IPMICFG
User’s Guide
Revision 1.14
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Document Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
2023/02/24
1.14
1. Added NVMe backplane "Rev" information.
2. Modified the SEL display format.
2022/08/10
1.13
1. Added the "-lani" command to check and configure the BMC
LAN interface.
2. Added the "-linkstatus" command to check the connection
status of the BMC LAN interface.
3. Allowed users to view and modify the information of the
multi-node systems.
4. Added support for FreeBSD 10.4 and later versions.
5. Changed the number system of BMC’s major version from
hexadecimal to decimal.
6. Changed the normal state of the PSU from "ON" to "OK."
2021/11/23
1.12
1. Modified the onscreen messages for the KCS Control privilege
levels: Operator, User, and Callback.
2021/05/28
1.11
1. Added the "Liquid Cooling" and "Smart Speed" fan modes.
2. Modified the display format of firmware version.
3. Removed the function of putting a system in lockdown mode.
4. Added the IPv6 DHCPv6 disabled mode.
5. Supported a NVMe backplane. (Firmware information: 30 02)
6. Added the severity code and event ID fields to the "-sel list"
command.
2020/07/03
1.10
1. Added the "-lockdown" command to put the system in
lockdown mode.
2. Added the "-mel list" command to list maintenance event log.
3. Added the function of listing dynamic IPv6 addresses to the
"-ipv6 list" command.
2020/06/23
1.9
1. Corrected errors in this document.
2020/01/21
1.8
1. Added options to the "-fd" command.
2. Added the "-addrptl" command to set up IP protocol.
3. Added a function to display sets of commands. (This function
is not available on DOS.)
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Date
Revision
Description
2019/07/01
1.7
1. Added the EFI version of IPMICFG.
2. Added the IPv6 routing functions. (option: -ipv6)
3. Supported the UEFI PXE boot options, including -reset and -
soft commands.
4. Added the mel (Maintenance Event Log) command set.
(option: -mel)
5. Removed the -fru 1m, 1p, 1s, 2m, 2p, 2s, 3s commands.
6. Added the auxiliary firmware revision in "-ver" command.
2018/03/02
1.6
1. Added IPv6 setting functions.
2. Supported BBP2 (BBP + PSU) module.
3. Supported MRC error code for Intel® Xeon® Scalable
Processors with Intel® C620 Series Chipsets.
4. Fixed the known issues.
2017/09/01
1.5
1. Modified the NVME remove commands.
2017/06/20
1.4
1. Added the DCMI commands.
2. Removed the -recoverbiosinfo command.
2016/11/23
1.3
1. Modified description of the -fru DMI feature.
2. Modified description of the -pminfo feature.
3. Updated the “Operation Requirements” chapter.
2016/08/23
1.2
1. Added the Get/Set host name command.
2016/01/05
1.1
1. Added the TAS commands. (DOS was NOT supported)
2. Updated the NVME commands. (DOS was NOT supported)
3. Added the summary command.
2015/06/15
1. 0
Initial document.
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Contents
1 IPMICFG Overview .......................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Features ........................................................................................................................ 6
1.2 Operation Requirements .............................................................................................. 7
1.2.1 System Requirements ................................................................................................... 7
1.2.2 Software Requirements ................................................................................................ 8
1.2.3 Installing Additional Drivers .......................................................................................... 8
1.3 Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................... 8
2 Installation and Setup ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Installing IPMICFG ......................................................................................................... 9
3 Basic User Operations ................................................................................................................... 10
3.1 Setting Up IPMI Addresses .......................................................................................... 11
3.1.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 12
3.2 IPMI Management Functions ...................................................................................... 18
3.2.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 20
3.3 Node Management (NM) 2.0 Functions ..................................................................... 23
3.3.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 23
3.4
IPMI User & Configuration Management Functions
...................................................................... 26
3.4.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 27
3.5 IPMI Sensor & System Event Management ................................................................ 30
3.5.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 30
3.6 FRU Management ....................................................................................................... 32
3.6.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 32
3.7 Multi Node Management ........................................................................................... 35
3.7.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 35
3.8 TAS Management ........................................................................................................ 37
3.8.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 37
3.9 NVME Management .................................................................................................... 38
3.9.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 39
3.10 DCMI Management ..................................................................................................... 41
3.10.1 Examples of Command Executions ............................................................................. 41
4 Third Party Software ..................................................................................................................... 43
4.1 IPMI Tool ..................................................................................................................... 43
Contacting Supermicro .......................................................................................................................... 44
