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LKBEN11692: How to reset the IPMI admin password on a supermicro server when having access to the hardware.

Symptom

You cannot logon to the server via IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface).

Cause

The password information is not available.

Solution

The method here describes on possiblity we use to reset the passwords. We use a bootable USD device to boot the system. This bootable device can be made with rufus. (DOS bootable)

  1. Make a bootable DOS USD device (e.g. with rufus)
  2. Download the IPMITools from the website at supermicro. Nowadays you need to fill in a form to get the download. At the time of writing there is a download button on the following link: https://www.supermicro.com/de/solutions/management-software/ipmi-utilities
  3. Copy the tools (the part under DOS from the download) onto the USB device. We copied the files to a directory on the USD drive.
  4. First run the following command: ipmicfg -user list
  5. Reset the password for the correct userid shown from the previous command with: ipmicfg -user setpwd 2 <newpassword>
  6. Reboot the system
  7. Logon with the username and password

We have done this multiple times and keep a USD device in a box to do this.

One more time the command used to list the users:

ipmicfg -user list

And the command used to reset userid 2.

ipmicfg -user setpwd 2 newpassword

Have fun.

 

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.

Latest update: 15/01/2024