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

6       ipmiutil - a meta-command to invoke various IPMI functions.
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SYNOPSIS

10       ipmiutil <command> [-x -NUPREFJTVY] [other command options]
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DESCRIPTION

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
18          leds     show/set the front panel alarm LEDs and relays
19          cmd      send a specified raw IPMI command to the BMC
20          config   list/save/restore BMC configuration parameters
21          dcmi     get/set DCMI parameters
22          discover    discover all IPMI servers on this LAN
23          ekanalyzer   run  FRU-EKeying analyzer on FRU files (deprecated, see
24       fru)
25          events   decode IPMI events and display them
26          firewall show/set firmware firewall functions
27          fru      show decoded FRU inventory data, write asset tag
28          fwum     OEM firmware update manager extensions
29          getevt   get IPMI events and display them, event daemon
30          getevent get IPMI events and display them, event daemon
31          health   check and show the basic health of the IPMI BMC
32          hpm      HPM firmware update manager extensions
33          lan      show/set IPMI LAN parameters and PEF table
34          picmg    show/set picmg extended functions
35          reset    cause the BMC to reset or power down the system
36          sel      show/clear firmware System Event Log records
37          sensor   show Sensor Data Records, readings, thresholds
38          serial   show/set IPMI Serial & Terminal Mode parameters
39          sol      start/stop an SOL console session
40          smcoem   SuperMicro OEM functions
41          sunoem   Sun OEM functions
42          delloem  Dell OEM functions
43          tsol     Tyan SOL console start/stop session
44          wdt      show/set/reset the watchdog timer
45       For help on each command (e.g. 'sel'), enter:
46          ipmiutil sel -?
47       For man pages on each command, its man page is named  "i<command>",  or
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50       This  utility  can  use either the /dev/ipmi0 driver from OpenIPMI, the
51       /dev/imb driver from  Intel,  the  /dev/ipmikcs  driver  from  valinux,
52       direct user-space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N is used.
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OPTIONS

56       Command  options are described in the man page for each command.  Below
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59       -x     Causes extra debug messages to be displayed.
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61       -N nodename
62              Nodename or IP address of the remote target system.  If a  node‐
63              name  is  specified,  IPMI LAN interface is used.  Otherwise the
64              local system management interface is used.
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66       -U rmt_user
67              Remote username for the nodename given.  The default is  a  null
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70       -P/-R rmt_pswd
71              Remote  password  for the nodename given.  The default is a null
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77              Force the driver type to one of the  followng:  imb,  va,  open,
78              gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb.  Note that lan2i means
79              lan2 with intelplus.  The default is  to  detect  any  available
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82       -J     Use   the   specified   LanPlus   cipher   suite  (0  thru  17):
83              0=none/none/none,      1=sha1/none/none,       2=sha1/sha1/none,
84              3=sha1/sha1/cbc128,  4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128,  5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40,
85              6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4_40.  Default is 3.
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87       -T     Use a specified IPMI LAN  Authentication  Type:  0=None,  1=MD2,
88              2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM.
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90       -V     Use  a  specified  IPMI  LAN  privilege level. 1=Callback level,
91              2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default),
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95              Alternatives for the password are -E or -P.
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EXAMPLES

99       ipmiutil sel
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SEE ALSO

106       ialarms(8)  iconfig(8)  icmd(8)  idiscover(8)  ievents(8)  ifirewall(8)
107       ifru(8)  ifruset(8)  ifwum(8)  igetevent(8)  ihealth(8) ihpm(8) ilan(8)
108       ipicmg(8) ireset(8) isel(8) isensor(8)  iserial(8)  isol(8)  isunoem(8)
109       iwdt(8) ipmiutil(8) ipmi_port(8)
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WARNINGS

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

128       Andy Cress <arcress at users.sourceforge.net>
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