Cisco 1600 - IPMI Utility Installation and LOM Commands

• Establish a connection from the CIMC port to a local network reachable from a computer where you will
run the IPMI utility. See Step 8 of Connect Cables Turn On Power Verify Status for Versions 6.3 - 6.4,
on page 22 or Connect Cables Turn On Power Verify Status for Versions 6.5 and Later, on page 9,
depending upon your version.
Procedure
Step 1 Enable LOM for the management center. See Enable Lights-Out Management, on page 43.
Step 2 Enable LOM for users who will use the feature. See Enable Lights-Out Management Users, on page 44.
Step 3 Use a third-party IPMI utility to access the management center.
IPMI Utility Installation
You can use a third-party IPMI utility on your computer to create an SOL connection to the appliance. IPMItool
is standard with many Linux distributions, but on Mac and Windows systems you must install a utility.
If your computer is running Mac OS, install IPMItool. First, confirm that your Mac has Apple's xCode
developer tools package installed. Make sure the optional components for command line development are
installed ("UNIX Development” and "System Tools" in newer versions, or "Command Line Support" in older
versions). Finally, install MacPorts and IPMItool. For more information, use your favorite search engine or
see these sites: https://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/ and http://www.macports.org/.
For Windows environments, use ipmiutil, which you must compile yourself. If you do not have access to a
compiler, you can use ipmiutil itself to compile. For more information, use your favorite search engine or see
this site: http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/.
LOM Commands
The syntax of LOM commands depends on the utility you are using, but LOM commands generally contain
the elements listed in the following table.
Table 1: LOM Command Syntax
Descriptionipmiutil (Windows)IPMItool (Linux/Mac)
Invokes the IPMI utility.ipmiutilipmitool
For ipmiutil only, enables admin privileges
for the LOM session.
-V4n/a
Enables encryption for the LOM session.-J3-I lanplus
Specifies the IP address of the management
interface on the appliance.
-N IP_address-H IP_address
Specifies the username of an authorized LOM
account.
-U username-U username
For ipmiutil only, specifies the password for
an authorized LOM account.
-P passwordn/a (prompted on login)
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