IPMI starters guide?

[pgu]

I just got a new server which is IPMI capable. I've set it up to redirect the console output over a serial line which should be accessible from IPMI. I can see that the network interface gets an IP in the dhcp server log. But what is the next step? I tried

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 # ipmiutil serial -U root -N 172.30.30.192 
ipmiutil ver 2.67
iserial ver 2.67 
Opening lan connection to node 172.30.30.192 ...
Connecting to node 172.30.30.192 172.30.30.192
GetSessChallenge: Invalid user name
ipmilan_open_session error, rv = 0x81
ipmilan Lost Arbitration
ipmi_open error = 129
iserial error -1

There is nowhere to set the password or username in the BIOS. I haven't seen any IPMI guides on the net, only references for the various commands. But I need to know how to start and in what order to run the commands.

[your_WooDness]

Hi,

normally you can find the username and password for IPMI in the manual of the server manufacturer. At Supermicro servers the default login normally is ADMIN/ADMIN.
You should be able to access the IPMI BMC also locally, without login, when you are logged in to the server. You need to load the linux modules ipmi-si and ipmi-devintf, normally ( modprobe -a ipmi-si ipmi-devintf ). Then enter your ipmi command without the IP, USER and PASSWORD arguements.
I always use ipmitool and you can access the IPMI BMC
- over network: ipmitool -H <ip> -U <USER> -P <PASSWORD> sdr
- locally with ipmi-si and ipmi-devintf loaded: ipmitool sdr
( sdr reads the sensor data repository with temperatures and fan speeds, etc. )

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With the modules ipmi-si and ipmi-devintf loaded you also have access to the user configuration of the IPMI interface and can read or modify it. There are a lot of more commands you can run than "sdr". The man page of the ipmi command should give you more hints...
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WooD

[pgu]

Thank you for your little guide! I was looking for the username and password in the manual which came with the server, but could not find it. I'll try to play around with the commands you listed.