How to reset IPMI password

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at March 24th, 2025

Step 1. Connect to VMware ESXi CLI (via SSH)

ssh root@172.16.254.1

Step 2. Verify ADMIN user number

cd /opt/syneto/bin
./ipmitool user list

– or –

cd /opt/bin
./ipmitool user list

Step 3. Set new password (replace <N> with the correct number)

/opt/syneto/bin/ipmitool user set password <N>

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