IPMI 2.0 everywhere
ipmideck speaks standard IPMI 2.0, so most server BMCs respond for sensor monitoring, power control, SEL, and FRU. Fan control (FanPilot) is vendor-specific: Dell is tested on real hardware, Supermicro and IBM are experimental, and HPE, Lenovo, and unknown BMCs are monitoring-only — they still get full sensor, power, SEL, and FRU support.Any BMC that implements IPMI 2.0 connects for sensor monitoring, power control, SEL, and
FRU. The tiers describe fan control only: Tested is validated on real hardware,
Experimental works but is not yet exhaustively tested, and Monitoring-only means
ipmideck does not attempt fan control for that BMC.
Enabling IPMI on your BMC
Most servers ship with IPMI-over-LAN disabled or with default credentials. Before ipmideck can connect, you need to enable IPMI 2.0 over LAN and set a user account on the BMC. The Enabling IPMI on your BMC → guide has a per-vendor walkthrough for each controller:- Dell iDRAC
- Supermicro: low-confidence; verify on hardware
- HPE iLO
- Lenovo XCC
- IBM IMM: low-confidence; verify on hardware
The Supermicro and IBM IMM2 walkthroughs are flagged low-confidence, their BMC
navigation paths come from sparse documentation and need validation on real hardware
before you rely on them. Each page carries a prominent warning.