Users Guide
IPMI Conguration
Use the IPMI protocol for out of band discovery of RACs, DRACs, and iDRACs. This option is for Lifecycle controller enabled
discovery and inventory. Ensure that the IP address of the DRAC and iDRAC is selected. See IPMI Conguration Options to
congure the IPMI version 2.0 parameters. This conguration is required for discovery.
IPMI Conguration Options
Table 29. IPMI Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable IPMI Discovery Enables or disables the IPMI protocol by discovery range.
User name Enter the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or DRAC
user name.
NOTE: The default user name is root. It is recommended
that you change it for security.
Password Enter the BMC or DRAC password.
NOTE: The default password is calvin. It is
recommended that you change it for security.
KG Key Enter the KG key value. DRAC also supports IPMI KG key value.
Each BMC or DRAC is congured to require an access key in
addition to user credentials.
NOTE: The KG key is a public key that is used to
generate an encryption key for use between the
rmware and the application. The KG key value is an
even number of hexadecimal characters.
Timeout (seconds) Enter a number to indicate the time that the discovery engine
waits after sending an IPMI request. The valid range is from 1 to
60 seconds. The default time is 5 seconds.
Retries (attempts) By default, one attempt. If the rst call times out, indicates the
maximum number of repeated attempts that the discovery
engine makes by resending an IPMI request to a device. Valid
range is 0–10 attempts.
NOTE: The retries and time-out parameters are used for both the Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP) ping
and the IPMI connection.
Discovery Range Action
Select these options to discover or inventory devices, components, and servers.
Table 30. Discovery Range Action
Field Description
Do not perform discovery or inventory Select this option to set up a schedule to perform discovery and
inventory (at a later time).
Perform only discovery Select this option to perform discovery.
Perform both discovery and inventory Select this option to perform both discovery and inventory.
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