---
title: "Manual IPMI Network CLI"
slug: "fmadio-os-network-manual-ipmi"
updated: 2025-04-21T02:22:57Z
published: 2025-04-21T02:22:57Z
canonical: "docs.fmad.io/fmadio-os-network-manual-ipmi"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Manual IPMI Network CLI

In some scenarios it can be easier to set IPMI network directly using the builtin `ipmitool` utility.

## Get Current Network Setting

First is to get the currnet IPMI network configuration. On the FMADIO host system run the following command

```plaintext
sudo ipmitool lan print
```

This prints out the current IPMI network setting, example output below

```plaintext
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$ sudo ipmitool lan print
IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory
Set in Progress         : Set Complete
Auth Type Support       : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD OEM
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : MD5
                        : User     : MD5
                        : Operator : MD5
                        : Admin    : MD5
                        : OEM      : MD5
IP Address Source       : Static Address
IP Address              : 192.168.2.183
Subnet Mask             : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address             : 74:56:3c:84:db:b8
SNMP Community String   : AMI
IP Header               : TTL=0x40 Flags=0x40 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x10
BMC ARP Control         : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Disabled
Gratituous ARP Intrvl   : 1.0 seconds
Default Gateway IP      : 192.168.2.1
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     : 3,17
Cipher Suite Priv Max   : XXXaXXXXXXXaXXX
                        :     X=Cipher Suite Unused
                        :     c=CALLBACK
                        :     u=USER
                        :     o=OPERATOR
                        :     a=ADMIN
                        :     O=OEM
Bad Password Threshold  : 0
Invalid password disable: no
Attempt Count Reset Int.: 0
User Lockout Interval   : 0
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$
```

In the above output can see the IP address is static, IPv4 address and gateway information.

## Disable DHCP

By default FMADIO systems are shipped with DHCP IPv4 address for the IPMI interface. This will show up as the following setting

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b9aab0c4-36d0-4616-9673-30b661455571/Images/Documentation/image(10).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-13T18%3A30%3A20Z&se=2026-11-13T19%3A30%3A20Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=gFc80HI3aCWUa%2B4XICJ2ifbkGcEwH6iQ%2B%2FDcqE61W3w%3D)

To configure as static use the command below.

```plaintext
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
```

Example output as follows

```plaintext
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$ sudo ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static
IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$
```

## IPv4 Address

To set the IPv4 address use the following command. In the below example its setting to the address `192.168.2.183`

```plaintext
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 192.168.2.183
```

Example output below

```plaintext
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$ sudo ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 192.168.2.183
IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory
Setting LAN IP Address to 192.168.2.183
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$
```

## IPv4 Netmask

Setting the IPv4 netmask use the following command.

```plaintext
 sudo ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0
```

Example output below

```plaintext
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$ sudo ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0
IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory
Setting LAN Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$
```

## IPv4 Gateway

To set the default IPv4 Gateway use the following command

```plaintext
sudo ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 192.168.2.1
```

Example output below

```plaintext
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$ sudo ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 192.168.2.1
IANA PEN registry open failed: No such file or directory
Setting LAN Default Gateway IP to 192.168.2.1
fmadio@fmadio20v4-682-lite:~$
```