CentOS - Sep 2016 - IPMI ??

On 09/17/2016 09:15 PM, Keith Keller 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:
I bought a VGA capable. I don't yet know if the video card is bad or the 
board just can't use it, I'll find that out later.

But for now via VGA cable it is all working.

For what's worth, removing both flash and java capabilities from my 
browser was the second best thing I ever did (privacy badger the best), 
don't want to re-install either.

Once I'm back home and this server is set up where it goes, I'll try 
playing with non-browser IPMI tools and see what it is all about.

On 2016-09-18, Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net>
wrote:
>
> But for now via VGA cable it is all working.
>
> Once I'm back home and this server is set up where it goes, I'll
try
> playing with non-browser IPMI tools and see what it is all about.
Now that you have a console, you can use the *ipmi tools to assign an IP
address to the IPMI interface yourself, then use the Supermicro Java GUI
to get to it from anywhere on the same network.  It's a great feature to
have even if it's not your preferred method to get to the console,
because at least it's a backup method (and might be handy for helping
you test your video card).

Make sure you do not allow the IPMI's IP to be accessible on a public
network.  Either keep the IP on a private network (better), keep the IP
firewalled to only certain IPs, or change the admin password from the
default.

--keith

-- 
kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us

On 09/18/2016 04:08 PM, Keith Keller wrote:
>
> Make sure you do not allow the IPMI's IP to be accessible on a public
> network.  Either keep the IP on a private network (better), keep the IP
> firewalled to only certain IPs, or change the admin password from the
> default.
>
> --keith
>
What I had toyed with doing was setting up a switch just for the IPMI 
with an ethernet jack above my breakfast far (this pc will be installed 
on other side of breakfast bar) - no connection even to it even from my LAN.

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