Logging on to the BMC GUI

Learn how to log on to the BMC GUI.

Note: The following web browsers are supported for the BMC:
  • Google Chrome - version 46.0.2490.71 or later
  • Mozilla Firefox - version 41.0.3 or later

To log on to the BMC GUI, complete the following steps:

  1. Open a supported web browser. In the address bar, enter the hostname or the IP address of the BMC that you want to connect to. For example, you can use the format http://1.2.3.4 or http://hostname.example.com in the address bar of the web browser.
  2. On the BMC logon page, enter the Username and Password that is assigned to you.
    Notes:

    The baseboard management controller (BMC) ADMIN password must be set on first use for newly manufactured systems and after a factory reset of the system. This policy change helps to enforce that the BMC is not left in a state with a well-known password.

    If you are using firmware level OP920.22, or later, the ADMIN password is expired by default. You must change the default password before you can access the BMC. If you are upgrading from a previous OpenBMC firmware level, you do not have to change the password now. However, you must change the password after a factory reset.

    The default user ID is ADMIN and the default password is ADMIN. You can use one of the following methods to change the expired password:
    • To change the BMC ADMIN expired password by using the web interface, enter https://<BMC_IP> into a browser and then enter the access credentials of the BMC. The web interface prompts you to change the password.
    • To change your expired password by using Secure Socket Shell (SSL), logon to the BMC by using SSH. The SSH prompts you to change the password. Follow the on-screen instructions.
    • To change the BMC ADMIN expired password by using in-band IPMI, boot the host system to operating system (OS). Logon to the system with the root ID. Change the BMC Administrator password by running the following command:
      ipmitool user set password 2 <new_password>
      Where new_password is the new password that you want for the BMC administrator.
    • To change your expired password by using DMTF Red fish APIs, you can use one of the following methods:
      • Run the following command from a remote Linux® system:
        1. curl -sD - --data '{"UserName":"ADMIN","Password":"curPW"}' -k -X POST https://[bmc_ ip]/redfish/v1/SessionService/Session
          1. Where bmc_ip is the BMC hostname or IP address and curPW is the current password. It can be the default password or another password that is currently set on the BMC.
          2. Copy the X-Auth-Token:.... output from this command (to be used in the next command).
        2. curl -H "X-Auth-Token:...." --data '{"Password":"newPW"}' -k -X PATCH https://[bmc_ip]/redfish/v1/AccountService/Accounts/2
          • Where bmc_ip is the BMC hostname or IP address and newPW is the new password that you want.
      • Run the following command from a remote Linux system:

        Cmd: curl -u ADMIN:curPW --data '{"Password":"newPW"}' -k -X PATCH https://[bmc_ip]/redfish/v1/AccountService/Accounts/2

        1. Where curPW is the current password. It can be the default password or another password that is currently set on the BMC. Where newPW is the new password that you want.
  3. Click Login.