1ICMD(8)                     System Manager's Manual                    ICMD(8)
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NAME

6       ipmiutil_cmd  -  a  tool to send specific IPMI commands via the command
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SYNOPSIS

11       ipmiutil cmd [-pqsx -NUPREFJTVY] bus rsSa netFn/lun cmd [data bytes]
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DESCRIPTION

15       This ipmiutil cmd tool sends specific IPMI commands  to  the  firmware.
16       The commands are composed as hex values on the command line.  This tool
17       was written to allow in-band use to match the DOS CMDTOOL.EXE or  IPMI‐
18       TOOL.EXE program which is distributed with many Intel servers.  Certain
19       scripts or pre-written commands may have been supplied for the DOS tool
20       that can now be used while the system is running Linux or Windows.
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22       This  utility  can  use either the /dev/ipmi0 driver from OpenIPMI, the
23       /dev/imb driver from  Intel,  the  /dev/ipmikcs  driver  from  valinux,
24       direct user-space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N.
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26       This  tool  should  only  be used if you are familiar with the IPMI 1.5
27       specification, or you have specific pre-written commands to send.
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OPTIONS

32       Command line options are described below.
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34       -p     Port to use.  Defaults to RMCP port 623.
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36       -q     Quiet mode.  Show only minimal header information.
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38       -s     Skips the GetDeviceID command
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42       -N nodename
43              Nodename or IP address of the remote target system.  If a  node‐
44              name  is  specified,  IPMI LAN interface is used.  Otherwise the
45              local system management interface is used.
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47       -U rmt_user
48              Remote username for the nodename given.  The default is  a  null
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52              Remote  password  for the nodename given.  The default is a null
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58              Force the driver type to one of the  followng:  imb,  va,  open,
59              gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb.  Note that lan2i means
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63       -J     Use   the   specified   LanPlus   cipher   suite  (0  thru  17):
64              0=none/none/none,      1=sha1/none/none,       2=sha1/sha1/none,
65              3=sha1/sha1/cbc128,  4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128,  5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40,
66              6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4_40.  Default is 3.
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68       -T     Use a specified IPMI LAN  Authentication  Type:  0=None,  1=MD2,
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72              2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default),
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75       -Y     Yes,  do  prompt  the  user  for  the  IPMI LAN remote password.
76              Alternatives for the password are -E or -P.
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PARAMETERS

80       The following parameters are used by icmd.  Each is  represented  as  a
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91              This  byte  combines  the net Function and Lun.  The 2 low-order
92              bits are the Lun and the 6 high-order bits are the net Function.
93              This representation is consistent with the DOS CMDTOOL/IPMITOOL.
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100              This is a sequence of zero to 16 bytes that represent data bytes
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EXAMPLES

105       icmd 00 20 18 01
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109       Sends a Get SEL entry command for the last entry in the firmware log.
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SEE ALSO

113       ipmiutil(8)  ialarms(8)  iconfig(8)  idiscover(8)  ievents(8)   ifru(8)
114       igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8) isel(8) isensor(8) iserial(8)
115       isol(8) iwdt(8)
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WARNINGS

119       See http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version of ipmiutil
120       and any bug fix list.
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124       Copyright (C) 2009  Kontron America, Inc.
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126       See  the  file  COPYING  in the distribution for more details regarding
127       redistribution.
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129       This utility is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
130       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
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AUTHOR

134       Andy Cress <arcress at users.sourceforge.net>
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139                           Version 1.0: 10 Aug 2004                    ICMD(8)
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