Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials This Dell Technical White Paper provides information about how to manage devices using IPMI protocol.
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Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials Contents Executive summary .................................................................................................. 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 4 How to enable IPMI over LAN ....................................................................................... 4 Using IPMI to manage an environment .......................................................
Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials Executive summary The objective of this white paper is to make the reader understand how IPMI protocol can be used to monitor and manage devices. Whenever there is an environment where operating systems are not installed on the server or the server is switched off, IPMI protocol can be used to manage the server/RAC. IPMI protocol talks directly to the server through the RAC and it does not require an operating system to be installed on the server.
Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials Figure 1. [Figure title] Using IPMI to manage an environment Health status of the server can be monitored using IPMI protocol Whether the server has an operating system or not, or when the server is turned off and the RAC is reachable, IPMI protocol can be used to monitor the server. When operating system is present SNMP and WMI protocols will get preference in OME as they collect more inventory data. OpenManage Essentials 1.
Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials o Navigate to Manage > Remote tasks and click on Create “Command Line task” o In the window that opens, provide a task name (By default, the task name will be Command Line Task – date in mm/dd/yyyy format and time in H:mm:ss am/pm format) o Type in the command that needs to be run on the device like SEL, CHASSIS POWER STATUS, etc.
Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials Figure 3. [Figure title] Correlation with IPMI protocol is supported OpenManage Essentials 1.1 supports correlation of server and RAC when the server is discovered using SNMP or WMI protocols and the RAC is discovered and inventoried using IPMI protocol. Correlation means correlating the inventory and discovery data received from server and RAC using various protocols. When OpenManage Essentials 1.
Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials Software Inventory Information Virtual Flash Information Conclusion or Summary IPMI protocol can be used to manage servers in an environment where the server is not reachable. A server can be unreachable when there is no operating system installed on it or it is turned OFF. IPMI protocol is used to discover the RAC and then we can use it to manage the server.
