IPMI
From DWIKI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
Docs
- http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface
- http://openipmi.sf.net/
- http://lonesysadmin.net/2005/09/23/configuring-and-securing-ipmi-on-dell-poweredge-x8xx-hardware/
- https://www.secure-computing.net/wiki/index.php/BMC_Nagios#Power_Supply_Check
- http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/IPMI_FencingConfig
- http://www.nabble.com/IPMI-and-Dell-ERA-O-td19214114.html
Useful commands
( also see http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/IPMI_FencingConfig)
Get some hints about commands
ipmitool -I open help
Check ipmi
ipmitool -I open lan print 1
Serial console over LAN
ipmitool -U root -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.91 sol activate
Boot a remote box
ipmitool -U root -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.91 chassis power on
Sensor information
ipmitool -I open sensor
PSU status
ipmitool -I open sdr type "Power Supply" Status
Shut down a remote box
ipmitool -U root -I lanplus -H 10.0.0.91 chassis power off
ipmittool -U root -H 10.0.0.91 -E shell
On freeBsd
kldload ipmi
FAQ
ipmitool user list
Get User Access command failed (channel 14, user 1): Invalid data field in request.
Unable to send IPMI presence ping packet
yeah, could be anything again
