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Intelligent Platform Management Interface is a mechanism to manage and monitor computer hardware from the OS running on that hardware, or remotely over the network. It is implemented by a separate controller on the motherboard, called the Baseband Management Controller which may have a dedicated NIC or use one of the systems existing NICs. This tag should be used for questions related to IPMI hardware and software.

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How to know which BMCs are supported by OpenBMC (open source BMC)?

Any idea how to get list of supported BMCs for OpenBMC https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc ? For example I have a motherboard (X8SIL-F) with Nuvoton WPCM450 BMC.
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IPMI: SOL Hangning

I have IPMI configured on a Ubuntu server. Currently, the power status is on, but I cannot access this remote appliance. ipmitool -Ilan -H IP -UADMIN -P'password' chassis power status Chassis ...
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Serial-Over-Lan with Dell R410. Invalid data field in request

It's a R410 with the latest BMC firmware. I can connect it from a MacBook. $ ipmitool -v -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.23 -U root user list Password: ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg ...
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OS Install Using IPMI Tool

I am working on a script which would allow me to reload the OS on my machine without having to use the IPMI, attach media, hit the DEL key, boot to media, etc. I know once I get media attached using ...
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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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Remote restart server by ipmitool

I can't restart remote server with ipmi. I use ipmitool -U user -P password -H ip -I lan chassis cycle, also I tried power reset e.t.c, but ipmitools answers Get HPM.x Capabilities request failed, ...
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Fujitsu IPMI fan speed control

My goal is to reduce the noise and save a little bit of power of my Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6. I am using Proxmox as my OS and already installed "ipmitool" which works great for reading ...
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DLG_FLAGS_INVALID_CA and DLG_FLAGS_SEC_CERT_CN_INVALID

scenario is trying to connect via web browser to the IPMI of a new server I have; from Windows 10 either Internet Explorer 11 or Edge. Both report This site is not secure with the error being ...
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Setting Asset Tag (Overriding board_asset_tag)

I am trying to set Asset Tag for DELL server(From Machine1 to Machine2). I have tried the following options ipmitool dcmi set_asset_tag Machine2 This doesnt seem to set the asset tag. When i try to ...
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configure supermicro x10 ipmi email alert?

does anyone know how to configure a Supermicro X10dri to send out email alerts through its IPMI interface? I am trying to use a gmail account and have already enabled less secure apps.
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Access IPMI / iLOM / iDRAC / any Java-based Remote Console applet via Proxy on OSX

This question is probably more of an OSX + Java / Proxy issue than a iLOM / DRAC / IPMI issue. I am able to set up SSH tunnels for access to a server management network which contains various servers ...
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IBM Blade Center - Power Consumption with SNMP & IPMI

We have the need to follow and manage the power consumption of each blade, one by one, from our IBM Blade Center system. Is there a way to do this ? Anyhow it’s a licensing upgrade or external/...
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What do these IPMI System Event Logs mean?

I'm currently trying to troubleshoot what seem to be hardware issues with a x3650 m3 machine. Using IPMItools, I'm reading recurring assertion events from sensor type: 0F, sensor no: B5 that repeat ...
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I keep getting an IPMI error when doing console redirection

I did have the remote management portion of IPMI working locally and externally but it is now giving me an "Usage: java RConsoleApp <Aster Card IP> <Port>" error message. This is a Tyan ...
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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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Session Continually Times out when Accessing SuperMicro IPMI via Cloudflare Tunnel

I have a SuperMicro X12dpi-N6 motherboard system that is currently running Ubuntu 22.04 Server. In order to support remote maintenance, I configured a cloudflare tunnel that would allow me to access ...
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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 eg: % ipmitool chassis bootdev pxe ...
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Virtual CD is not connecting in IPMI JViewer

I am not able to mount the ISO image in the IPMI Remote JViewer. Earlier I mounted the CD and installed the OS and did some installations also. Now I am not able to mount. It's not connecting. When I ...
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Small business/charity first-time server build; Initializing and hardening?

I'm the volunteer IT coordinator for our small church. We currently use a Synology NAS as a file server, surveillance controller, web server, email server and DNS. It does a decent job with most of ...
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ASMB8-IKVM firmware update

I'm trying update firmware that there is 1.08 to more recent, I look in site official but not gotch result, all versions are defined with "unsuccessful" in verifying the firmware image ...
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IPMI IKVM + External display on Supermicro X11SBA-F?

I've been thinking of getting X11SBA-F for to replace my aging operator machine, but it must be hooked to a monitor 24/7, and at the same time i want IPMI IKVM to be active as well. Otherwise, i'd ...
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IPMITool complains that /dev/ipmi0 doesn't exist, when it does

On my Ubuntu 16.04 server (Asrock E3C224D2I), I can't run ipmitool. It complains that it Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory. Output of ls /...
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How do I enable SSH within AMI Megarac?

My server has an ASRock Rack motherboard that comes with a dedicated AMI Megarac IPMI SoC. There appears to be little documentation available for AMI Megarac and I suspect that this is because they ...
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HP BL460c Gen8 Product name change

After replacing the system board in a HP BL460c Gen8 Server blade,the Product name had changed from "Proliant BL460c Gen8" to "StoreEasy3830 Gtwy Blade". This is some thing that you can not change in ...
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Supermicro x8, x9 set some settings by cli

We have many servers supermicro x8xxx, x9 xxx and I wanna set smtp, hostname settings by script. For this I need some cli útil or interface. I know about smcipmitool, but it can set smtp only for x10. ...
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Does anyone know better way to scan for IPMI devices?

Iam using a simple nmap scan on IPMI/BMC port 623/tcp. Is this enough or Is there anything more I need to be aware using nmap? nmap -p 623 IP-IPEND
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Ubuntu reduce/increase the number of cores used on a per demand base

I would like to ask for best practices how to manage on demand base the number of cores in use of a Dell PowerEdge 1950 Gen II running Ubuntu 16.04 lts. The PowerEdge 1950 has two quad core Intel ...
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Retrieving blade/chassis (HP C7k) information from within the host through IPMI

On an HP C7000 blade enclosure with standard DL385's with up to date ILO2 (2.29); local (and remote) IPMI works splendidly for getting the usual temperatures, mac addresses, access to the console; ...
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How to get PDB info and backplane info from IPMI or from OS linux?

Can i get power distribution block (PDB) part number/serial number and backplane part number/serial number from IPMI or from OS linux ? I have server with motherboard "supermicro X9DRT-HF+" Thanking ...
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Getting console or dmesg contents when unable to login after OS crash

Our server Supermicro SYS-6016T-U often crashes due to https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=10642 . Since it's unable to write to disk, crash info isn't saved. I also cannot login using either IPMI ...
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How is Intel's Remote Management Module (RMM4) different from Supermicro's IPMI/BMC?

I am new to IPMI BMC (always used KVM) and I would like to understand what are the differences between Intel's implementation on IPMI BMC using its RMM4 module and that of Supermicro? I've read ...
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IPMI only over HTTP

I am actually performing a security review for a customer and I'm being confusing about the IPMI case. If I'm correct, the protocol is flawed by design, thus directly exposing the IPMI service (udp/...
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FreeIPMI (ipmi-sensors) not displaying PROC/MEM sensors from HP servers

I am trying to monitor our physical hardware using FreeIPMI, specifically I want to be alerted on processor, memory, power supply, and disk failures for our IBM, DELL, and HP servers. Running ipmi-...
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ipmitool not functioning the same after upgrade to 14.04

I currently have a se7501br2 motherboard that functions in a server running ubuntu 14.04. I have recently update to 14.04 from 12.04. Before this upgrade, I was able to use "ipmitool sensor" to get ...
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Allow console access to physical machines through telnet

We have a Super Micro server blade in our lab running a custom OS.The console of the OS can be accessed using the Super Micro web interface. A window gets created by running a .jnlp which needs to be ...
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Wrong keyboard layout with HP RAC and KVM Viewer

I am currently working with a ProLiant N54L Microserver and a HP Remote Access Card. I access the server through my Mabook with a German keyboard layout. On installing Ubuntu, the installation cant ...
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How to be able to use IPMI yet have graphics acceleration with a discrete graphics card?

In my lab, we have a compute server (two of them, but identical in config) running Fedora 19, built on the Supermicro H8QGI-F and 4 x AMD Opteron 6272s. It has an nVidia GT 610 discrete graphic card, ...
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SOL configuration on Tyan S8225

I'm trying to get Serial over LAN working on a Tyan S8225 motherboard running Linux. The idea is to be able to connect to it on another PC running Linux with the command ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192....
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IBM bladecenter blade IMM logs

We have an IBM bladenter H with heterogeneous blades running RHEL 6. Is it possible to download and clear the on-blade IMM logs via IBM supplied command line tools such as ipmitool, asu, dsa or other ...
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Purpose of ipmitool

what is the purpose of ipmitool. You can configure ipmi via the bios and it should be OS independent? I should be able to utlize all of the features of ipmi on a computer even if ipmitool is not ...
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How to set BMC authentication key for SCVMM host?

I am trying to configure my hosts in SCVMM to use IPMI to allow shutting down and powering on from the SCVMM console. The servers are Dell R710, and have iDRAC6 enterprise cards, running Server ...
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ASUSTeK - Can not understand PSU sensors

I'm currently checking an ASUS server with the KMPA-U16 Series motherboard and RS500A-E11-RS12U case. I'm having trouble determining whether the PSU is working properly or not. Dashboard -> PSU ...
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authenticated access to redfish on an ASMB9-iKVM

I have a workstation with an ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI motherboard, that comes with an ASMB9-iKVM controller (Firmware version: 1.17.0) Which works nicely. Recently I've discovered, that the the ...
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What do the "Unknown" hex error codes in my SEL logs indicate?

I dumped the SEL logs from my entire fleet and I have a bunch of occurrences where the SEL entries do not provide any info. So far I've had these entries show up numerous times: Unknown #0xff | | ...
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IPMI sensors that have the same name, how to access them individually

How can an IPMI "sensor" be directly addressed when the sensor "name" is used more than once by IPMI. In many normal cases, if IPMI is responding with a list of sensors like : :~$ ...
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Reset password on IPMI HP LO 100

I need to reset password on LO 100. Server HP ProLiant DL120 G6. If i use lo100cfg.exe from SmartStart Scripting Toolkit i have error "The Microsoft IPMI WMI provider may not be installed ...
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Supermicro IPMI - pingable, flashable, HTTP/HTTPS not accessible

I have a Supermicro X9SRL-F motherboard on which the IPMI isn't working properly. When I got the board I went into the BIOS and changed the IP address to static and it shows as 192.168.x.y. The IP ...
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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 or ipmitool lan print 1 Or set new administrator users, all of which ...
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Supermicro BMC IPMI - How to get hardware specs without OS access

This is my first post in Serverfault for the purpose of trying to get the hardware specs for our supermicro 1U rack server so here it goes: I have downloaded the IPMIView, IPMICFG, and SMCIPMI ...
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How to create, and quickly deploy a pre-configured Windows Server 2016 clone image to new machines?

I currently have a process in which I set up a new remote server, with no pre-installed OS. Connecting over IPMI and then RDP, I proceed to install Microsoft Server 2016, which takes 2-3 hours, apply ...
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