forgot ipmi password

Hi

I've lost the password of my supermicro ipmi interface (since i almost never use it...) and well, i was wondering if there is a way to reset the password somehow. My motherboard is the x8sti-f.

Thanks in advance.

From serverfault madpato

• If you access it locally you can specify a new password. On Linux this would be done via ipmitool. Something like this should work:

  ipmitool -I open lan set 1 password NEWPASSWORD
  

  If you don't know which channel is your ethernet interface, just page through them one at at time, like so:

  # ipmitool -I open channel info 1
  Channel 0x1 info:
    Channel Medium Type   : 802.3 LAN
    Channel Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0
    Session Support       : multi-session
    Active Session Count  : 0
    Protocol Vendor ID    : 7154
    Volatile(active) Settings
      Alerting            : disabled
      Per-message Auth    : disabled
      User Level Auth     : enabled
      Access Mode         : always available
    Non-Volatile Settings
      Alerting            : disabled
      Per-message Auth    : disabled
      User Level Auth     : enabled
      Access Mode         : always available
  

  Note that the medium type is "802.3 LAN". That's the one you want. Other channels may look like this:

  # ipmitool -I open channel info 2
  Channel 0x2 info:
    Channel Medium Type   : Serial/Modem
    Channel Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0
    Session Support       : single-session
    Active Session Count  : 0
    Protocol Vendor ID    : 7154
  # ipmitool -I open channel info 3
  Channel 0x3 info:
    Channel Medium Type   : System Interface
    Channel Protocol Type : KCS
    Session Support       : session-less
    Active Session Count  : 0
    Protocol Vendor ID    : 7154
  

  madpato : When you refer to linux os, you mean that i should connect to the server locally with a laptop under linux and then issue those commands? Also, do i need to connect directly to the ipmi interface right?

  Insyte : When I mentioned Linux, it was because you didn't specify the OS in your post and that's the only one I know. If you're using Windows, it wouldn't work to just connect with a Linux laptop, but you should be able to boot off a Linux live CD (e.g., Knoppix) and use the ipmitool command there. It would probably be easier to find a native utility for Windows. It looks like ipmiutil is available for Windows. It looks like ipmiutil is available. Also check this out http://serverfault.com/questions/1395/how-to-utilize-ipmi-on-windows

  madpato : well i forgot to mention that it is a linux os, debian lenny 64. so i could do it remotely (i dont wanna go to my dc) The system is running fine, i'm just worried if i ever need it i will not have the password to access it.

  Insyte : Then what I described should work: Log in remotely via ssh and set the IPMI password. When I said "locally" I meant that you would be running `ipmitool` while logged into the server, not on another host.

  madpato : i did not have ipmitool installed so i did apt-get install ipmi tool, then i got this: Setting up ipmitool (1.8.9-2) ... ipmievd: using pidfile /var/run/ipmievd.pid0 Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory Unable to open interface invoke-rc.d: initscript ipmievd, action "start" failed. Unable to start ipmievd during installation. Trying to disable. Is there anything i'm missing? thank you.

  Insyte : You'll need to load the modules: `modprobe ipmi_si; modprobe ipmi_devintf; modprobe ipmi_msghandler`

  madpato : I've managed to change the password with the instructions, but now i can't even see the login page in the web browser, but i can still ping the ip. Is there anything extra that needs to be done? thank you.

  Insyte : Sorry, can't help you there. I'm not familiar with the Supermicro IPMI setup. I didn't even know it had a web interface. Now that you have the ability to manage the IPMI interface via the CLI you should be able to poke around and identify the options for the web interface...
  From Insyte