Users Guide

To access BMC over a LAN, use the following ipmitool command:
ipmitool [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lanplus -H <hostname> [-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
[-O <sel oem>]
[-C <ciphersuite>]
[-Y|[-K|- <kg_key>]
[-y <hex_kg_key>]
[-e <esc_char>]
[-N <sec>]
[-R <count>]
<command>
If needed, you can download ipmitool from the htps://sourceforge.net/ projects/ipmitool website. The
commands to install ipmitool on Ubuntu or Fedora versions are as follows:
1. Install ipmitool on Ubuntu versions.
# apt-get install ipmitool
2. Install ipmitool on Fedora versions.
# yum install ipmitool
Run standard IPMI commands from ipmitool. For the command format, see Intelligent Platform Management Interface
Specification Second Generation v2.0.pdf. For more documentation, see https://linux.die.net/man/1/ipmitool.
NOTE:
Throughout this user guide, Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification Second Generation v2.0.pdf
is known as IPMI Specification v2.0. For more information about IPMI, see the Intel-hosted IPMI resources at https://
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html.
Topics:
• Configurations
• Date and time
• SNMP and email alerts
• Add and delete users
• Firewall
• Event log
• Default configuration restore
Configurations
LAN configurations
For network settings, see the IPMI Specification v2.0 chapter 23.1 Set LAN Configuration Parameters Command and Table 23-4
LAN Configuration Parameters.
Besides setting IP addresses, use ipmitool to set the network mask, MAC address, default gateway IP and MAC addresses,
and so forth.
ipmitool commands:
root@dellemc-diag-os:~# ipmitool lan set 1
usage: lan set <channel> <command> <parameter>
LAN set command/parameter options:
ipaddr <x.x.x.x> Set channel IP address
netmask <x.x.x.x> Set channel IP netmask
macaddr <x:x:x:x:x:x> Set channel MAC address
defgw ipaddr <x.x.x.x> Set default gateway IP address
defgw macaddr <x:x:x:x:x:x> Set default gateway MAC address bakgw
ipaddr <x.x.x.x> Set backup gateway IP address
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Configuration methods