Power management over IPMI and HP iLO2

Question

I tried to reboot server over IPMI and the integrated service processor/BMC. It worked for IBM server with an Integrated Management Module (IMM), but failed with HP iLO2 (FW v2.05).

I used ipmiutil.exe for Windows so far and would be able to use ipmitoolon a Linux machine.

Following line worked for an IBM IMM/BMC (shut down server):

ipmiutil reset -d -N 192.168.1.123 -U adminaccount -P adminpassword

Using this for a HP iLO2 I get:

ipmilan_open_session error, rv = -15

ireset: powering down ...
set_boot_options ccode 80, resp[0] = c2, resp[1] =  e4
ireset: IPMI_Reset error 128
ipmiutil reset, Invalid Session Handle or Empty Buffer

Any hints? Somebody tried this before?

Thanks, milde.

Answer 1

Well, for an HP ILO2 management processor, you can do this via ssh. Something like ssh -l Administrator 192.168.1.x "power warm" would do a warm boot of the server. I've never attempted via ipmitool, though. You can also SSH into the ILO2 and examine the command-line options:

</>hpiLO-> power

power: server power is currently: On

</>hpiLO-> power help

POWER    : Control server power.
power          - Display the current server power state
CLP COMMAND    - show /system1 enabledstate
power on       - Turn the server on
CLP COMMAND    - start /system1
power off      - Turn the server off
CLP COMMAND    - stop /system1
power reset    - Reset the server
CLP COMMAND    - reset /system1
power warm     - Warm boot the server
CLP COMMAND    - reset /system1 soft

This thread on the HP forums also addresses the issue for Linux-based systems.

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/General/Using-ipmitool-with-iLO-2/m-p/3921246/highlight/true#M14290