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6 ipmiutil_alarms - display and set alarm indicators
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9 ipmiutil alarms [-abcdimnoprx -N node -U user -P/-R pswd -EFJTVY]
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13 ipmiutil alarms is a program that uses IPMI commands to display and set
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15 panel. This utility can use either the /dev/ipmi0 driver from
16 OpenIPMI, the /dev/imb driver from Intel, the /dev/ipmikcs driver from
17 valinux, direct user-space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N. Note
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21 Note that this utility may not be the only logic setting alarm states.
22 The BMC firmware, system management software, or cluster fault manager
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24 ager API which presents a consolidated interface for all alarm manage‐
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31 -r Read-only. Show the alarms status, but do not set any states.
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34 -iN Sets the Chassis Identify feature, which can be an LED or some
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39 -aN Sets Disk A Fault LED. If N=0, turn it off. If N=1, turn it
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45 -dXN Sets Disk X Fault LED, where X=0-6. If N=0, turn it off. If
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48 -cN Sets the Critical Alarm. If N=0, turn it off. If N=1, turn it
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67 Nodename or IP address of the remote target system. If a node‐
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72 Remote password for the nodename given. The default is a null
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76 Remote username for the nodename given. The default is a null
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82 Force the driver type to one of the followng: imb, va, open,
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87 -J Use the specified LanPlus cipher suite (0 thru 17):
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89 3=sha1/sha1/cbc128, 4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128, 5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40,
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105 ipmiutil(8) iconfig(8) icmd(8) idiscover(8) ievents(8) ifru(8)
106 igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8) isel(8) isensor(8) iserial(8)
107 isol(8) iwdt(8)
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111 See http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version of ipmiutil
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116 Copyright (C) 2009 Kontron America, Inc.
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118 See the file COPYING in the distribution for more details regarding
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121 This utility is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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