Misleading password requirement for Mt. Collins BMC

Q&A
1

I’m trying to set up a 2U Mt. Collins NVMe system with firmware version 0.32.211101.

I can log into the BMC, but if I try to change the default password via the web UI, I get error
Server error encountered. Error in modifying user [code: 1246]. After trial and error, it seems to be the case that I need special characters in the password.

However, the password requirements just says special characters are allowed.

  • Name must be a string of 1 to 16 alpha-numeric characters.
  • It must start with an alphabetical character.
  • It is case-sensitive.
  • Special characters ‘-’(hyphen), ‘_’(underscore), ‘@’(at sign) are allowed.
2

Interesting! I do not know very much about the constraints on BMC password setting, but perhaps @bexcran knows more and can either let our docs team know about the issue or point you to the right place?

3

Is the BMC running OpenBMC, or MegaRAC?

4

The BMC is running MegaRAC

5

Sorry, in that case I don’t know about the password requirements.
Unfortunately I only know about OpenBMC.

6

Just tried password : Admin123456789) , the password is ok.

The latest BMC for Mt. Collins is 0.45.3, suppose your board is MP version, not DVT, please use the latest version.