IPMI/BMC Config via ipmitool

Example from Dell PowerEdge 1950:

sudo ipmitool lan print 
Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory

sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf
sudo modprobe ipmi_si

lsmod | grep ipmi
ipmi_devintf           10248  4 
ipmi_si                43788  2 
ipmi_msghandler        38872  2 ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si

sudo ipmitool lan print 1
sudo ipmitool channel getaccess 1 4

sudo ipmitool lan set 1 access on
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 192.168.0.35
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.224
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 192.168.0.33
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 defgw macaddr 00:11:22:33:44:55
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 vlan id 10
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 arp respond on
# Only enable cipher suite 3 & 4 for admin and disable the rest (more secure?)
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 cipher_privs XXaaXXXXXXXXXXX
# Use for older ipmitool which does not clear "Set in Progress" to "Set Complete"
sudo ipmitool raw 0x0c 1 1 0 0

sudo ipmitool lan set 1 auth ADMIN MD5,PASSWORD
sudo ipmitool user set name 2 admin
sudo ipmitool user set password 2 sdfsdfsdf
sudo ipmitool user enable 2 
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 1 2 privilege=4 
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 1 2 link=on
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 1 2 ipmi=on
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 1 2 callin=on 
sudo ipmitool user list 1 

sudo ipmitool lan print 1
sudo ipmitool channel getaccess 1 2
sudo ipmitool channel info 1
sudo ipmitool channel info 2

# Some BMC units won't accept the settings until the IPMI card is rebooted
sudo ipmitool mc reset warm|cold 

 

Example from HP DL120:

sudo yum install ipmitool.x86_64

sudo modprobe ipmi_msghandler
sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf
sudo modprobe ipmi_ssif

# Check initial config
sudo ipmitool lan print 2
sudo ipmitool channel getaccess 2 1
sudo ipmitool channel getaccess 2 2

# Setup admin channel
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 access on
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 ipsrc static
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 ipaddr 10.116.25.242
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 netmask 255.255.255.248
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 defgw ipaddr 10.116.25.241
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 vlan id 519
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 arp respond on
# Only enable cipher suite 3 & 4 for admin and disable the rest:
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 cipher_privs XXaaXXXXXXXXXXX
# Use for older ipmitool which does not clear "Set in Progress" to "Set Complete":
#sudo ipmitool raw 0x0c 1 1 0 0

# Channel 1 can't be used
sudo ipmitool lan set 2 auth ADMIN MD5,PASSWORD
sudo ipmitool user set name 2 admin
sudo ipmitool user set password 2 aaaaaaaaa
sudo ipmitool user enable 2
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 2 2 privilege=4
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 2 2 link=on
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 2 2 ipmi=on
sudo ipmitool channel setaccess 2 2 callin=on
sudo ipmitool user list 2

# Check config changes:
sudo ipmitool lan print 2
sudo ipmitool channel getaccess 2 1
sudo ipmitool channel getaccess 2 2

Check the current power state:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -a chassis status
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -P aaaa power status

Set the device to PXE boot:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -P aaaa chassis bootparam set bootflag force_pxe

Chek the boot method:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -P aaaa chassis bootparam get 5

Boot:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -P aaaa power on

Force hard disk boot:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -P aaaa chassis bootparam set bootflag force_disk

Connect to Serial-Over-Lan:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -P aaaa sol info
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.1 -U ADMIN -P aaaa sol activate

Disconnect from Sol with keystrokes "~."

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