Configuring the IPMI interface

Use the commands in this section to configure the IPMI interface. For information about using the IPMI interface after it is configured, see The EX IPMI interface.

Prerequisites

One end of an Ethernet cable is plugged in to the IPMI port, and the other end of the cable is plugged in to an administrative computer or terminal server

Viewing the IPMI configuration

This procedure describes how to use the CLI to view the IPMI configuration.

To view the IPMI configuration:

Go to CLI enable mode:
```
hostname > enable
```

Display the configuration. For example:

hostname (config) # show ipmi interface
IPMI LAN Settings
----------------------------------------
Admin Shut Down         : no
Shut Down               : no
IP Address Source       : Static Address
IP Address              : 192.168.42.27
Subnet Mask             : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway IP      : 0.0.0.0

Configuring the IPMI port

This procedure describes how to use CLI commands to configure the IPMI interface.

To configure the IPMI port:

If you want to configure a static IP address for the IPMI interface, do the following:
1. Go to CLI configuration mode.
```
hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal
```
2. If DHCP was previously configured for IPMI, change to the static method:
```
hostname (config) # ipmi lan ipsrc static
```
3. Configure the IP address for the IPMI interface:
```
hostname (config) # ipmi lan ipaddr <ipAddress>
```
4. Configure the netmask for the IPMI interface:
```
hostname (config) # ipmi lan netmask <netMask>
```
5. Configure the default gateway for the IPMI interface:
```
hostname (config) # ipmi lan defgw <ipAddress>
```
If you want to configure DHCP:
1. Make sure that DHCP is enabled on your network:
```
hostname (config) # show ip dhcp
```
2. Enable DHCP:
```
hostname (config) # ipmi lan ipsrc dhcp
```
The default username for logging in to the IPMI Web UI is ADMIN. Configure the password. The password must be a minimum of five characters, and a maximum of 16 characters.
```
hostname (config) # ipmi user set password <password>
```
Save your changes.
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```

To revert to the default configuration:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Revert to default configuration:

hostname (config) # ipmi lan ipsrc static

Save your changes:
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```

Note
It is important to use the latest IPMI firmware available for your system. For details, see IPMI and BIOS firmware updates.