Voici les étapes nécessaires à une mise en place rapide d’IPMI sur un système Debian.

root@srv01:~# apt-get install ipmitool
root@srv01:~# lsmod | grep ipmi

Si les modules IPMI ne sont pas chargés, il faut le faire manuellement :

root@srv01:~# modprobe ipmi_si ipmi_devintf

Si le message d’erreur Error inserting ipmi_si: no such device survient, la carte réseau est tout simplement incompatible avec IPMI. Sinon, on peut remonter des infos pertinentes :

root@srv01:~# ipmitool chassis status

System Power         : on
Power Overload       : false
Power Interlock      : inactive
Main Power Fault     : false
Power Control Fault  : false
Power Restore Policy : previous
Last Power Event     :
Chassis Intrusion    : inactive
Front-Panel Lockout  : inactive
Drive Fault          : false
Cooling/Fan Fault    : false
Sleep Button Disable : not allowed
Diag Button Disable  : allowed
Reset Button Disable : allowed
Power Button Disable : allowed
Sleep Button Disabled: false
Diag Button Disabled : false
Reset Button Disabled: false
Power Button Disabled: false

root@srv01:~# ipmitool power status

Chassis Power is on

root@srv01:~# ipmitool sdr

Pwr Unit Status  | 0x00              | ok
Pwr Unit Redund  | 0x12              | ok
IPMI Watchdog    | 0x00              | ok
Physical Scrty   | 0x00              | ok
SMI Timeout      | 0x00              | ok
System Event Log | 0x00              | ok
System Event     | 0x00              | ok
BB +1.1V IOH     | 1.08 Volts        | ok
BB +1.1V P1 Vccp | 1.12 Volts        | ok
BB +1.1V P2 Vccp | 0.93 Volts        | ok
BB +1.5V P1 DDR3 | 1.51 Volts        | ok
BB +1.5V P2 DDR3 | 1.51 Volts        | ok
BB +1.8V AUX     | 1.77 Volts        | ok
BB +3.3V         | 3.28 Volts        | ok
BB +3.3V STBY    | 3.24 Volts        | ok
BB +3.3V Vbat    | 2.96 Volts        | ok
BB +5.0V         | 5.02 Volts        | ok
BB +5.0V STBY    | 4.89 Volts        | ok
BB +12.0V        | 11.94 Volts       | ok
BB +1.35v P1 MEM | disabled          | ns
BB +1.35v P2 MEM | disabled          | ns
Baseboard Temp   | 26 degrees C      | ok
Front Panel Temp | 22 degrees C      | ok
IOH Therm Margin | -45 degrees C     | ok
Mem P1 Thrm Mrgn | -46 degrees C     | ok
Mem P2 Thrm Mrgn | -47 degrees C     | ok
Processor 1 Fan  | 8000 RPM          | ok
Processor 1A Fan | 5568 RPM          | ok
Memory Fan 1     | 5632 RPM          | ok
Memory Fan 1R    | 7616 RPM          | ok
Processor 2 Fan  | 8000 RPM          | ok
Processor 2A Fan | 5504 RPM          | ok
Memory Fan 2     | 7808 RPM          | ok
Memory Fan 2R    | 5184 RPM          | ok
PS1 Status       | 0x01              | ok
PS2 Status       | 0x0b              | ok
PS1 Power In     | 84 Watts          | ok
PS2 Power In     | 0 Watts           | ok
PS1 Curr Out %   | 21 unspecified    | ok
PS2 Curr Out %   | 0 unspecified     | ok
PS1 Temperature  | 36 degrees C      | ok
PS2 Temperature  | 31 degrees C      | ok
P1 Status        | 0x80              | ok
P2 Status        | 0x80              | ok
P1 Therm Margin  | -68 degrees C     | ok
P2 Therm Margin  | -67 degrees C     | ok
P1 Therm Ctrl %  | 0 unspecified     | ok
P2 Therm Ctrl %  | 0 unspecified     | ok
P1 VRD Hot       | 0x00              | ok
P2 VRD Hot       | 0x00              | ok
CATERR           | 0x00              | ok
CPU Missing      | 0x00              | ok
IOH Therm Trip   | 0x00              | ok
NM Capabilities  | Not Readable      | ns

Une adresse IP peut en plus être attribue à la carte réseau pour permettre un management distant :

root@srv01:~# ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 172.16.0.1
root@srv01:~# ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.0.0
root@srv01:~# ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 172.16.0.254
root@srv01:~# ipmitool lan set 1 access on

root@srv01:~# ipmitool user list
root@srv01:~# ipmitool user set password 2 secretpasswd

Depuis un autre poste , un reboot hard est possible par ces commandes :

manager@client:~$ ipmitool -H 172.16.0.1 -U root -P secretpasswd power off
manager@client:~$ ipmitool -H 172.16.0.1 -U root -P secretpasswd power on