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lt13624
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11 years ago

IPMI Port

Hi, we have 15 appliances working fine, but on two of them, we have never managed to get the IPMI interface working. We have power cycled and used know working network switch ports and cables but sti...
  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    11 years ago

    Not sure if i am too late for you but there is also an issue with 5230's and their IPMI that can be resolved using the intel tools on board.

    Try this:

    You need to wait 1-2 minutes between issuing each of the two –r** switch commands

    appliancename:/home/maintenance # cd /opt/
    appliancename:/opt # cd Intel_tools/
    appliancename:/opt/Intel_tools # ls
    OFU  syscfg_V11_B9  syscfg_V5.0.1_B27  sysinfo_V1  sysinfo_V11
    appliancename:/opt/Intel_tools # cd syscfg_V11_B9
    appliancename:/opt/Intel_tools/syscfg_V11_B9 # ls
    syscfg
    appliancename:/opt/Intel_tools/syscfg_V11_B9 # ./syscfg -rfs
    Successfully Completed
    appliancename:/opt/Intel_tools/syscfg_V11_B9 # ./syscfg -rbmc
    Successfully Completed
    appliancename:/opt # cd /usr/bin/
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool lan set 3 ipaddr <ip address>
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool lan set 3 netmask <netmask>
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool lan set 3 defgw ipaddr <default gateway>
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool lan set 3 access on
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool user set name 3 sysadmin
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool channel setaccess 3 3 callin=off ipmi=on link=on privilege=4
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool user set password 3 P@ssw0rd
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool user enable 3
    appliancename:/usr/bin #./ipmitool bmc reset cold

    Hope this helps