gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import subprocess

def get_ipmi_ip():
    grains = {}
    grains['ipmi_ip'] = True

    ipmiIpString = ('/usr/bin/ipmitool', 'lan', 'print', '1') #This will print out the full ipmitool lan print, not just the IP unfortunately
    #['/usr/bin/ipmitool', 'lan', 'print', '|', 'awk', '"/IP Address    /', '{ print $4 }"']
    #"/usr/bin/ipmitool lan print | awk '/IP Address   / { print $4 }'"
    process = subprocess.Popen((ipmiIpString), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    output = subprocess.check_output(('grep', 'IP Address'), stdin=process.stdout)
    outputFormat1 = output.strip('\n').split(':')
    outputFormat2 = outputFormat1[2].strip(" ")

    grains['ipmi_ip'] = outputFormat2

    return grains