(Supermicro) IPMIView over the Internet

[hatbrox]

hi experts,

how can I setup my environment to access my server over the internet.
Up to know I tried the following:

X9SCM-F BIOS config:
setup IPMI to static IP Address

routeur config:
port mapping: add the IPMI IP Address to a given port, say 5900.

IPMIView config (on my laptop):
setup a connection to this IP address:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5900 (where the xxx is my routeur IP address assigned by my ISP)
but IPMIView complains about this format

Is there another approach?

I tried to just connect to my router IP address, but that didn't work neither. The routeur can' guess which internal IP address to pass the request to.

Mat.

 

[Mike]

NAT the port to a static ip in your router and set that ip on the board. Don't forget to set the gateway.

 

[hatbrox]

NAT the port to a static ip in your router and set that ip on the board. Don't forget to set the gateway.

OK, I see. I'll try that next week end.
Just from an education point of view, if you want to remote-control 2 separate machines, how would the router know which internal IP address to use?

Thanks a lot.

 

[sotech]

OK, I see. I'll try that next week end.
Just from an education point of view, if you want to remote-control 2 separate machines, how would the router know which internal IP address to use?

Thanks a lot.

Use two different external ports forwarded to separate internal IP addresses.

 

[Patrick]

One thing I do is to have a VPN gateway to a management network. Basically you put all of your IPMI 2.0 NICs on one network, then have an appliance provide VPN access to that network.

 

[hatbrox]

Use two different external ports forwarded to separate internal IP addresses.

Hi,
thanks for the answer.

I'm afraid you lost me.

In IPMIView. I can't suffix a port number. the software only accept a plain IP address.

So in IPMIView I enter my ISP IP address, which is my router external IP address.

I still fail to understand how the router would then re-route IPMI connection request to the correct server.

 

[hatbrox]

One thing I do is to have a VPN gateway to a management network. Basically you put all of your IPMI 2.0 NICs on one network, then have an appliance provide VPN access to that network.

sounds like a neat solution. but that sounds way beyond my technical knowledge.

 

[sotech]

Hi,
thanks for the answer.

I'm afraid you lost me.

In IPMIView. I can't suffix a port number. the software only accept a plain IP address.

So in IPMIView I enter my ISP IP address, which is my router external IP address.

I still fail to understand how the router would then re-route IPMI connection request to the correct server.

In that case my suggestion would not work. If your board features it, can you use web-browser-based IPMI instead? That way you could easily use different external ports. I would be very aware of the security risks, though....