Managing IPMI users

An Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) user can create, change, or delete user authentication records in the baseboard management controller (BMC).

About this task

Authentication records allow users to communicate with IPMI protocols over external channels, such as an IPMI LAN channel. On the physical DataPower® Gateway, the maximum is eight IPMI users.

Note: Because the password is in only the BMC, it is not included in an export or a backup operation. Because the password is not part of an export, the password is not added during an import or a restore operation.

The authentication credentials are the name and password.

Note: If you apply the configuration but do not save it, the IPMI user data is written to the BMC but not saved to the startup configuration. In this situation, the IPMI user can connect to the serial port over the IPMI LAN channel.

Procedure

  1. In the search field, enter ipmi.
  2. From the search results, click IPMI User.
  3. Click Add.
  4. In the Name field, enter the username for authentication.
  5. Set the administrative state of the configuration.
  6. Optional: In the Comments field, enter a brief, descriptive summary for the configuration.
  7. In the User ID field, enter the numeric identifier for the user.
  8. In the Password field, enter the password that the remote user must present for authentication.
  9. Click Apply to save changes to the running configuration.
  10. Click Save to save changes to the persisted configuration.