Posted April 17, 2021 I have couple of Servers in my basemant serverfarm, and some offer ipmi with the supermicro boards, since I've never made use of them, Id like to know of those who actually use them on a daily basis. What do you usally use it for ? Since there seems to be lots of thing you could maintain from that ui thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 17, 2021 Daily usage certainly no, not really how IPMI gets utilized other than hardware monitoring but that's a little different situation. IPMI/iLO/iDRAC/IMM etc typically get used during setup time to do remote KVM and mounting of virtual DVD drives to install OS or firmware updates etc. Then later remote KVM if there is an issue and the OS isn't reachable for some reason. IPMI is basically a lifeline support tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 17, 2021 Author 12 minutes ago, leadeater said: IPMI is basically a lifeline support tool. so like a red phone line connected directly to your system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Haraikomono said: so like a red phone line connected directly to your system Yep, sadly can't launch nukes though. Or maybe that is a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 17, 2021 I use mine for mostly remote monitoring and KVM. Once in a while a server will act up and being able to just go to a IP on my LAN to troubleshoot/diagnose is a heck of a lot more convenient than going down to the server and physically plugging in a keyboard mouse and monitor. Guides & Tutorials: PROXMOX - Rebuilding ZFS RAID rpool After Disk Failure Mass Deploying Customized Windows 10/11 Installs Building a GNU/Linux Based Windows Deployment Server GNU/Linux Installer Server: Installation & Configuration How to: Use (i)PXE to Install Windows from a Network Why Memorize IP's When You Can Self-Host DNS Instead? Ventoy - The USB Multi-Boot Utility! Introduction to PXE/iPXE Network Boot Featuring FreeBSD & Ubuntu Server Don't see what you need? Check the Full List or *PM me, if I haven't made it I'll add it to the list. *NOTE: I'll only add it to the list if the request is something I know I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 20, 2021 Author Ok Ive been working with IPMI now for 2 days. Its perfect. Never knew that remote management can be so usefull I just wonder whether its possible to use curl to send some commands to it, to automate stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 21, 2021 12 hours ago, Haraikomono said: Ok Ive been working with IPMI now for 2 days. Its perfect. Never knew that remote management can be so usefull I just wonder whether its possible to use curl to send some commands to it, to automate stuff Not sure about IPMI, but I can SSH into HP iLO to change settings and (if the OS is setup correctly) get a terminal of the running OS. About me [ Linux Engineer | Community Admin | Automation Fanatic | Digital Media Hoarder | All-Round Tech Lover ] PC [ Custom | 5800X | RTX 3080 | 32GB | 2x 1TB NVMe | 5120 x 1440 @ 120 | Win10 Pro ] Laptop [ HP Elitebook 1040 G4 | i7-7500U | 16GB | 512GB NVMe | 1080p @ 120 | ElementaryOS ] Server [ HP Microserver G8 | Xeon E3-1265L | Quadro P1000 | 16GB ECC | 2x 3TB + 2x 8TB HDD | UNRAID ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 21, 2021 I used to go into my server's iDRAC somewhat often to install firmware updates and to do the occasional reboot due to VMware PSOD's. Nowadays, I rarely enter the iDRAC since my server is actually stable once I swapped the LSI HBA for a Dell PERC H330. It's mostly useful for direct access to the console of the server when it runs headless. PC Specs - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - MSI B550M Mortar - 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3600 @ CL16 - ASRock RX7800XT - 660p 1TBGB & Crucial P5 1TB - Fractal Define Mini C - CM V750v2 - Windows 11 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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