IPMI Hard Reset

| F.A.Q.

How to reset IPMI (Hard Reset)  

Locally:

  1. Use “IPMICFG –raw 0x30 0x41”  to reset to factory default
  2. Remove AC power cord for ~1 minute

IPMICFG can be downloaded from the FTP (includes DOS, Windows and Linux versions)

https://www.supermicro.nl/wftp/utility/IPMICFG/

http://www.supermicro.com/SwDownload/UserInfo.aspx?sw=0&cat=IPMI

 

Remote:

  1. Use “SMCIPMITool <IP> <username> <password> IPMI RAW 30 41”
  2. Remove AC power cord for ~1 minute

 

SMCIPMITool can be downloaded from the FTP (Includes Windows and Linux versions)

https://www.supermicro.nl/wftp/utility/SMCIPMItool/

  • The login credentials will be ADMIN /ADMIN again. (or the default unique password for new systems (2020))
  • We highly recommend clearing the browser and JAVA caches to prevent issues coming back.
  • Be aware this reset will also reset networking settings to default (DHCP).

If this is a problem you can try using “IPMICFG –FD”, which doesn’t reset the networking, but may also not solve your problem.

 Important information:

 

Reset

Network

Reset

Users info

Reset

FRU

ADMIN password

0x30 0x40

N

Y

N

Unique Password

0x30 0x41

Y

Y

Y

Unique Password

0x30 0x42

Y

Y

N

Unique Password

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