Using IPMITool to Configure iDRAC Network Settings

When you can't get to the data center and attach a monitor to configure the network settings for the iDRAC, you can use the IPMITool command line utility from an SSH terminal window, like PuTTY.

Listed below are the network configuration commands I found helpful.

Set the iDRAC Network Configuration

Commands:

      ipmitool lan set

      ipmitool mc reset warm

Example:

[root@APPLIANCE14 ~]# ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static

[root@APPLIANCE14 ~]# ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 10.0.0.100

[root@APPLIANCE14 ~]# ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0

[root@APPLIANCE14 ~]# ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 10.0.0.1

[root@APPLIANCE14 ~]# ipmitool mc reset warm

List the iDRAC Network Configuration

Command:

      ipmitool lan print

Example:

[root@APPLIANCE14 ~]# ipmitool lan print

Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable : Callback : MD2 MD5
: User : MD2 MD5
: Operator : MD2 MD5
: Admin : MD2 MD5
: OEM :
IP Address Source : Static Address
IP Address : 10.0.0.100
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address : 54:00:00:00:00:00
SNMP Community String : public
IP Header : TTL=0x40 Flags=0x40 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x10
BMC ARP Control : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Gratituous ARP Intrvl : 2.0 seconds
Default Gateway IP : 10.0.0.1
Default Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
Backup Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0
Backup Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
802.1q VLAN ID : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority : 0
RMCP+ Cipher Suites : 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
Cipher Suite Priv Max : Xaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
: X=Cipher Suite Unused
: c=CALLBACK
: u=USER
: o=OPERATOR
: a=ADMIN
: O=OEM

Full List of Options for 'ipmitool lan set'

[root@APPLIANCE14 ~]# ipmitool lan set

usage: lan set

LAN set command/parameter options:
ipaddr                         Set channel IP address
netmask                     Set channel IP netmask
macaddr                Set channel MAC address
defgw ipaddr              Set default gateway IP address
defgw macaddr    Set default gateway MAC address
bakgw ipaddr             Set backup gateway IP address
bakgw macaddr    Set backup gateway MAC address
password               Set session password for this channel
snmp           Set SNMP public community string
user                                              Enable default user for this channel
access                            Enable or disable access to this channel
alert                                Enable or disable PEF alerting for this channel
arp respond                    Enable or disable BMC ARP responding
arp generate                   Enable or disable BMC gratuitous ARP generation
arp interval                Set gratuitous ARP generation interval
vlan id >                         Disable or enable VLAN and set ID (1-4094)
vlan priority                   Set vlan priority (0-7)
auth                   Set channel authentication types
      level = CALLBACK, USER, OPERATOR, ADMIN
      type = NONE, MD2, MD5, PASSWORD, OEM
      ipsrc Set IP Address source   
      none = unspecified source
      static = address manually configured to be static
      dhcp = address obtained by BMC running DHCP
      bios = address loaded by BIOS or system software
cipher_privs XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Set RMCP+ cipher suite privilege levels
      X = Cipher Suite Unused
      c = CALLBACK
      u = USER   
      o = OPERATOR
      a = ADMIN
      O = OEM