Whelp, that is both sucky and good, as it explains everything and helps
complete my investigation. :-)

Thanks to everyone who offered their insights, it was a very valuable
learning experience.

cheers,
Klaus

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:26 AM, Maxime De Berraly <
[email protected]> wrote:

> That's the killer detail : Dell C series aren't Poweredges. They don't
> have an iDrac. No delloem. No racadm. No WSMAN. You might try utilities
> from this page, i know the mac list is available thu www :
> http://www.poweredgec.com/
>
>
>
> *Cordialement,*
> *Maxime De Berraly*│Iguane Solutions│Mobile +33.698013854
> <+33%206%2098%2001%2038%2054>
> ________________________________________________________
>
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>
> 2017-01-05 11:16 GMT+01:00 Klaus Steden <[email protected]>:
>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Thanks for all the responses (there were quite a few!). I have tried
>> ipmitool, ipmi-oem, and even an older version (c. 2009) of ipmi-util, but
>> it looks like none of them work using any of the suggestions people have
>> made (it would have been super amazing if 'mac list' did, because that
>> would solve my problem right there).
>>
>> I suspect the issue I'm running into is probably version/compatibility on
>> the hardware side, as opposed to the software side. Is there any kind of
>> compatibility matrix available online? Some of the machines I'm working
>> with are a bit on the older side (e.g., C2100) ... maybe there's a firmware
>> update I missed or something?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Klaus
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Dell - Internal Use - Confidential *
>>>
>>> Hi ,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> for 13G,
>>>
>>> open source ipmitool has to update with latest(1.8.15) in order to work
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> dell-ipmitool(OM840DVD) works for delloem mac
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Br,
>>>
>>> MSR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Murali, Mohan G
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 5, 2017 9:04 AM
>>> *To:* Mareedu, Srinivasa <[email protected]>; K2, Narendra
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* RE: [Linux-PowerEdge] Query system MAC addresses via IPMI?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Dell - Internal Use - Confidential *
>>>
>>> If there is a way from IPMI tool to get MAC address,  please see if you
>>> can respond over Linux PowerEdge mailing list. If have not subscribed yet,
>>> then please ignore it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mohan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists *On Behalf Of *Cameron Smith
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 4, 2017 10:44 PM
>>> *To:* Klaus Steden <[email protected]>
>>> *Cc:* linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Query system MAC addresses via IPMI?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Klaus,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not a direct answer to your IPMI question but if you have DRAC you can
>>> get those MAC addresses a few ways.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> RACADM
>>>
>>> ssh to the DRAC IP and run this:
>>>
>>> racadm get NIC.VndrConfigPage.1
>>>
>>> Change the 1 to the sequential number of the NIC for which you need the
>>> MAC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> DRAC GUI
>>>
>>> For 12 Gen and newer you can view the NIC MAC info by logging into the
>>> DRAC and going in the side navigation to Hardware > Network Devices. Click
>>> on the Integrated link for LOM ports and then click on the NIC you want
>>> info for and view the MAC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cameron Smith
>>> Technical Operations Manager
>>> Network Redux, LLC
>>> 5200 SW Macadam Ave Ste 450
>>> Portland, Oregon 97239
>>>
>>> Cell:   503-926-4928 <(503)%20926-4928>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Klaus Steden <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know that some vendors (e.g., SuperMicro) make it possible to fetch
>>> the MAC address of a NIC that's attached to the motherboard, but does
>>> something similar exist for Dell? I've been fishing around the Internet in
>>> vain to find if there's some command or sequence of hex that I can use to
>>> fetch that programmatically from our Dell machines.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know that there is a 'delloem mac' command supported by IPMI tool, but
>>> when I try that, I get an error and not any kind of meaningful output:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ipmitool -H <stuff> -U <stuff> -P <stuff> delloem mac
>>> Error in getting MAC Address (Unknown (0x80))
>>>
>>> I've also tried '-l lanplus' and I poked at ipmi-oem's commands as well,
>>> but no dice. I can confirm that the machines I've poked at are online, as I
>>> can do more mundane things like get power state, sensor data, etc.; I am
>>> also able to fetch some of the system attributes like serial number using
>>> raw hex sequences, but I am a bit lost when it comes to the appropriate
>>> codes, and brute-forcing through canned sequences seems dangerous/a fool's
>>> errand.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Klaus
>>>
>>>
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