Werk #18729: Add cipher suite ID support for IPMI special agent

Component	Checks & agents
Title	Add cipher suite ID support for IPMI special agent
Date	Nov 26, 2025
Level	Trivial Change
Class	New Feature
Compatibility	Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions	2.5.0b1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.4.0p17 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.3.0p42 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The IPMI special agent now supports selecting the IPMI 2.0 cipher suite ID.

A new rule parameter, "Cipher suite ID," offers two choices: 3 and 17.

Existing rules without this parameter are automatically migrated and continue to use cipher suite ID 3 to maintain current behavior.

New rules default to cipher suite ID 17, which provides stronger security.

No action is required unless you want to enable the stronger cipher suite; in that case, update the rule to select cipher suite ID 17.

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