Hi,
I've been using ipmitool with great success on Dell's 9-series server
BMCs, but I've run into one problem. The BMCs are set up to only allow
admin access to users authenticated with a Kg key. There's a boot-time
configuration utility that sets the Kg key, and it takes 40 characters
worth of hexadecimal input. The ipmitool -k option, on the other hand,
takes 20 characters of ascii input.
To solve my immediate problem, I changed the ipmitool behavior locally
to take hex input. I'm not sure if this is a generally useful patch,
though, or if other BMCs are restricted to ascii in the Kg key, which
would make the current behavior much more convenient. Perhaps a
different command line switch for a hex Kg key as opposed to an ascii
one?
In any case, I will be happy to provide patches for this and other Dell
9-series BMC issues I come across if they are wanted.
--Levi
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