thank you.

[Rami Ibrahim]

Hi experts,

Can you please help me.

[JohnLong3]

Hello,

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) daemon communicates with the component which is used for Lights Out Management (LOM). It is a separate board which remains on even when the chassis is shut down. Maybe that component went bad or just needs to be reset (or maybe even false positive?).

I suggest opening a Cisco TAC case and have them troubleshoot the IPMI. But this component has nothing to do with rule signature updates. Those should succeed regardless of that alarm.