IPMI under Windows

[Octopuss]

I have a Supermicro motherboard and from time to time (like, rarely, but still), I need to configure the fans (as in the treshholds, not fan profiles).
The server runs ESXI, so there is no direct access to the IPMI device.

Does anyone know about any Windows program that would let me configure all this remotely, ideally with a GUI?

 

[T_Minus]

From another system you can access SuperMIcro IPMI via Web GUI.
IPMIView is a GUI Windows based Software Software Download
Search it though there's issues with it running on certain versions of OS's, certain versions of needed software, etc.

 

[Octopuss]

IPMIView doesn't let you configure the fans.
The webGUI doesn't either.

 

[T_Minus]

My bad, I read that again and see you specifically said NOT FAN profiles Sorry

With ESXI you can SSH into it and do it that way?

 

[Octopuss]

I thought I could, but ESXi doesn't have any builtin IMPI commands, so I'm not sure.
I don't think there's a GUI-based program for what I need and that's fine (despite that being my preference, being a Windows guy), but what I found thus far doesn't seem to work either. The IPMICFG utility from Supermicro doesn't seem to be meant for remote access, and SMCIPMITool is a few hundreds of MBs huge behemoth with hundreds of pages worth of documentation I immediatelly got lost in.

There's IPMIUtil from Sourceforge, but I don't trust Sourceforge one bit, and this seems to be several years old as well.

 

[T_Minus]

I thought I could, but ESXi doesn't have any builtin IMPI commands, so I'm not sure.
I don't think there's a GUI-based program for what I need and that's fine (despite that being my preference, being a Windows guy), but what I found thus far doesn't seem to work either. The IPMICFG utility from Supermicro doesn't seem to be meant for remote access, and SMCIPMITool is a few hundreds of MBs huge behemoth with hundreds of pages worth of documentation I immediatelly got lost in.

There's IPMIUtil from Sourceforge, but I don't trust Sourceforge one bit, and this seems to be several years old as well.

I haven't done this myself in awhile but I thought you needed to enable sSH onthe ESXI host and use ipmi command line to change fan speed. You most def. should be able to SSH to your ESXI host and work direct.

 

[Octopuss]

Of course I can SSH in there, but there are no IPMI commands available. The functionality simply doesn't exist.
Someone more knowledgeable could chime in I guess.

 

[BoredSysadmin]

you could install ipmitools for esxi : ipmitool 1.8.11 vib for ESXi
more info re:ipmitools and ESXi CIM:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?resources/supermicro-x9-x10-x11-fan-speed-control.20/
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/supermicro-ipmi-fan-control.12025/
Common Information Model (CIM) Data for Home Lab Server Hardware - Wahl Network

 

[Octopuss]

I have _just_ managed to google that up, heh.
It seems to be a super old version of IPMITool though, isn't it? Not like it matters I guess, but...

 

[Rand__]

For ipmi config:
IPMI Management unter VMware - IPMICFG – Thomas-Krenn-Wiki
Might need google translate

for ipmitool Iirc gist is that you can use the linux binary directly in ESXi without installing a vib. Its been a while that I set that up though, the binary I run is from 2016 or so (but didnt have a need to upgrade)

 

[Spartacus]

make a centos or ubuntu vm? and install ipmitools?

 

[Octopuss]

You can't access the IPMI from within a VM. The hardware is not visible there.

 

[Spartacus]

You can't access the IPMI from within a VM. The hardware is not visible there.

What? Thats exactly how I access it currently, I input the IP in the ipmitool command from a VM running on the hypervisor.

 

[Rand__]

ipmi via network will be no problem in a Jail/VM, ipmi with direct HW access o/c not