How to setup the KVM IP address of a Supermicro server

These instructions are for the aoc-sim1u(+) of Supermicro

First, you should plug the ethernet port next to the VGA, which is in fact our eth0. Then you should plug the KVM ethernet port which is located as if it was a PCI extention board (opposite way in the back panel, not the ethernet next to eth0).

There is normally a setup CD from Supermicro to set the IP address of the KVM, but it's rather stupid: it's using FreeDOS, and it's NOT capable of running on a USB cdrom. So the most easy way is to use a "live" distribution like Debian Lenny Live, Mandrake, Knopixx or anything you like. Then once it's booted up, you would need to download the following shell tool from Supermicro:

ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/CDR-SIMIPMI_1.13_for_SIM_IPMI/IPMI_Solution/Utility/IPMICFG/Linux/

You can use the 64 bits version: ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 or the 32 bits version: ipmicfg-linux.x86

Then you shall do:

   ./ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 -dhcp off
   ./ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 -m 1.2.3.4
   ./ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 -k 255.255.255.0
   ./ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 -g 1.2.3.1
   ./ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 -r

With of course 1.2.3.4 being the IP address of the KVM, 1.2.3.1 being the gateway IP, and 255.255.255.0 the netmask. You can run the utility without parameters to show the usages. The -r does a cold reset. After you did all this, then you can browse:

   https://1.2.3.4/

that will show you a web interface for that KVM.

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