So I have a supermicro board that supports IPMI but I have no idea how to use it, anyone care to help explain this to me?  I have a Mac but can run Windows programs if I have to.  Do I have to install any software on the server and do anything in the BIOS or do I just need to install IPMIVIEW on my Mac Laptop?

 

Thanks for any help

you don't even need ipmiview. a browser is enough.

you only need to know, which ip the ipmi has. (look in your bios settings, or check the dhcp on your router).

enter that ip in your browser and you can login to the ipmi webinterface. (default login is ADMIN / ADMIN ).

 

note: you should have connected a second lan cable to the impi lan port. there is a way to do everything over one lan cable, but i haven't tried that yet.

thanks Benni, I guess I need to run another cable.  Looks like a project for after Christmas.

thanks Benni, I guess I need to run another cable.  Looks like a project for after Christmas.

How far do you have to run a cable?  Might be easier just to throw a 5-port gigabit switch back there.

I have only one cable run to my Supermicro board and IPMI works fine. I haven't changed anything from the default IPMI settings.

The ipmi app needs a 64 bits browser on mac for the java runtime to function, and chrome isn't 64bits, and i dont like safari. So i downloaded the IPMIView java app, that starts and seems to work, except for the KVM console, that gives an error 'cannot run program "./jre/bin/java": error=13, Permission denied"/

 

I've been rude and did a chmod 777 recursively on the whole folder structure, the error is gone, but still KVM console will not start...

 

Any ideas?

I have only one cable run to my Supermicro board and IPMI works fine. I haven't changed anything from the default IPMI settings.

 

which lan port are you using?

I have only one cable run to my Supermicro board and IPMI works fine. I haven't changed anything from the default IPMI settings.

 

which lan port are you using?

Not sure. I'll look tonight and edit the post with the info.

 

EDIT.

LAN 1 as others stated below. I assume it is the LAN 1 port. It is my port closest to the RGB plug.

I too am only using 1 LAN port (LAN0) and it is working great.

Maybe it depends on the motherboard?

You can change it within the IPMIView app. You can choose using the dedicated port for IPMI or LAN1.