Is there an up to date guide for installing ipmiview on Linux?

[Fritz]

I found one that's dated and the versions of the 2 files you download don't match. I'd rather not goof up if there's an up to date guide out there somewhere.

TIA

 

[cesmith9999]

www.supermicro.com - /wdl/utility/IPMIView/

Chris

 

[Fritz]

www.supermicro.com - /wdl/utility/IPMIView/

Chris

Thanks but I need to know how to install it, not use it.

 

[EffrafaxOfWug]

Thanks but I need to know how to install it, not use it.

I've never used it myself, but don't you just extract the tarball and run the IPMIView20 binary?

 

[Fritz]

Yea, it will run like that but there's a couple of problems. The font is wonky and hard to read and KVM redirect doesn't work. Probably has something to do with Java.

 

[DavidRa]

Yea, it will run like that but there's a couple of problems. The font is wonky and hard to read and KVM redirect doesn't work. Probably has something to do with Java.

If memory serves, IPMIView just downloads the same Java JAR from the server that the web interface uses. If that's the case, I expect you'd have to figure out a way to pull out the 64-bit Java from IPMIView and substitute the 32-bit / x86 version instead. I'm struggling with that now (I figured out the web approach, not IPMIView).

 

[Fritz]

If memory serves, IPMIView just downloads the same Java JAR from the server that the web interface uses. If that's the case, I expect you'd have to figure out a way to pull out the 64-bit Java from IPMIView and substitute the 32-bit / x86 version instead. I'm struggling with that now (I figured out the web approach, not IPMIView).

Seems like Java is always a PITA.