Questions tagged [ipmitool]
A command-line interface for devices with IPMI enabled.
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Using ipmitool chassis power option causes actions on local server, not the remote server
For a long time I have used ipmitool on servers fitted with BMC hardware such as ILO, iDRAC, etc to access other similar servers over a management LAN but I have found that commands such as:
ipmitool -...
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How to disable KCS on SuperMicro X9 boards?
I want to disable IPMI access to BMC via KCS (from Host system) on Super Micro X9DRW-iF (SMM). Lowering KCS privilege level also will do. Disabling drivers is not an option.
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ipmitool packets going out over unexpected NIC on bridged interface
After changing subnets for a lan/wan connected NIC (connection 1), the ipmitool over our management network (connection 2) fails to work. It is setup on a different interface whose configuration hasn'...
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ipmitool error - how to fix?
ipmitool previously worked on this system, but since a reboot it gives this error.
what does the error mean?
why did the reboot break it?
root@zebra:~# ipmitool power status
Could not open device at /...
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IPMI graceful shutdown before `power cycle` when executing with ipmitool?
I have many servers that sometimes require the entire server to be cold started due to certain changes.
We have many servers so this all is automated.
Right now, if the process requires a cold start, ...
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KVM access via ipmitool
Is there a way to provide to a new user "KVM access" using ipmitool or sol? There is a checkbox in User Management settings and I can check it manually, but I have a few hundreds of servers (...
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Configuring SuperMicro IPMI to use syslog via SMCIPMITool?
Is there a way to use the IPMITool (I'm running version 2.26.0) to remotely configure the syslog settings of an IPMI interface?
I have a few dozen new systems and would prefer to not do this manually.
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"ipmitool chassis bootdev" command fails with command disabled
On a Lenovo System x3550 M5, running ipmitool chassis bootdev command fails with
Set Chassis Boot Parameter 4 failed: Cannot execute command, command disabled
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% ipmitool chassis bootdev pxe ...
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Supermicro ipmi dcmi privileges
Recently we tried to monitor supermicro's servers power consumption.
And got this error:
ipmitool -I lanplus -U readonly_user -H ip_address -P password dcmi power reading -L user
DCMI request failed ...
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IPMI password works for SSH but not HTTP
What I want to do
I want to log in to IPMI through the web interface. The motherboard is from Supermicro and the product name is X11DPG-QT. I am able to access the login webpage, but I get the error ...
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Disabling local host ipmitool access
On servers from most/many vendors, I am able to see potentially sensitive information using commands like:
ipmitool user list 1
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ipmitool lan print 1
Or set new administrator users, all of which ...
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location of ipmitool info?
Does anyone know how to get this exact information through the command line/ipmitool vice this page.
Can't seem to locate it... I'm even trying to scrape the page (but that is a whole struggle of a ...
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Cannot access IPMI anymore. Both IPMIView and ipmitool show "Insufficient privilege level"
I got a Supermicro 5019TR-GF server recently.
At first I can connect to the IPMI via IPMIView or ipmitool to control the server, but today I cannot connect to the server anymore. The ipmitool show:
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Command works from bash prompt; does not work from within shell script
I'm trying to use IPMITOOL to query a bunch of OOB NICs to get their MAC addresses.
When I run:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 1.2.3.4 -U USER -P PASS lan print
I get:
MAC Address : aa:bb:cc:dd:...
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SOLVED: Configuring Tyan IPMI to use the shared LAN interface
I am using Debian 10.9 over a Tyan Thunder SX TN70EB7106 server. To use IPMI I installed the tools:
apt install freeipmi-tools ipmitool
Configured the network
# ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
# ...