Extending ICE-Linux Monitoring

3. When processing is complete, select the Tasks & Logs→View Task Results menu item to review the

log files to determine if the operation was successful.

4. Click the Stdout and Stderr tabs on the tasks results screen to see more information. The

operation is successful if the exit code is 0 (zero):

Status: Complete

Exit code: 0

Step 3: Verify ipmitool Connectivity and Credentials

Before you can configure the BMC, you need to determine the version and IP address of your IPMI

based LAN device. The following command is arbitrary; it simply verifies if the authentication and the

selection of lanplus for IPMI v2 protocol is correct. For IPMI v1 you would specify the –I lan

option.

With the IP and correct protocol type, you can run the following test command:

# ipmitool -H demos-cp.example.com -I lanplus -U admin mc info

Password: ********

info

Device ID : 0

Device Revision : 3

Firmware Revision : 1.25

IPMI Version : 2.0

Manufacturer ID : 3973

Manufacturer Name : Unknown (0xf85)

Product ID : 0 (0x0000)

Device Available : yes

Provides Device SDRs : no

Additional Device Support :

Sensor Device

SDR Repository Device

SEL Device

FRU Inventory Device

IPMB Event Receiver

Bridge

Chassis Device

Aux Firmware Rev Info :

0x00

0x30

If authentication fails, you need to configure the proper authorization. The procedure for this varies by

IPMI device, however. For most systems you can set up the authorizations by gaining access to the

IPMI console device as follows:

# ipmitool -H demos-cp.example.com -I lanplus -U admin user list

Password:

ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg Channel Priv Limit

1 false true true Unknown (0x0)

2 Operator false true true Unknown (0x0)

3 admin false true true Unknown (0x0)

However, this requires knowledge of the username and password, so initial configuration must be

performed through the IPMI console. Consult the hardware documentation because this procedure

varies and is outside the scope of this white paper.