CentOS - Sep 2016 - IPMI ??

Is there a little setup display right on the box? Just asking because I
have seen that on some boxes.

Cheers,

Boris.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:15 AM, Keith Keller <
kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> On 2016-09-17, Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net> wrote:
> >
> > Okay if it requires DHCP this might be out, I'm currently out of
town
> > watching my brothers (various disabilities) while parents are on much
> > needed vacation. Don't have easy physical access to the router,
would
> > have to take out stuff in front of it. Was hoping crossover ethernet
> > would work.
>
> It probably would, but you still need some way to assign an IP address
> to the IPMI interface (it probably doesn't have one out of the box).
> But from your laptop you can run a DHCP server which would then assign
> an IP to the IPMI interface.
>
> The IPMI might self-assign if it can't find a DHCP server, but in my
> memory (which might be faulty) it doesn't do this.
>
> If for some reason Java doesn't work from your browser, Supermicro also
> distributes a Java GUI tool for interacting with Supermicro IPMI
> interfaces.  It also supports a subnet scanner, so you don't need to
> know the IP that gets assigned.  Look for IPMIview here:
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/IPMI.cfm
>
> It's not a great tool but it works well enough for console access.
>
> --keith
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On 2016-09-18, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Is there a little setup display right on the box? Just asking because I
> have seen that on some boxes.
You mean for configuring the IPMI interface?  I've never seen that but
it sounds very cool.  Do you have specific references for systems which
you've seen that on?

--keith

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Keith,

I am sorry, unfortunately I don't remember model numbers. Those were Dell
boxes as far as I remember.

Boris.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Keith Keller <
kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> On 2016-09-18, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there a little setup display right on the box? Just asking because
I
> > have seen that on some boxes.
>
> You mean for configuring the IPMI interface?  I've never seen that but
> it sounds very cool.  Do you have specific references for systems which
> you've seen that on?
>
> --keith
>
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On 9/18/2016 4:03 PM, Keith Keller wrote:
> On 2016-09-18, Boris Epstein<borepstein at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> >Is there a little setup display right on the box? Just asking
because I
>> >have seen that on some boxes.
> You mean for configuring the IPMI interface?  I've never seen that but
> it sounds very cool.  Do you have specific references for systems which
> you've seen that on?
the SUpermicro IPMI's I've used, you'd configure from linux after 
installing ipmitools and starting the ipmi service.

    # ipmitool mc status
    Invalid mc/bmc command: status
    MC Commands:
       reset <warm|cold>
       guid
       info
       watchdog <get|reset|off>
       selftest
       getenables
       setenables <option=on|off> ...
         recv_msg_intr         Receive Message Queue Interrupt
         event_msg_intr        Event Message Buffer Full Interrupt
         event_msg             Event Message Buffer
         system_event_log      System Event Logging
         oem0                  OEM 0
         oem1                  OEM 1
         oem2                  OEM 2
       getsysinfo <argument>
       setsysinfo <argument> <string>
         primary_os_name     Primary operating system name
         os_name             Operating system name
         system_name         System Name of server(vendor dependent)
         delloem_os_version  Running version of operating system
         delloem_url         URL of BMC webserver

    # ipmitool lan print 1    #<< if this command gives an error, try
    '2' instead of 1, and use '2' on all following commands
    Set in Progress         : Set Complete
    Auth Type Support       : MD2 MD5 OEM
    Auth Type Enable        : Callback : MD2 MD5 OEM
                             : User     : MD2 MD5 OEM
                             : Operator : MD2 MD5 OEM
                             : Admin    : MD2 MD5 OEM
                             : OEM      :
    IP Address Source       : Static Address
    IP Address              : 10.100.16.15
    Subnet Mask             : 255.255.248.0
    MAC Address             : 00:25:xxxxxx
    SNMP Community String   : AMI
    IP Header               : TTL=0x00 Flags=0x00 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x00
    BMC ARP Control         : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
    Gratituous ARP Intrvl   : 0.0 seconds
    Default Gateway IP      : 10.100.16.1
    Default Gateway MAC     : 00:00:00:00:00:00
    Backup Gateway IP       : 0.0.0.0
    Backup Gateway MAC      : 00:00:00:00:00:00
    802.1q VLAN ID          : Disabled
    802.1q VLAN Priority    : 0
    RMCP+ Cipher Suites     : 1,2,3,6,7,8,11,12,0
    Cipher Suite Priv Max   : aaaaXXaaaXXaaXX
                             :     X=Cipher Suite Unused
                             :     c=CALLBACK
                             :     u=USER
                             :     o=OPERATOR
                             :     a=ADMIN
                             :     O=OEM


    # ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
    # ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 10.100.16.15
    Setting LAN IP ....
    # ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.248.0
    Setting LAN Subnet Mask ...
    # ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 10.100.16.1
    ....
    # ipmitool lan set 1 arp respond on
    # ipmitool lan set 1 set access on

    # ipmitool lan print 1
    ....verify all values...

    # ipmitool user list 1
    ...userlist, note last ID, use ID+1 for '3' below
    # ipmitool user set name 3 somename
    # ipmitool user set password 3
    .... enter password twice...
    # ipmitool channel setaccess 1 3 callin=on link=on ipmi=on privilege=4

now try a web browser on https;//ipaddr-specified-above/ and log in as 
somename with the given password...



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