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... -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz