Appendix C: IPMI
Best Practices after IPMI is Configured
DSM Installation and Configuration Guide
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Function
User
Operator
Administrator
Network
No
View Only
Full Access
Remote Session
No
View Only
Full Access
SMTP
No
View Only
Full Access
SSL
No
View Only
Full Access
Users
No
View Only
Full Access
Event Action
No
View Only
Full Access
Power Control
View Only
Full Access
Full Access
KVM
View Only
Full Access
Full Access
F/W Update
View Only
View Only
Full Access
SDR Update3
View Only
View Only
Full Access
Logout
Full Access
Full Access
Full Access
3. Run the
user add
command to create the user.
user add
has the following syntax:
>0017:ipmi$ user add <userID Username privilege_level>
In this example
userID
is
3
,
Username
is
user1
, and
privilege_level
is
operator
:
0017:ipmi$ user add 3 user1 3
Enter new password:
Enter password again:
SUCCESS: ipmi user modified
The new password must be at least 8 characters long, must contain at least one upper case letter, one special
character, and one number, where ((4=administrator, 3=operator 2=user 1=callback)
Configuring Alerts
You can configure IPMI to send alert notifications about hardware events on the DSM appliance. To receive email
alerts you will need to configure your SMTP server in the IPMI GUI. You can also configure SNMP trap alerts, to be
sent to an SNMP manager.
Configure SMTP (optional - for e-mail alerts)
To receive e-mail alerts, first configure your SMTP server in the IPMI GUI as follows:
1. Log on to the IPMI GUI.
2. Click
Configuration > SMTP
.
3. Enter details for your SMTP mail server and click Save.
Configure an IPMI Alert (for SMTP and/or SNMP alerts)
1. In the IPMI GUI, navigate to
Configuration > Alerts
.
2. Select an alert from the numbered list that you want to configure and click
Modify
.
3. Set the severity level, the destination IP address to where you want to send the SNMP trap alert notification,
and/or an email address to which to send the notification a subject, and message if desired.