Reset a Supermicro IPMICFG password
How to reset a Supermicro IPMICFG password from inside Windows
You may encounter a situation where you need to reset the admin password associated with your Supermicro IPMI interface.
In my circumstance I had just picked up a 6028TR-HTFR off of eBay for a good deal and all four nodes had unknown passwords.
This method will require physical access to the server and this How To will cover how to accomplish the reset leveraging a Windows OS. At the bottom of this article I have linked to additional reading which contains methods for Linux as well as resetting via USB boot.
Steps to reset a Supermicro IPMICFG password – Windows method:
- Download the latest IPMICFG utility released by Supermicro
- Copy the extracted contents to your server
- Open a command window as administrator (this will not work from a normal command window)
- Change directory to the ipmicfg-win.exe appropriate for your architecture (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Get the user ID of the IPMI user whose password you want to set:
ipmicfg-win.exe -user list - Set a new password for that user:
ipmicfg-win.exe -user setpwd 2 your_password_here - Login to the IPMI web GUI using the password you just set.
Full example of how to reset a Supermicro IPMICFG password:
*I only have one note on this and that is that the ADMIN username is case sensitive in my experience. If ipmicfg-win.exe -user list returns ADMIN, you cannot login with admin.
IPMICFG-WIN.exe command parameters reference:
Usage: IPMICFG params (Example: IPMICFG -m 192.168.1.123) -m Show IP and MAC. -m IP Set IP (format: ###.###.###.###). -a MAC Set MAC (format: ##:##:##:##:##:##). -k Show Subnet Mask. -k Mask Set Subnet Mask (format: ###.###.###.###). -dhcp Get the DHCP status. -dhcp on Enable the DHCP. -dhcp off Disable the DHCP. -g Show Gateway IP. -g IP Set Gateway IP (format: ###.###.###.###). -r BMC cold reset. option: -d | Detected IPMI device for BMC reset. -garp on Enable the Gratuitous ARP. -garp off Disable the Gratuitous ARP. -fd Reset to the factory default. option: -d | Detected IPMI device for BMC reset. -fdl Reset to the factory default. (Clean LAN) option: -d | Detected IPMI device for BMC reset. -fde Reset to the factory default. (Clean FRU & LAN) option: -d | Detected IPMI device for BMC reset. -ver Get Firmware revision. -vlan Get VLAN status. -vlan on <vlan tag> Enable the VLAN and set the VLAN tag. If VLANtag is not given it uses previously saved value. -vlan off Disable the VLAN. -selftest Checking and reporting on the basic health of BMC. -raw Send a RAW IPMI request and print response. Format: NetFn Cmd [Data1 ... DataN] -fru info Show FRU inventory area Info. -fru list Show all FRU values. -fru cthelp Show chassis type code. -fru help Show help of FRU Write. -fru <field> Show FRU field value. -fru <field> <value> Write FRU. -fru 1m Update FRU Product Manufacturer from DMITable. -fru 1p Update FRU Product Prodcut Name from DMITable. -fru 1s Update FRU Product S/N from DMITable. -fru 2m Update FRU Board Manufacturer from DMITable. -fru 2p Update FRU Board Product Name from DMITable. -fru 2s Update FRU Board S/N from DMITable. -fru 3s Update FRU Chassis S/N from DMITable. -fru backup <file> Backup FRU to file <Binary format>. -fru restore <file> Restore FRU from file <Binary format>. -fru tbackup <file> Backup FRU to file <Text format>. -fru trestore <file> Restore FRU from file <Text format>. -fru ver <v1> <v2> Get/Set FRU version. (v1 v2 are BCD format) -sel info Show SEL info. -sel list Show SEL records. -sel del Delete all SEL records. -sel raw Show SEL raw data. -sdr [full] Show SDR records and reading. -sdr del <sdr id> Delete SDR record. -sdr ver <v1> <v2> Get/Set SDR version. (v1 v2 are BCD format) -nm nmsdr Display NM SDR. -nm seltime Get SEL time. -nm deviceid Get ME Device ID. -nm reset Reboots ME. -nm reset2default Force ME reset to Default. -nm updatemode Force ME to Update Mode. -nm selftest Get Self Test Results. -nm listimagesinfo List ME Images information. -nm oemgetpower OEM Power command for ME. -nm oemgettemp OEM Temp. command for ME. -nm pstate Get Max allowed CPU P-State. -nm tstate Get Max allowed CPU T-State. -nm cpumemtemp Get CPU/Memory temperature. -nm hostcpudata Get host CPU data. -fan Get Fan Mode. -fan <mode> Set Fan Mode. -pminfo Power supply PMBus health. -psfruinfo Power supply FRU health. -psbbpinfo Battery backup power status. -autodischarge <module> <day> Set auto discharge by days. -discharge <module> Manually discharge battery. -user list List user privilege information. -user help Show user privilege code. -user add <user id> <user name> Add user. <password> <privilege> -user del <user id> Delete user. -user level <user id> <privilege> Update user privilege. -user setpwd <user id> <password> Update user password. -conf upload <file> <option> Upload IPMI configuration form binary file. option: -p | Bypass warning message. -conf download <file> Download IPMI configuration to binary file. -conf tupload <file> <option> Upload IPMI configuration from text file. option: -p | Bypass warning message. -conf tdownload <file> Download IPMI configuration to text file. -clrint Clear chassis intrusion. -reset <index> Reset System and force to boot from device. -soft <index> Initiate a soft-shutdown for OS and force to boot from device. -recoverbiosinfo Get recovery BIOS information. -nvme list Display the existing NVME SSD list. -nvme info <aoc> <slot> NVME SSD information. -nvme locate <aoc> <slot> Locate NVME SSD. -nvme stoplocate <aoc> <slot> Stop locate NVME SSD. -nvme eject <aoc> <slot> Eject NVME SSD. -tp info Get MCU Info. -tp info <type> Get MCU Type Info. (type: 1 - 3) -tp nodeid Get Node ID.
Additional Reading:
Is it possible to reset the password on a SuperMicro IPMI interface?
after following your steps, and running CMD as administrator, I get an error on step 5 of your list, it says, “driveCan not find a valid IPMI device” (please note, that it literally says, “driverCan…” it’s not a typo on my part.