How to configure IPMI, can be found in the Installation Manual in the System setup chapter.
If you forgot the IPMI password, follow the steps below:
Step-by-step guide
If the IPMI default password is lost, a tool called IPMICFG-Win, available from the SuperMicro website, can be used to recover it.
The program description can be found here: https://www.supermicro.com/en/solutions/management-software/ipmi-utilities(opens in a new tab)
And the download is found here:
To reset the password:
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Run the program from Command Prompt in Windows.
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To check which IPMI users are available, type:
IPMICFG-Win.exe -user list
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Then reset the password. In the example, user with user ID 2 has their password reset to ‘Admin123’:
IPMICFG-Win.exe -user setpwd 2 Admin123