Supermicro IPMI interface Unable to mount ISO
I recently had the need to mount a bootable ISO to the Supermicro server I use in my lab environment using the built in IPMI tool.
Its a relatively straight forward process, or at least it should be :)
1. Create a standard windows share and give open or authenticated account access permissions
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2. Place the ISO file that you wish to mount at boot time in the new folder.
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3. Enter the share details on the IPMI setting page
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4. Save the settings then hit mount.
This is where you may (as I did) run in to issues….
Basic check time ... everything was configured spot on, share wide open, ISO valid and not corrupt, all lower-case naming and no special characters in the share name.
After a lot of wasted time and ensuring the latest release of IPMI Firmware was installed (version 0.88 at the time of writing) still nothing.
After further digging I found that the Supermicro software requires the machine that hosts the share to support SMB v1.0 which on Windows 10 is disabled
A quick trip to Add Remove Features to select SMBv1.0 Server support and a reboot solved the issue allowing the ISO to mount as required.
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*Once finished with the mounted ISO I recommend removing the added SMBv1.0 Support not forgetting to reboot.
Hope this helps others save some time and a lot of head scratching.
Thanks for Reading
Adam