Logging In to the Smart Provisioning Redfish Interface

Log in to the Redfish interface when you want to use Smart Provisioning through the Redfish interface.

This section uses the Google Chrome Postman extension program as an example to describe how to log in to the Smart Provisioning Redfish interface.

• Do not restart the iBMC during the SP startup process.
• If the iBMC is reset after SP is started, you need to log in to SP again.

1. Run Postman.
2. Create a session.
   1. Choose POST from the menu, as shown in Figure 8-6.
   2. Enter https://*.*.*.*/redfish/v1/SessionService/Sessions in the parameter text box.

      *.*.*.* indicates the iBMC management network port IP address.

      Figure 8-6 Setting parameters for creating a session
      
      

   3. Click the Body tab, select raw, and choose JSON (application/json) from the Text drop-down list, as shown in Figure 8-7.
      Figure 8-7 Setting parameters for creating a session
      
      

   4. In the text box on the Body tab, enter the request body.

      { 
          "UserName": "username", 
          "Password": "password" 
      }

      In the request body, username indicates the iBMC user name, and password indicates the password. Figure 8-8 shows an example.

      Figure 8-8 Setting parameters for creating a session
      
      

   5. Click Send.

      If the response code obtained in the Response area is 201, the session is established.

      Record the value of X-Auth-Token in the response message for subsequent operations.

3. Perform operations on Smart Provisioning.
   1. Select Get from the menu.
   2. Enter https://*.*.*.*/redfish/v1/Managers/1/SPService in the parameter text box.

      *.*.*.* indicates the iBMC management network port IP address.

   3. On the Headers tab, add the X-Auth-Token parameter and its value (obtained in 2.e), as shown in Figure 8-9.
      Figure 8-9 Setting parameters for obtaining Smart Provisioning resources
      
      

   4. Click Send.

      If the returned response code is 200, the operation is successful.

      In the Response window, you can see the Smart Provisioning resources supported by the server.