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Front Panel LCD Settings

Using the IPMItool utility on the OpenManage CD, invoke the ipmitool

command to get and set front panel LCD information. For the various

options available, use:

ipmitool -I lan -H <DRAC_IP_Address> -U <username> -P

<password> delloem lcd help

To identify a particular server in a rack of servers, use the following command:

ipmitool -I lan -H <DRAC_IP_Address> -U <username> -P

<password> chassis identify

This command will blink the LCD for 15 seconds.

Ambient Temperature Configuration

VMware Infrastructure client reports ambient temperature. Alerts will be

generated when the ambient temperature breaches the threshold values. Use

the following ipmitool command to change the default thresholds values.

To learn about the various options supported, use the following command:

ipmitool -I lan -H <DRAC_IP_Address> -U root -P

<password> sensor thresh "Ambient Temp" help

Other Sensor Values

The ipmitool command can also be used to report other sensor

information in the server. To learn about the various options supported, use

the following command:

ipmitool -I lan -H <DRAC_IP_Address> -U root -P

<password> sensor help

Accessing Sensor Values Remotely

Use the following ipmitool command to access the sensor values of ESXi:

ipmitool –I lan –H <DRAC_IP_Address> -U root –P

<password> sdr

where sdr stands for Sensor Data Records.

Similarly, there are multiple options to get different BMC values using

ipmitool. See the manpage of ipmitool for more details.

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