Re: [Freeipmi-users] ipmipower over IP - IBM eServer 325

[Albert Chu]

Hi Gerald,

> I am very sorry for wasting your time!

Glad it finally worked for you.  I will still see if I can get it to
work with the -p option for you.  I am hoping to find some contacts at
IBM to talk to.

Thanks,
Al

--
Albert Chu
address@hidden
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Nowitzky <address@hidden>
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 2:31 pm
Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] ipmipower over IP - IBM eServer 325

> After updating the firmware I used the IBM IPMI config utility 
> (lancfg) to 
> set the passwords again.
> The program confirmed the password changes.
> Trying again, nothing changed. Still no response on ipmipower.
> 
> I was trying around and happened to try the 0.2.0 IPMIPOWER with -u 
> USERID 
> but no -p and  - it worked!!
> 
> ipmipower 0.1.3 still isn't working.
> 
> So there is something about setting the password with the IBM 
> lancfg 
> utility.
> 
> I am very sorry for wasting your time!
> (Gerald)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Albert Chu
> To: Gerald Nowitzky
> Cc: address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] ipmipower over IP - IBM eServer 325
> 
> 
> Hi Gerald,
> 
> > There is an utility to set the IP and Password of the ipmi
> > controller on the eserver 325. I used this to configure the 
> password.> Should be correct.
> 
> I'm thinking the tool set the password correctly, but quite 
> possibly not
> the privilege levels, thus the password still "fails".  (This 
> points out
> an issue I should perhaps fix in ipmipower.  I allow the user to pick
> the authentication type but not the privilege level.(
> 
> Do you think you could build a different FreeIPMI and try it out?  I
> have a newer ipmipower that will try different privilege 
> automatically. It might fix your problem.
> 
> I will also see if I can hunt down some IBM IPMI contacts to see what
> they are doing with their IPMI solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> Al
> 
> --
> Albert Chu
> address@hidden
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> 
> 
>