Password setting for IPMI in Linux

Question

I am trying to configure IPMI in my HP ProLiant Servers. Configuration looks successful , but somewhat confused with the 'Administrator' user account .

Following are some information on IPMI in one of my server:

# ipmitool user list 2
ID  Name             Callin  Link Auth  IPMI Msg   Channel Priv Limit
1   Administrator    true    false      true       ADMINISTRATOR
2   admin             true    false      true       USER
3   (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
4   (Empty User)     true    false      false      NO ACCESS
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]# ipmitool channel getciphers ipmi 2 
ID   IANA    Auth Alg        Integrity Alg   Confidentiality Alg
0    N/A     none            none            none           
1    N/A     hmac_sha1       none            none           
2    N/A     hmac_sha1       hmac_sha1_96    none           
3    N/A     hmac_sha1       hmac_sha1_96    aes_cbc_128    

The confusion is regarding the password for Administrator Account. Do I need to set the password for Administrator account or by default if any password is Set ? For HP Servers that supports ILO , i think it comes with A random, eight-character, alphanumeric string which is printed on a little cardboard card attached to the server . Is this is the password for Administrator Account ? .

Also One more clarification needed regarding the 'Administrator' account is it disabled by default for logging to the IPMI enabled device remotely. I am getting the following error.
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#ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.2.153 -U Administrator sel elist Password:
Error: Unable to establish IPMI v2 / RMCP+ session
Get SEL Info command failed
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But if I try to connect using the 'admin' user that I created it works fine
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# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.2.153 -U admin -L USER sel elist
Password:
SEL has no entries
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Please clarify .

Solution

Yes, the password on the asset tag is the default password for the Administrator account. The user name is "Administrator" (case-sensitive).

I'm curious as to why you're using ipmitool when there are already HP tools for managing the ILO subsystem. Look into the hponcfg tool, which has a specific set of commands for managing the ILO from within the host operating system.

Also see: Configuration of ILO port on HP servers

Comments

[user9517]

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[Zama Ques]

I was configuring HA Clustering. So, I am planning to use two fencing device for the setup . One is HP ILo and other IPMI fencing as secondary backup. So , thought that before configuring IPMI as fencing device , was trying to understand the working of ipmi .