IPMITool Commands Not Working When Using Encryption Key

Question

I'm able to remotely communicate with a server's BMC with the following command when the default 'all zeros' are entered into the Encryption Key configuration. sudo ipmitool -I lanplus -H -U chassis power status Yet I get the following error when I use an encryption/kg key symetric pair: sudo ipmitool -I lanplus -H -U -k -vv chassis power status [...]< << Message tag : 0x00<< RMCP+ status : no errors<< Console Session ID : 0xa0a2a3a4<< Key exchange auth code [sha1] : 0xfb46be9ddfb39ac778608f79 > RAKP 4 message has invalid integrity check valueError: Unable to establish IPMI v2 / RMCP+ sessionRunning Get PICMG Properties my_addr 0x20, transit 0, target 0x20No Response from Get PICMG PropertiesNo PICMG Extenstion discoveredInterface address: my_addr 0x20 transit 0:0 target 0x20:0 ipmb_target 0 Unable to get Chassis Power Status Using the Dell Troubleshooting Tool, I get 'Connection Passed' when the encryption/KG Key is typed in. Any suggestions as what I can try next?

DELL-Rob C · Answer

Just looking at this now...

iDRAC uses hexidemial keys. So we expect to use -x option for ipmitool to work wtih keys.

Something like:

ipmitool -I lanplus -H 10.1.1.1 -U root -P yourPasswd -x 00AADD0000000000000000000000000000000000 chassis power status

Thanks,

Rob

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