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A utility for IPMI to help administrators perform functions without a learning curve

A utility for IPMI to help administrators perform functions without a learning curve. It can use various existing IPMI drivers, support Windows natively, configure the IPMI LAN in a single command, decode IPMI events, events not recognized still return data, SEL management is automated via checksel, automation of watchdog management and easy soft-reboots.

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how does the baseboard management controller (BMC) talk to the host machine?

I can turn off a server by using ipmitool. But how does the BMC initiate the off command to the Host OS? How are the two connected internally? And also when the host is powered down how does the bmc turn on the machine? I am assuming it's able to…
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changing supermicro bios settings using a script via serial port

I was wondering how can I write a script that automatically changes bios settings. I was looking all over how to write such script but haven't found one yet. My main goal is from a Linux machine to run putty or Minicom to update the settings that I…
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IPMI: snum vs id

I'm using ipmiutils to look at a device and I see there is an ID column and an SNUM column. I've scanned the IPMI specification (it's huge -- just scanned) and the ipmiutils docs but can't find exactly what these mean. Is one or the other stable,…
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How can the ipmiutil to check the power status?

How can the ipmiutil to check the power status? we know we can use the bellow methods to power on/off the server: power down：ipmiutil power -d -N fsp_ip_address -P ipmi_password power on： ipmiutil power -u -N fsp_ip_address -P ipmi_password but…
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ipmiutil is not able to discover server on lan connection

My goal is to get some IPMI based data from a HP Server through a local pc. I am using ipmiutil. I have installed the ipmiutil on local pc. I tried the following command to discover the server from local pc. ipmiutil discover -b…
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Troubleshooting IPMI on Celestix Appliance

I'm trying set an IPMI address on an application sitting in a remote data center. I can set the address, but I can't ping or connect over HTTP/HTTPS once set. The IPMI version is based on http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/. I've tried the commands…
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IPMI throwing "Reservation Canceled or Invalid Reservation ID" during GetSDR command

Following is the sequence in my code: 1. GetSdrRepositoryInfo 2. ReserveSdrRepository 3. GetSdr command in iteration where every GetSDR command response gives next record ID to be inquired. However, GetSDR command in some server and for some record…
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