SuperMicro ipmitool shared/dedicated NIC change
Here is how to change the NIC for IPMI to be shared or dedicated. I know this works on SuperMicro I’m not sure about other vendors
Make sure you have IPMI tool installed and you’re able to connect via ipmitool
To Get Lan Mode
ipmitool raw 0x30 0x70 0x0C 0x00 It will return a code, here are those and their meanings: 00 dedicated 01 shared 02 Failover
Here is how you set the mode
Disable SuperMicro IPMI ADMIN user
Disable ADMIN user Before doing this bit you may wish to check that the new user you added works for everything you need it to. Those things might include:
ssh to [email protected] Log in on web interface at https://192.168.1.22/ Various ipmitool commands like querying power status:$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.22 -U somename -a power status Password: Chassis power is on If all of that is okay then you can disable ADMIN: