diff --git a/vcompute/common/conf/ipmi/startcmd b/vcompute/common/conf/ipmi/startcmd
index 3e78dc2..b236f5e 100755
--- a/vcompute/common/conf/ipmi/startcmd
+++ b/vcompute/common/conf/ipmi/startcmd
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ if [ -e ${QEMU_SYSTEM_X86_64} ]; then
 
     do_log "smbios option: \"${SMBIOS_OPTION}\""
 
-    CMD="-vnc :1 ${KVM_FEATURE} -boot order=${ORDER},menu=${MENU} -device sga -chardev socket,id=ipmi0,host=localhost,port=9002,reconnect=10 -device ipmi-bmc-extern,chardev=ipmi0,id=bmc0 -device isa-ipmi-bt,bmc=bmc0 -device ich9-usb-ehci1 -serial mon:udp:127.0.0.1:9003,nowait -m ${VMEM} -cpu Haswell,+vmx -smp ${VSMP} ${BIOS_OPTION} ${SMBIOS_OPTION} ${CONTROLLER_OPTION} ${DRIVE_OPTION} ${NETWORK_OPTION} -cdrom /dev/sr0 -machine vmport=off"
+    CMD="-vnc :1 ${KVM_FEATURE} -boot order=${ORDER},menu=${MENU} -device sga -chardev socket,id=ipmi0,host=localhost,port=9002,reconnect=10 -device ipmi-bmc-extern,chardev=ipmi0,id=bmc0 -device isa-ipmi-kcs,bmc=bmc0 -device ich9-usb-ehci1 -serial mon:udp:127.0.0.1:9003,nowait -m ${VMEM} -cpu Haswell,+vmx -smp ${VSMP} ${BIOS_OPTION} ${SMBIOS_OPTION} ${CONTROLLER_OPTION} ${DRIVE_OPTION} ${NETWORK_OPTION} -cdrom /dev/sr0 -machine vmport=off"
 
 	do_log "starting virtual host..."
     do_log "qemu parameters: \"${CMD}\""