Intelligent Platform Management Interface

• Linux kernel module: ipmi_devintf
• Debian packages: apt install openipmi ipmitool

ipmitool

Get info:

ipmitool lan print
ipmitool user list
ipmitool channel getaccess 1

Add new user and permissions:

ipmitool user set name 3 myusername
ipmitool user set password 3 <password> 16
ipmitool channel setaccess 1 3 link=on ipmi=on callin=on privilege=4
ipmitool test 3 16 <password>

* where ‘3’ is user id and ’16’ is length of password

SuperMicro

• IPMIView is a GUI app specific to SM BMC (Linux/Windows)
• Since 2019 the default "ADMIN" password is no longer used
• Every device now has a "Unique BMC Password" printed on sticker (pdf)
• ADMIN user has id 2