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What I want to do

I want to log in to IPMI through the web interface. The motherboard is from Supermicro and the product name is X11DPG-QT. I am able to access the login webpage, but I get the error message: "Invalid Username or Password". However, the login works through SSH: ssh -l ADMIN c602-ipmi.

What I have tried so far

I had a look and there is a tool from Supermicro to manage/adapt the configuration of IPMI (including changing the user's password): https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/resources/downloadcenter/smsdownload

Through the tool (IPMICFG_1.33.2_build.220126), I can manage the existing user accounts. For example, list them:

[c602] ~  # ./IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64 -user list
Maximum number of Users          : 10
Count of currently enabled Users : 1
User ID | User Name        | Privilege Level | Enable
------- | ---------        | --------------- | ------
      2 | ADMIN            | Administrator   | Yes

I tried to update/change the password with the following command:

[c602] ~  # ./IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64 -user setpwd 2 a_5QWPMICBA
Done.

Which seems to work; however, I still cannot log in through the web interface. It still says “Invalid Username or Password”. The new password works for the SSH connection.

In addition, I checked that the hostnames (SSH vs. HTTP) resolve to the same IP address. I also powered off the entire server and unplugged all cables for a few minutes.

My Question

What do I miss? Thank you!

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I contacted the SuperMicro Support and explained to them the problem. After checking a couple of things (e.g., web browser compatibility), they recommended me to perform a factory reset:

./IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64 -fd

This solved the issue. After the factory reset, I was able to log in to the IPMI web interface (with the default login credentials). I changed the password through the web interface to the one I had before. It still works (HTTPS and SSH).

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