Supermicro Notes

1. Setting Fan Thresholds

This will need to be done via a host where Linux is installed.

Details for setting fan thresholds were sourced from here

1.1. Install IPMITool

Full user guide is here

  1. Update/Upgrade

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

  2. Install

    sudo apt-get install ipmitool

1.2. Configure

All IP addresses should point to the IP of the BMC and not the IP of the host.

  1. Configure 4 Fans

    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.49 -U ADMIN sensor thresh FAN1 lower 300 400 500
    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.49 -U ADMIN sensor thresh FAN2 lower 300 400 500
    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.49 -U ADMIN sensor thresh FAN3 lower 300 400 500
    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.49 -U ADMIN sensor thresh FAN4 lower 300 400 500

  2. Reset the BMC

    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.49 -U ADMIN bmc reset warm

    If this doesn’t work, then remove the power cable to reset the BMC

  3. List all sensors

    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.49 -U ADMIN sensor list all