Common BMC and IPMI Utils and Examples

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Common BMC and IPMI Utils and LAST MODIFIED Sep 19th 2016, 10:23:03 am
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SUMMARY
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
Description assists in hardware monitoring and troubleshooting.
The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is a
This KB provides examples of using the IPMI tools from a hypervisor perspective. micro-controller and the major component of the IPMI
You can execute all the ipmitool commands from the Controller VM on all the sub-system. BMC has both an ethernet interface and a
directly attached interface to the chipset on the
supported hypervisors, but you must specify the authentication information and
motherboard. Such a conguration allows to access
lanplus specication.
the micro-controller directly (from the hypervisor) or
remotely over LAN (from Controller VM).
Solution
Authentication
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Direct connection from the ESXi host does not require any authentication. For
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Hyper-V, there are two ways to authenticate: using the username (U) and
password (P) switches or the environment (e) switch. Did this article help you?
This article resolved my issue.
Serial console redirection from the Controller VM requires the username (U) and This article did not resolve my issue.
Helped resolve, but need more information.
password (P) information. It also requires the host (H) and lanplus interface (-I)
to be specied. The lanplus parameter is required to enable the IPMI 2.0 RMPC+ Submit feedback on this article
protocol.
nutanix@CVM$ ipmitool -I lanplus -U ADMIN -P ADMIN -H

HOSTIP power status
If the username and password are cached in the environment variables, the
environment (E) option can be used instead of (U) and (P) ones.
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Resetting the Password
Please note that all password resets must be done local to the host as this is the
only way to get access to IPMI on that host if you've lost the password. IPMICFG
is a tool available from SuperMicro and works with Linux or Windows machines.
Please be sure to use the directory for the les appropriate to your system
(Linux/Windows/x64/x32).
ESXi/AHV (using hostname$ipmitooluserlist

ipmitool) IDNameCallinLinkAuthIPMIMsgChannel
PrivLimit
2ADMINtruefalsefalseUnknown(0x00)

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hostname$ipmitoolusersetpassword2
<password>

AHV/Hyper-V DownloadIPMICFG
(using ipmicfg) hostname\path\to\ipmicfg>ipmicfguser
list
IDNameCallinLinkAuthIPMIMsgChannel
PrivLimit
2ADMINtruefalsefalseUnknown(0x00)
hostname\path\to\ipmicfg>ipmicfg>ipmicfg
usersetpwd2<password>

Locations of the binaries
ESXi /ipmitool
AHV /usr/bin/ipmitool
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Hyper- C:\ProgramFiles
V (x86)\sourceforge\ipmiutil\ipmiutil.exe
Help information for specic commands
ESXi/AHV ipmitoolCMDOPT/?
Hyper-V ipmitoolCMD?
Determine and modify current LAN settings
ESXi/AHV Hyper-V
GetLANconfiguration /ipmitoollanprint1 ipmiutillan
More succinctly /ipmitoollanprint1| ipmiutillan|

egrep"IP egrep"IP
Address|Subnet|Gateway address|Subnet|Def
IP|VLAN" gatewayIP|VLAN
ID"
SetIPAddresssource /ipmitoollanset1 Not needed: IP address

ipsrc setting congures
<none|static|dhcp|bios> address source as static
by default.
Set IP address /ipmitoollanset1 ipmiutillaneI
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ipaddr<x.x.x.x> <x.x.x.x>
Set IP netmask /ipmitoollanset1 ipmiutillaneS
netmask<x.x.x.x> <x.x.x.x>
Set default gateway IP /ipmitoollanset1 ipmiutillaneG

address defgwipaddr<x.x.x.x> <x.x.x.x>
Disable or enable VLAN /ipmitoollanset1 ipmiutillaneh

and set ID (1-4094) vlanid<off|<id>> <VLANID>(>=4096
todisable)
Reset the BMC - reference /ipmitoolbmcreset ipmiutilresetk

FA-34 below before cold
issuing
Get the lan mode - /ipmitoolraw0x300x70 ipmiutilsmcoem

SuperMicro 0x0c0 lanport
(dedicated/shared/failover)
Set the lan mode - Dedicated: Dedicated:

SuperMicro ipmitoolraw0x300x70 ipmiutilsmcoem
0x0c10 lanportdedicated
Shared: Shared:
ipmitoolraw0x300x70 ipmiutilsmcoem
Feedback
0x0c11 lanportlan1
Failover: Failover:
ipmitoolraw0x300x70 ipmiutilsmcoem
0x0c12 lanportfailover
SettingthelocatorLEDonthenode
nutanix@CVM$ipmitoolH10.128.41.121UADMINP
ADMINchassisidentifyforce
Chassisidentifyinterval:indefinite
TurnoffthelocatorLED
ADMINchassisidentify0
Chassisidentifyinterval:off
SetthelocatorLEDonfor255secondsonly
ADMINchassisidentify255
Chassisidentifyinterval:255seconds
IPMIstoresinformationintotheSystemEventLog(SEL),SensorDataRecord
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(SDR)repository,andtheFieldReplaceableUnits(FRUs).
SystemEventLog(SEL)
TheBMCcontainsacentral,nonvolatileSELthatcanbeaccessedevenaftera
CPUfailureontheserver,forexamplethroughtheIPMILANaccess.
AseriesofIPMIcommandspermitsreadinganddeletingtheSEL.Sincethe
memoryfortheSELislimited,itmustbeperiodicallycheckedanddeleted,so
thatadditionaleventscanbedocumented.Thefollowingtwoarticlesprovide
additionalinformationregardingthis:
QuerySELevents
nutanix@CVM$ipmitoolH10.128.41.121UADMINPADMINvsellist
1|03/13/2014|02:47:10|PowerSupply#0xc8|Failuredetected|
Asserted
Deasserted
Asserted
Deasserted
Feedback
Asserted
Deasserted
Asserted
Deasserted
9|04/06/2014|07:21:53|Memory|CorrectableECC|Asserted|CPU2
DIMM2
QuerySELeventswithadditionalverbosity
ADMINvsellist
SELRecordID:0001
RecordType:02
Timestamp:03/13/201402:47:10
GeneratorID:0020
EvMRevision:04
SensorType:PowerSupply
SensorNumber:c8
EventType:SensorspecificDiscrete
EventDirection:AssertionEvent
EventData:f1ffff
Description:Failuredetected
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ClearingtheSEL
nutanix@CVM$ipmitoolH10.128.41.121UADMINPADMINvselclear
SensorReadings
nutanix@CVM$ipmitoolH10.128.41.121UADMINPADMINsensorlist
CPU1Temp|35.000|degreesC|ok|0.000|0.000
|0.000|95.000|98.000|100.000
CPU2Temp|32.000|degreesC|ok|0.000|0.000
|0.000|95.000|98.000|100.000
SystemTemp|31.000|degreesC|ok|9.000|7.000
|5.000|80.000|85.000|90.000
PeripheralTemp|44.000|degreesC|ok|9.000|7.000
|5.000|80.000|85.000|90.000
PCHTemp|49.000|degreesC|ok|11.000|8.000
|5.000|90.000|95.000|100.000
FAN1|4575.000|RPM|ok|300.000|450.000
|600.000|18975.000|19050.000|19125.000
FAN2|4575.000|RPM|ok|300.000|450.000
|600.000|18975.000|19050.000|19125.000
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FAN3|5175.000|RPM|ok|300.000|450.000
|600.000|18975.000|19050.000|19125.000
FAN4|5100.000|RPM|ok|300.000|450.000
|600.000|18975.000|19050.000|19125.000
VTT|1.008|Volts|ok|0.816|0.864
|0.912|1.344|1.392|1.440
CPU1Vcore|0.832|Volts|ok|0.480|0.512
|0.544|1.488|1.520|1.552
CPU2Vcore|0.816|Volts|ok|0.480|0.512
|0.544|1.488|1.520|1.552
VDIMMAB|1.488|Volts|ok|1.104|1.152
|1.200|1.648|1.696|1.744
VDIMMCD|1.504|Volts|ok|1.104|1.152
|1.200|1.648|1.696|1.744
VDIMMEF|1.488|Volts|ok|1.104|1.152
|1.200|1.648|1.696|1.744
VDIMMGH|1.504|Volts|ok|1.104|1.152
|1.200|1.648|1.696|1.744
+1.1V|1.104|Volts|ok|0.880|0.928
|0.976|1.216|1.264|1.312
+1.5V|1.488|Volts|ok|1.248|1.296
|1.344|1.648|1.696|1.744
3.3V|3.264|Volts|ok|2.640|2.784
|2.928|3.648|3.792|3.936
+3.3VSB|3.312|Volts|ok|2.640|2.784
|2.928|3.648|3.792|3.936
5V|4.928|Volts|ok|4.096|4.288
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|4.480|5.504|5.696|6.912
+5VSB|5.056|Volts|ok|4.096|4.288
|4.480|5.504|5.696|6.912
12V|12.084|Volts|ok|10.176|10.494
|10.812|13.250|13.568|13.886
VBAT|3.168|Volts|ok|2.400|2.544
|2.688|3.312|3.456|3.600
PS1Status|0x1|discrete|0x0100|na|na
|na|na|na|na
PS2Status|0x1|discrete|0x0100|na|na
|na|na|na|na
SensorReadings,verbosePowerSupplyexample
nutanix@CVM$ipmitoolH10.128.41.121UADMINPADMINvsensorlist|
grepA5PS.*Status
SensorID:PS1Status(0xc8)
EntityID:10.1
SensorType(Discrete):PowerSupply
StatesAsserted:PowerSupply
[Presencedetected]
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SensorID:PS2Status(0xc9)
EntityID:10.2
SensorType(Discrete):PowerSupply
StatesAsserted:PowerSupply
[Presencedetected]
ResettheBMC(nonimpactingtotheControllerVM,Host,anduserVMs)
**NoteforG4basedsystems:
FA34applieswhichcouldimpacttheControllerVMandhost.Performingthe"/ipmitoolmc
resetcold"isaverylowprobabilitycausefortheG4modelhosttohangwhentheBMCis
manuallyresetwithacoldrestart.ThisissueisfixedbytheBIOS1.5dforthe
G4models(pleaserefertotheFieldAdvisoryfordetails).
NutanixrecommendscustomerswithBIOSolderthanversion
1.5donG4basedsystemsinCriticalenvironmentstomigrateVMsoffthehost
beforeperformingtheIPMIreset.Asafurtherprecaution,theclustershouldalsobe
confirmedtobefaulttolerantforanodebeingdown(DataResiliencyis
displayedasOKonthePrismwebconsolehomepage),beforeproceedinginthis
situation.
ADMINmcresetcold
SentcoldresetcommandtoMC

Waitatleastoneminutefortheresettocomplete.
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Alternativemethodfortheaboveresetis:
ADMINraw0x060x02
Again,waitforaminuteforthereset.Ifyouhavebrowseraccess,youcancheckforcompletionbybrowsingtothe
IPMIinterface,orissuea'sellist'commandorsimilartocheckforresponse.
Determinetheserialnumberofthenode:
ADMINfru
FRUDeviceDescription:BuiltinFRUDevice(ID0)
ChassisType:Other
ChassisPartNumber:CSE827HDR1K62MBP
ChassisSerial:C82700B20M10660
BoardMfgDate:SunDec3115:00:001995
BoardMfg:Supermicro
BoardSerial:ZM139S138653
BoardPartNumber:X9DRTHF+INI22
ProductManufacturer:Nutanix
ProductPartNumber:NX6000
ProductSerial:13SM12340019
Feedback
ProductAssetTag:8339
Resetthehost(hypervisor).Notethatthisisasuddenresetandisnotgraceful
Itishighlyrecommendedthatthisisperformedfromthehost,nottheCVM,tominimizethechanceofresettingthe
wronghost.
/ipmitoolchassispoweroff/cycle/reset
/ipmitoolchassispowerdiag#tosendaNMItothelocal
ESXi(server)
IPMIpolicywhenthepowerisrestored:
Helptext:
ADMINchassispolicy
chassispolicy<state>
list:returnsupportedpolicies
alwayson:turnonwhenpowerisrestored
previous:returntopreviousstatewhenpoweris
restored
alwaysoff:stayoffafterpowerisrestored
Actualsetting:

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ADMINchassispolicylist
Supportedchassispowerpolicy:previous
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Examples ARTICLE NUMBER 000001091

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

Description assists in hardware monitoring and troubleshooting.

The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is a

nutanix@CVM$ ipmitool -I lanplus -U ADMIN -P ADMIN -H

ESXi/AHV (using hostname$ipmitooluserlist

Locations of the binaries

Help information for specic commands

Determine and modify current LAN settings

GetLANconfiguration /ipmitoollanprint1 ipmiutillan

More succinctly /ipmitoollanprint1| ipmiutillan|

SetIPAddresssource /ipmitoollanset1 Not needed: IP address

Set default gateway IP /ipmitoollanset1 ipmiutillaneG

Disable or enable VLAN /ipmitoollanset1 ipmiutillaneh

Reset the BMC - reference /ipmitoolbmcreset ipmiutilresetk

Get the lan mode - /ipmitoolraw0x300x70 ipmiutilsmcoem

Set the lan mode - Dedicated: Dedicated:

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