These commands may be performed in the GUI at Diagnostics > Command Prompt or at a console or SSH shell prompt as the root user.
Load the IPMI kernel module
kldload ipmiList the current IPMI users
ipmitool user listReset the password for a user
The default ADMIN user is User ID 2, and the example below sets the password for this user to NETGATE.
ipmitool user set password 2 NETGATESet the IPMI IP address and subnet mask
ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 172.31.123.5
ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0Set a default gateway
ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 172.31.123.1Enable IPMI access on the interface
ipmitool lan set 1 access onUnload the IPMI kernel module
kldunload ipmi