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KB450203 – IPMI network configuration using ipmitool

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  1. The first IPMI LAN channel will now be configured. Thereby, the configured IP address can be accessed at the first LAN port for the server. For the default gateway, both its IP address and MAC address must be configured.
[root@45drives]# ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
[root@45drives]# ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 192.168.1.211
Setting LAN IP Address to 192.168.1.211
[root@45drives]# ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0
Setting LAN Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
[root@45drives]# ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 192.168.1.254
Setting LAN Default Gateway IP to 192.168.1.254
[root@45drives]# ipmitool lan set 1 defgw macaddr ac:0e:2c:aa:3e:13
Setting LAN Default Gateway MAC to ac:0e:2c:aa:3e:13
  1. You can check the configuration using ipmitool lan print 1.
[root@45drives]# ipmitool lan print 1
Set in Progress         : Set Complete
Auth Type Support       : NONE MD5 PASSWORD 
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : 
                        : User     : 
                        : Operator : 
                        : Admin    : MD5 
                        : OEM      : 
IP Address Source       : Static Address
IP Address              : 192.168.1.211
Subnet Mask             : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address             : ac:0e:0c:ea:92:a2
SNMP Community String   : 
IP Header               : TTL=0x40 Flags=0x40 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x10
BMC ARP Control         : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Gratituous ARP Intrvl   : 2.0 seconds
Default Gateway IP      : 192.168.1.254
Default Gateway MAC     : ac:0e:2c:aa:3e:13
Backup Gateway IP       : 0.0.0.0
Backup Gateway MAC      : 00:00:00:00:00:00
RMCP+ Cipher Suites     : None
Cipher Suite Priv Max   : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                        :     X=Cipher Suite Unused
                        :     c=CALLBACK
                        :     u=USER
                        :     o=OPERATOR
                        :     a=ADMIN
                        :     O=OEM
[root@45drives]# 
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