What is the method for remote management with ipmitool?

2 years ago
Isabella Edwards
1 minute

IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) is a standard interface used for remotely managing servers and network devices. IPMI tools are software tools used to communicate with the IPMI interface, with the most common tool being ipmitool.

Ipmitool is a command-line tool that can be used for remote management of servers that support IPMI. With ipmitool, various operations can be performed, such as remote power on/off, server restart, monitoring sensor data, and viewing logs.

Here are some commonly used ipmitool commands:

  1. Connect to a remote server with the following command:
    ipmitool -H -U -P
  2. Check the server status:
    ipmitool -H -U -P power status
  3. Power on the machine using the command “ipmitool -H -U -P power on”.
  4. Turn off the system using the command:
    ipmitool -H -U -P power off
  5. Reboot the system by using the command:
    ipmitool -H -U -P power reset
  6. View the sensor data by using the command: ipmitool -H -U -P sensor list.
  7. View event log:
    ipmitool -H -U -P sel list

It is important to note that remote management using ipmitool requires the server to support IPMI and for the IPMI network settings and permissions to be configured correctly.

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