Setup a BMC user name and password

Change the settings for a BMC hardware profile, including the user name and the password.

Before you begin

Do not set the user name and password for the IBM_Flex_System_x hardware profile.

About this task

The user name and password for a BMC network are stored in the IPMI table. Run the tabdump ipmi command to view the default user name and password. The default user name and password is USERID and PASSW0RD.

To view the user name and password use the ipmitool command:

# ipmitool-xcat user list 1
# ipmitool-xcat -H BMC-IP -U username -P password lan print

To view the network IP address and gateway use the ipmitool command:

# ipmitool-xcat lan print

Procedure

To change the default user name and password, run the following command:
```
 chtab node="__HardwareProfile_hardware-profile" ipmi.username=new-username 
    ipmi.password=new-password
```
where hardware-profile is the name of the hardware profile, new-username is the new user name, and new-password is the new password.
Reissue the tabdump ipmi to view the new BMC network user name and password.

Usage notes

For Lenovo Flex System x hardware profiles, the BMC user name and password are the same as the user name and password of the chassis where the nodes are found in. By default, there is no BMC password set for Lenovo Flex System x hardware profile. To change the user name and password of the chassis, refer to Chassis.
For Lenovo Flex System x, if the CMM user name and password is changed, the IMM settings are updated automatically to match the CMM.