1IPMIUTIL(8) System Manager's Manual IPMIUTIL(8)
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6 ipmiutil - a meta-command to invoke various IPMI functions.
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10 ipmiutil <command> [-x -NUPREFJTVY] [other command options]
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14 This utility performs various IPMI functions. Each of the individual
15 commands in the ipmiutil project can be invoked via this meta-command.
16 The <command> is one of the following:
17 alarms show/set the front panel alarm LEDs and relays (ialarms)
18 leds show/set the front panel alarm LEDs and relays (ialarms)
19 cmd send a specified raw IPMI command to the BMC (icmd)
20 config list/save/restore BMC configuration parameters (iconfig)
21 discover discover all IPMI servers on this LAN (idiscover)
22 events decode IPMI events and display them (ievents)
23 fru show FRU inventory data, write asset tag (ifru)
24 getevt receive any IPMI events and display them (igetevent)
25 getevent receive any IPMI events and display them (igetevent)
26 health check and show the basic health of the BMC (ihealth)
27 lan show/set IPMI LAN parameters and PEF table (ilan)
28 reset cause the BMC to reset or power down the system (ireset)
29 sel show/clear firmware System Event Log records (isel)
30 sensor show Sensor Data Records, readings, thresholds (isensor)
31 serial show/set IPMI Serial & Terminal Mode parameters (iserial)
32 sol start/stop an SOL console session (isol)
33 wdt show/set/reset the watchdog timer (iwdt)
34 picmg show/set picmg extended functions
35 firewall show/set firmware firewall functions
36 For help on each command (e.g. 'sel'), enter:
37 ipmiutil sel -?
38 For man pages on each command, see the man page in parenthesis, or
39 refer to SEE ALSO below.
40 This utility can use either the /dev/ipmi0 driver from OpenIPMI, the
42 /dev/imb driver from Intel, the /dev/ipmikcs driver from valinux,
43 direct user-space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N.
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47 Command options are described in the man page for each command. Below
48 are a few of the common options.
49 -x Causes extra debug messages to be displayed.
51 -N nodename
53 Nodename or IP address of the remote target system. If a node‐
54 name is specified, IPMI LAN interface is used. Otherwise the
55 local system management interface is used.
56 -U rmt_user
58 Remote username for the nodename given. The default is a null
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60 -P/-R rmt_pswd
62 Remote password for the nodename given. The default is a null
63 password.
64 -E Use the remote password from Environment variable IPMI_PASSWORD.
66 -F drv_t
68 Force the driver type to one of the followng: imb, va, open,
69 gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb. Note that lan2i means
70 lan2 with intelplus. The default is to detect any available
71 driver type and use it.
72 -J Use the specified LanPlus cipher suite (0 thru 14):
74 0=none/none/none, 1=sha1/none/none, 2=sha1/sha1/none,
75 3=sha1/sha1/cbc128, 4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128, 5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40,
76 6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4_40. Default is 3.
77 -T Use a specified IPMI LAN Authentication Type: 0=None, 1=MD2,
79 2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM.
80 -V Use a specified IPMI LAN privilege level. 1=Callback level,
82 2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default),
83 5=OEM level.
84 -Y Yes, do prompt the user for the IPMI LAN remote password.
86 Alternatives for the password are -E or -P.
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90 ipmiutil sel
91 Shows the IPMI System Event Log entries.
92 ipmiutil wdt
94 Shows the watchdog timer values.
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97 ialarms(8) iconfig(8) icmd(8) idiscover(8) ievents(8) ifru(8)
98 igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8) isel(8) isensor(8) iserial(8)
99 isol(8) iwdt(8)
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103 See http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version of ipmiutil
104 and any bug fix list.
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108 Copyright (C) 2009 Kontron America, Inc.
109 See the file COPYING in the distribution for more details regarding
111 redistribution.
112 This utility is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
114 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
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118 Andy Cress <arcress at users.sourceforge.net>
119 Version 1.0: 17 Feb 2010 IPMIUTIL(8)