Unable to login to IPMI of Supermicro X9DRW-iF after f/w upgrade
Re-flashing of BMC firmware is not required.
Having root access to Linux OS installed on this box I could repair IPMI access with ipmitool(1):
$ sudo ipmitool user list 1
ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg Channel Priv Limit
1 false false true NO ACCESS
2 ADMIN false false true ADMINISTRATOR
$ sudo ipmitool user set password 2 ADMIN
$
Now ADMIN/ADMIN works again.
But the question "Where did I go wrong during f/w upgrade?" still has no answer.
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AntonioK
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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AntonioK almost 2 years
I have a box with SuperMicro X9DRW-iF mainboard. It has built-in BMC module, which provides IPMI interface and web-GUI for it.
After upgrading BMC firmware from
R 2.35
toR 2.59
under web-GUI ("Network" and "IPMI" options was checked in "BMC Preserve Configuration" screen, "Preserve all Configuration" option was unchecked) BMC module restarted, accessible via both HTTP and SSH, but rejects my login attempts with default login and password (ADMIN/ADMIN) via both HTTP and SSH.Before firmware upgrade there was only one user in IPMI - the default one (ADMIN/ADMIN).
Where did I go wrong? What should I do to restore access now? I only guess to re-flash firmware with some Linux stuff on local system on this box, without preserving any BMC config, to bring it generally to factory defaults.
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AntonioK over 9 yearsYes, I know about ipmitool(1), I mean it saying "some Linux stuff on local system on this box". But I hope, there is some more friendly way to upgrade BMC fw without such pain, maybe?..
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Dan Armstrong over 9 yearsIf you find something less of a pain, do share.
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AntonioK over 6 yearsIt depends. SOME versions of f/w for BMC of Supermicro mainboards needs you to flash latest BIOS f/w first, and it always mentioned in release notes. All other BMC f/w versions don't need that.