diff --git a/src/ipmiblob/ipmi_errors.hpp b/src/ipmiblob/ipmi_errors.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <map>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace host_tool
+{
+
+class IpmiException : public std::exception
+{
+  public:
+    const std::map<int, std::string> commonFailures = {
+        {0xc0, "busy"},
+        {0xc1, "invalid"},
+        {0xc3, "timeout"},
+    };
+
+    explicit IpmiException(int cc)
+    {
+        std::ostringstream smessage;
+
+        auto search = commonFailures.find(cc);
+        if (search != commonFailures.end())
+        {
+            smessage << "Received IPMI_CC: " << search->second;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            smessage << "Received IPMI_CC: " << cc;
+        }
+
+        message = smessage.str();
+    }
+    explicit IpmiException(const std::string& message) : message(message){};
+
+    virtual const char* what() const noexcept override
+    {
+        return message.c_str();
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::string message;
+};
+
+} // namespace host_tool