Reset BMC Password

[SecureMyBits]

Hi all,

Hi all. I have a used Gigabyte MD70-HB0 motherboard. Unfortunately I am unable to login to the BMC. When prompted for a username and password I have tried the default admin / password with no success.

Is there any way the reset this back to default with local access / jumpers?

Any info would be grateful as the Gigabyte manual only mentions resetting to factory default once logged into the BMC.

Regards.

 

[sretalla]

I think I had a similar problem a few years ago.

As far as memory serves me, this was the solution I used:

1. Connect to the host via SSH (from the menu select Shell if you're at the physical console)
2. Issue the following command: ipmitool user list.
3. Note the ID of the IPMI admin user.
4. Change the password with the following command: ipmitool user set password.

Best of luck with it.

 

[Ubermik]

Hiya, I know this is an old thread but hopefully someone can help

I am a total novice to this IPMI stuff, literally NEVER used it before ever and have a similar problem

I have seen several "solutions" that are identical to this, but I feel they might be written to people who are actually used to using things like IPMI and SSH

When I try to SSH into the machine (I was using putty) I dont get a menu, it just asks for the username and password that I dont have to begin with

So I am guessing that I am missing something here but havent a clue what

By "physical console" do you mean I need to be doing it from the machine with the IMPI? If so would I need both the IPMI and a normal network port simultaneously connected to the same network or does it connect to the BMC from the OS side of the network layers?

I am hoping its just some facepalm level of stupidity on my part that I just cant see lol :)

 

[sretalla]

When I try to SSH into the machine (I was using putty) I dont get a menu, it just asks for the username and password that I dont have to begin with

The root user and password should be it. It's expected to see no menu via SSH.

By "physical console" do you mean I need to be doing it from the machine with the IMPI?

Depends how "locked out" of the machine you are... if you know the root password, then SSH is fine.

would I need both the IPMI and a normal network port simultaneously connected to the same network or does it connect to the BMC from the OS side of the network layers?

Not mandatory for using some functions, but if you want it as an option to access the machine "out of band" to make it as if you're standing in front of the machine, then you need to treat the IPMI NIC as a second connection.

 

[Ubermik]

The root user and password should be it. It's expected to see no menu via SSH.


Depends how "locked out" of the machine you are... if you know the root password, then SSH is fine.


Not mandatory for using some functions, but if you want it as an option to access the machine "out of band" to make it as if you're standing in front of the machine, then you need to treat the IPMI NIC as a second connection.

Ok I probably didnt explain it very well and might be using terms incorrectly due to my noobiness :)

I have full access to the machine itself, bios and windows

Its just the BMC I cant log into, none of the default passwords work admin/admin, ADMIN/ADMIN, root/superuser so I assume they were changed even though when I bought it the seller said they were set to defaults, but I didnt need to use the IMPI before as the device was on my desk plugged into a KVM

So its just the ADSPEED passwords I am trying to reset to default

 

[sretalla]

I have full access to the machine itself, bios and windows

Is the machine running Windows?

If you're talking about TrueNAS, then you would go to SSH and run:
ipmitool user list

Note the ID of the IPMI admin user

Change the password with the following command: ipmitool user set password (you are prompted to enter the ID from the previous step before setting the password).

 

[Ubermik]

Is the machine running Windows?

If you're talking about TrueNAS, then you would go to SSH and run:
ipmitool user list

Note the ID of the IPMI admin user

Change the password with the following command: ipmitool user set password (you are prompted to enter the ID from the previous step before setting the password).

 

[Ubermik]

Ok, this probably just highlights my complete lack of knowledge of using IPMI and to some extent a lack of knowledge of windows lol

I have just managed to solve this with IPMICFG, every time I had tried in a command prompt previously I just got either errors or it sat there without a cursor apparently doing nothing

So I tried the administrator powershell

Did the same IMPICFG -user list and it worked, two admin accounts one in capitals, one upper, one lower case

Then set them both to the same as their username again upper and lower and can now log into the box via IPMIVIEW

Thank you everyone for trying to help, I am not sure why the IPMICFG wouldnt work in a standard windows command prompt, but that is probably just another hole in my knowledge of windows as I have rarely used command prompts for anything since Windows 7/98SE so I had no idea the powershell command prompt had any differences for just running a dos .exe file, but apparently it does

 

[Ubermik]

Strangely though, when I had made a Freedos boot disk and tried the dos version of IPMICFG I just got an error saying the BMC wasnt in idle or error state and "not twinpro" even when just trying to list the users

I couldnt find anything about those errors anywhere so I thought it might have been an incompatibility because it was a gigabyte motherboard rather than a supermicro one, but apparently not