How to Configure BMC MAC/IP address

There are several approaches to access BMC to change MAC/IP Address.

This procedures will walk you through how to do that.

Note: Default network configuration on BMC is static mode with 192.168.0.100 (IP address)/00:00:00:00:00(MAC address)


Before you begin,

  • Prepare the Ethernet cable and connect to your host machine and AVA system like this:

  • Download & Install IPMI Management Utility on your host machine

    • Ubuntu: Type the below commands to install

      sudo apt update
      sudo apt install ipmitool
    • Windows 10: Click here

  • Confirm the connection is alive between your host machine and AVA system

    In your host Machine with Linux Environment:

    • Type the below command to configure the static IP address

      sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.22 netmask 255.255.255.0

In your host Machine with Windows Environment:

  • Configure the static IP Address on the network device and save it:

  • Type the Ping command to see if the connection is alive between your host machine and the AVA system

    sushi@Sushi:~$ ping 192.168.0.100
    PING 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.569 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.572 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.560 ms


Getting Started

  • open cmd.exe (Windows Environment ) or terminal ( Linux Environment) on your host machine and execute the command to see the MMC FW is alive:

    Note: the Default network configuration is static mode with 192.168.0.100

    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.0.100 -U admin -P admin -b 0 -t 0x82 mc info


  • Type the below command to power-on the targeted device from your host machine, for an example you can refer the below image.

    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.0.100 -U admin -P admin -b 0 -t 0x82 raw 0x30 0x12


  • Type the below command to power-off the targeted device from your host machine.

    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.0.100 -U admin -P admin -b 0 -t 0x82 raw 0x30 0x13


  • Type the below command to reboot the targeted device from your host machine.

    ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.0.100 -U admin -P admin -b 0 -t 0x82 raw 0x30 0x11