Re: [Freeipmi-users] ipmiping newbie question

[Rene Salmon]

Hi,

Thanks for the help.  Yes you are correct IPMI only works on eth0 on the 
IBM e326. Once I connected both server with a cross over cable on eth0 I 
can now

athena ipmitool-1.8.7/bin# ipmiping 192.168.0.11
ipmiping 192.168.0.11 (192.168.0.11)
response received from 192.168.0.11: rq_seq=54
response received from 192.168.0.11: rq_seq=55
--- ipmiping 192.168.0.11 statistics ---
2 requests transmitted, 2 responses received in time, 0.0% packet loss


Now for the next step I would like checkout the config to file so that I 
can make some changes.  Something like this.

athena ipmitool-1.8.7/bin# bmc-config -h 192.168.0.11 -u admin -o
Section User1
        ## Give username
        Username                                     NULL
        ## Possible values: Yes/No or blank to not set
        Enable_User
        ## Give password or blank to clear.  Max 20 chars for IPMI 2.0. 
Max 16 chars on IPMI 1.5
        Password
This BMC does not support option [LAN_Enable_IPMI_Msgs].
This BMC does not support option [LAN_Enable_Link_Auth].
This BMC does not support option [LAN_Enable_Restrict_To_Callback].
This BMC does not support option [LAN_Privilege_Limit].
This BMC does not support option [LAN_Session_Limit].
This BMC does not support option [SOL_Payload_Access].
This BMC does not support option [Serial_Enable_IPMI_Msgs].


Basically all the options are not supported.  I think this might be a 
privilege permission issue or user name password thing.  I am very new 
to this so not sure where to look?

I had to use ipmtool to set things up inband but now I am trying to use 
freeipmi to do the rest.  Here is the user list:

crash ipmitool-1.8.7/bin# ./ipmitool -I open user list 1
ID  Name             Callin  Link Auth  IPMI Msg   Channel Priv Limit
1                    true    true       true       USER
2   Operator         true    true       true       OPERATOR
3   admin            true    true       true       ADMINISTRATOR
4   OEM              true    true       true       OEM



How do I check for passwords?  any clues?

Thanks

Rene





Albert Chu wrote:
> Hi Rene,
>
> > As you can see Server A can't even ping itself.  Any idea as to 
> > what I am missing here?
>
> Unlike normal 'ping', ipmiping and rmcpping cannot actually ping the
> machine you are on.  Ipmiping and rmcpping must send a packet onto the
> network so it can reach the service processor sitting on the network
> card.  So this failure is expected.  However, I can see where someone
> new to ipmi wouldn't see this immediately.  I will put a note about this
> in the manpages.
>
> > If I understand the way this works correctly Server B can actually be
> > powered off with no OS and as long as the server is connected to the
> > network and has power it should replay to the ipmiping and other
> > commands correct?
>
> You're correct.  As long as the service processor is configured properly
> (I would assume the 'lancfg' program would do it) an OS on the remote
> machine shouldn't be required.  Have you tried having the cross-over
> cable connected to both eth0 and eth1?  The IPMI NIC may be on eth0 not
> eth1?
>
> Could you also try 'rmcpping' just for kicks?  It could indicate one
> thing is mis-configured while another isn't.
>
> I'll also forward your e-mail off to another IBM IPMI user I know.  He
> may know something subtle that I don't.
>
> Al


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