idrac helper

Really this is a personal python script for myself. If you find it useful, great! If not, that's fine too. If you have a suggestion, I'm all ears. I can't promise I'll implement it, I'm pretty bad at coding. I'll try though, sounds like fun! Maybe...

Anyway, this script is designed to do a few things with my 720xd. It powers it on/off, changes the fan speed, and toggles the dynamic fan speed.

Options

  -p {on,off}, --power {on,off}
                        Power on or off the server
  -f [0-100], --fan [0-100]
                        Set fan speed percentage
  -t, --temp            Adjust fan speed based on temperature
  -d {on,off}, --dynamic {on,off}
                        Toggle dynamic fan control

Requirements

• Python
• ipmitool
  • sudo apt install ipmitool for Ubuntu/Debian
  • sudo dnf install ipmitool for Fedora/RHEL & clones
  • sudo pacman -S ipmitool for Arch
  • brew install ipmitool for MacOS

Usage

$ python3 server.py -p on
$ python3 server.py -f 50
$ python3 server.py -t

Notes

I'm currently testing this script on my server as a temperature monitoring solution. I have it set as a cronjob on my pihole server to run every 5 minutes.