Hardware Monitoring on SuperMicro Servers Using IPMI & IPMICFG SuperMicro Server Monitoring Using IPMI

ipmicfg -hostname - sets a hostname for IPMI LAN interface.

Here are some more examples of using the ipmicfg tool: To change (reset) an IPMI user password, use the command: You can list IPMI users and their permissions using the commands: Thus, we have created a user with the name ipmiusr and the password having administrator privileges. To create a new IPMI user and set a password: You can change the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of the IPMI LAN interface:

ipmicfg -user list – shows the created users and their privileges.

ipmicfg -fd - resets IPMI to the factory default settings.

ipmicfg -m – shows the current IP and MAC address for the IPMI LAN interface.

Let’s describe the most useful ipmicfg commands: If you run the ipmicfg -help command, you will see the list of all available switches. Now you can start the tool using the ipmicfg command (the symbolic link). Ln -s /root/IPMI*/Linux/64bit/IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64 /usr/local/sbin/ipmicfg Then create a symbolic link to run the tool easier: Let’s proceed to the SuperMicro BIOS interface.Īs you can see in the screenshot above, I switched to the IPMI menu item and activated LAN configuration for the IPMI interface ( Update IPMI Lan Configuration = Yes, Configuration Address Source = Static), specified the IP address, the subnet mask and the gateway IP address.

I will not call any special attention to it. On SuperMicro servers, you can access the BIOS by pressing DEL button during the server boot. And if your server is located in public data center, you are likely to use a static public IP address. If the MicroServer is installed on-premise, it may be a private IP address. IPMI configuration starts with setting the IP address of the interface, which must be specified in the BIOS. SuperMicro IPMI Configuration via BIOS and Web Interface IPMI is implemented as a separate server hardware controller independent of an operation system, BIOS or server CPU and allows remote physical hardware management. IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) provides autonomous monitoring and management interface integrated directly into the server hardware and firmware.

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