Check power state before issuing power off for ipmi: #417
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What does this PR implement/change/remove?
Some implementations of ipmi, Dell for example, will error out if a machine is already off and an ipmitool power off command is issued. Error is
Command not supported in present state
. Checking the power state before issuing the power off command is also done in other ipmitool commands.Checklist
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