Owner's Manual

252 Frequently Asked Questions
IPMI Discovery Support
Question Answer
I have given my system IP address and
credentials for Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) discovery,
but the discovery still fails.
Provide the managed system’s BMC
IP address and the BMC credentials
(user name, password, and KG Key)
NOTE: KG Key is available only on Dell x9xx
and later systems.
I have configured BMC on my managed
systems. However, I am still unable to
discover these systems.
Ensure that you have a LAN connection
to the BMC.
I am using the IPMI discovery feature to
discover the Dell x9xx systems. However, I
am unable to get the software and
hardware inventory of these systems.
IPMI discovery feature communicates
with the BMC of the managed systems to
get the status of the systems. The BMC
provides data such as:
• power and chassis status
• hardware log
•service tag
•host name
• operating system
•system type
BMC does not provide any other
information about the managed systems.
NOTE: If you want more information about
your managed systems, you can use the
Software Deployment feature of IT
Assistant to deploy Dell agent (Server
Administrator) on your managed systems.
For more information, see "Using Server
Software Deployment" on page 167.