IPMI Notes

Table of Contents

1. Installation

  1. Update

    sudo dnf -y update
    This may take some time…​
  2. Install

    sudo dnf install -y ipmitool
  3. Get

2. Discovery

  • To discover IPMI devices on the network, scan on all IP addresses and determine which one responds over the default port of 623:

    Run :
    nmap -p 623 --open 192.168.1.0/24 | grep report
    Sample output
    Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.3    (1)
    Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.124  (2)
    1 Discovered a device at 192.168.1.3
    2 Discovered a second device at 192.168.1.124