IPMI Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Power On/Off IPMI Server

Summary
To Power On/Off IPMI/HardReset IPMI Server
Description
This task can switch ON or OFF or Hard Reset IPMI Server. Output for this task is IPMI Account name.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
IPMI Account Choose the host account ipmi_​account Y
Power Action Choose the power action Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​IPMI_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Name of the Server on which the selected operation was performed gen_​text_​input

Select Boot Device

Summary
To select the Boot device on IPMI Server
Description
This task changes the Boot Device on IPMI Server. Following are the options a) Force PXE Boot, b) Force Boot from default Hard Disk, c) Force boot from CD/DVD, and d) Force boot from BIOS. Output for this task is IPMI Account name.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
IPMI Account Choose the host account ipmi_​account Y
Boot Device Choose a boot device with which to boot the IPMI server at the next reboot Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​IPMI_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Name of the Server on which the selected operation was performed gen_​text_​input

Select IPMI Server

Summary
To Retrieve NIC MAC address of an IPMI Server
Description
This task can select NIC MAC of an IPMI Server. Output for this task is MAC address of the selected NIC.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select IPMI Server Choose the IPMI server ipmi​Server​Nic​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​IPMI_​SERVER_​NIC_​IDENTITY Identity of the IPMI Server NICs ipmi​Server​Nic​Identity
OUTPUT_​IPMI_​MAC_​ADDRESS IPMI Server selected NIC's MAC address ipmi​Server​Nic​Identity

Verify IPMI Connectivity

Summary
Verify IPMI connectivity
Description
This task verifies UCSD connection to Server using IPMI interface. Output for this task is the IPMI Account Name.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Choose the IPMI account name ipmi_​account Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​IPMI_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Name of the Server on which the selected operation was performed gen_​text_​input