Users Guide

To view the current policy table, use the ipmitool pef policy list command.
# ipmitool pef policy list
1 | 1 | disabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0.0.0 |
00:00:00:00:00:00
2 | 2 | disabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0.0.0 |
00:00:00:00:00:00
3 | 3 | disabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0.0.0 |
00:00:00:00:00:00
4 | 4 | disabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0.0.0 |
00:00:00:00:00:00
5 | 5 | disabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0.0.0 |
00:00:00:00:00:00
6 | 6 | disabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0.0.0 |
00:00:00:00:00:00
..
60 | 15 | disabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0.0.0 |
00:00:00:00:00:00
There are 60 entries available for a policy table. The following example shows setting a policy entry. For a detailed description of
the table entries, see the IPMI Specification v2.0 Alert policy table entry.
# ipmitool raw 0x4 0x12 0x9 0x2 0x28 0x11 0x00
Byte 3 (0x9) – Alert policy table entry command
Byte 4 (02) – table entry number
Byte 5 (0x28) – policy number and enable bit
Byte 6 (0x11) – channel and destination
Byte 7 (0x00) – String
The 2nd entry after the command execution is show below
# ipmitool pef policy list
1 | 1 | enabled | Match-always | true | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 3 | 3 |
10.11.227.180 | 00:00:00:00:00:00
2 | 2 | enabled | Match-always | 1 | 802.3 LAN | PET | AMI | 3 | 3 | 10.11.227.180 | 00:00:00:00:00:00
Add and delete users
The following describes adding and deleting users:
There are 10 entries for a user list.
1. Add a new user by modifying one of the empty entries in the user list using the following:
$ ./ipmitool -H xx.xx.xxx.xx -I lanplus -U admin -P admin user set name 3 <name>
$ ./ipmitool -H xx.xx.xxx.xx -I lanplus -U admin -P admin user set password 3
Password for user 3:
Password for user 3:
Set User Password command successful (user 3)
Step 1 creates a user with no access.
2. Set the privilege level for the user in Step 1 using the following:
$ ./ipmitool -H xx.xx.xxx.xx -I lanplus -U admin -P admin user priv 3
User Commands:
summary [<channel number>]
list [<channel number>]
set name <user id> <username>
set password <user id> [<password> <16|20>]
disable <user id>
enable <user id>
priv <user id> <privilege level> [<channel number>]
Privilege levels:
* 0x1 - Callback
* 0x2 - User
* 0x3 - Operator
* 0x4 - Administrator
* 0x5 - OEM Proprietary
Configuration methods
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