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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 IPMI resources that is hosted by Intel 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.
In addition to 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
Configuration methods
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