ipmi.5

NAME

ipmi - a table in the xCAT database.

SYNOPSIS

ipmi Attributes: node, bmc, bmcport, taggedvlan, bmcid, username, password, comments, disable

DESCRIPTION

Settings for nodes that are controlled by an on-board BMC via IPMI.

ipmi Attributes:

node

The node name or group name.

bmc

The hostname of the BMC adapter.

bmcport

In systems with selectable shared/dedicated ethernet ports, this parameter can be used to specify the preferred port. 0 means use the shared port, 1 means dedicated, blank is to not assign.

    The following special cases exist for IBM System x servers:

    For x3755 M3 systems, 0 means use the dedicated port, 1 means
    shared, blank is to not assign.

For certain systems which have a mezzaine or ML2 adapter, there is a second
value to include:


    For x3750 M4 (Model 8722):


    0 2   1st 1Gbps interface for LOM

    0 0   1st 10Gbps interface for LOM

    0 3   2nd 1Gbps interface for LOM

    0 1   2nd 10Gbps interface for LOM


    For  x3750 M4 (Model 8752), x3850/3950 X6, dx360 M4, x3550 M4, and x3650 M4:


    0     Shared (1st onboard interface)

    1     Dedicated

    2 0   First interface on ML2 or mezzanine adapter

    2 1   Second interface on ML2 or mezzanine adapter

    2 2   Third interface on ML2 or mezzanine adapter

    2 3   Fourth interface on ML2 or mezzanine adapter

taggedvlan

bmcsetup script will configure the network interface of the BMC to be tagged to the VLAN specified.

bmcid

Unique identified data used by discovery processes to distinguish known BMCs from unrecognized BMCs

username

The BMC userid. If not specified, the key=ipmi row in the passwd table is used as the default.

password

The BMC password. If not specified, the key=ipmi row in the passwd table is used as the default.

comments

Any user-written notes.

disable

Set to ‘yes’ or ‘1’ to comment out this row.

SEE ALSO

nodels(1), chtab(8), tabdump(8), tabedit(8)