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| « « Previous in series Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a hardware level interface specification that defines a common, abstracted, message-based interface to platform monitoring and control functions. Both IPMI and KVM over IP can be used in emergency situations.
You can use IPMI to:
a] Monitor system health
b] Manage the system
c] Access system when network is down
d] Install new os
e] Power on / off system
f] Retrieve hardware logs etc
g] Read sensors data such as CPU temperature, fan speed, and voltage
h] Serial over LAN etc
How do I access server using IPMI?
You need IPMI client. This is supplied by your server manufacturer such as HP, Dell, IBM etc. You can also use ipmitool command to manage Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) functions of either the local system, via a kernel device driver, or a remote system, using IPMI V1.5 and IPMI v2.0.
How do I login to remote server using ipmitool?
ipmitool command is included in most Linux distributions Use the syntax as follows:
$ ipmitool -U root -I lan -H Server-IP -E shell
OR
$ ipmitool -U root -I lan -H 10.5.1.2 -E shell
If you have a Windows server, you will have access to the Windows Special Administration Console (SAC). If you have a Linux / BSD / UNIX server, you will have access via a console login.
How do I login to remote server using server manufacturers client?
Supermicro provides ... |
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