Error message when you use the RequestResponse method or the RequestResponseEx method to send IPMI commands to the BMC in the hardware: "WBEM_E_INVALID_PARAMETER (0x80041008)"

In Windows Server 2003 R2, when you use the RequestResponse method or the RequestResponseEx method of the Microsoft_IPMI class to send Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) commands to the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in the hardware, you may receive the following error message:

This behavior occurs because the Microsoft_IPMI class is based on the Windows Driver Model (WDM) provider in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). In Windows Server 2003, there is an issue in the WDM provider. This issue prevents the provider from finding the WMISizeIs qualifier of an input array when the __Parameters instance is used to store the input parameters.

If you are using WMI COM API or WMI Scripting API, work around this problem by using the __Parameters class instead of the __Parameters instance to pass the input parameters when you call the RequestResponse method or the RequestResponseEx method.

However, there is no method to work around this problem if you use classes in the System.Management namespace in Microsoft .NET Framework. The ManagementClass.GetMethodParameters method always returns a __Parameters instance.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.