In my lab, I am using it to manage a Linux Server, and here is how I configured it.
1.- Loading IPMI kernel modules
I added ipmi_si and ipmi_devintf to my /etc/modules so those can load at startup, but also loaded those manually. root@donkey:~# modprobe ipmi_si
root@donkey:~# modprobe ipmi_devintf
2.- Configuring IPMI network settings with ipmitool
root@donkey:~# ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
root@donkey:~# ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 192.168.0.201
Setting LAN IP Address to 192.168.0.201
root@donkey:~# ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0
Setting LAN Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
root@donkey:~# ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 192.168.0.1
Setting LAN Default Gateway IP to 192.168.0.1
root@donkey:~# ipmitool lan print
Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable : Callback : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
: User : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
: Operator : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
: Admin : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
: OEM : MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
IP Address Source : Static Address
IP Address : 192.168.0.201
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address : 00:25:90:XX:XX:XX
SNMP Community String : public
IP Header : TTL=0x00 Flags=0x00 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x00
BMC ARP Control : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Default Gateway IP : 192.168.0.1
Default Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
Backup Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0
Backup Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
802.1q VLAN ID : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority : 0
RMCP+ Cipher Suites : 0,1,2,3,6,7,8,11,12
Cipher Suite Priv Max : aaaaXXaaaXXaaXX
: X=Cipher Suite Unused
: c=CALLBACK
: u=USER
: o=OPERATOR
: a=ADMIN
: O=OEM
3.- Configuring user credentials with ipmitool
Default admin user is 'ADMIN', here is how I set his password:
root@donkey:~# ipmitool user list 1
ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg Channel Priv Limit
2 ADMIN false false true ADMINISTRATOR
root@donkey:~# ipmitool user set password 2 yourpassword 4.- Accessing IPMI interface
We can now access the IPMI interface and log into the system by going to:https://192.168.0.201 (this is the IP I assigned to the IPMI interface).