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NAME

6       ipmiutil_wdt- display and set WatchDog Timer parameters
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SYNOPSIS

9       ipmiutil wdt [-acdelrtx -N node -P/-R pswd -U user -EFJTVY]
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DESCRIPTION

13       ipmiutil  wdt  is  a program that uses IPMI commands to display and set
14       WatchDog Timer parameters.
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16       This utility can use either any available IPMI driver, or direct  user-
17       space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N.
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19       This  utility  is an example of how to access the IPMI watchdog parame‐
20       ters directly, which allows changing the timer configuration.
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22       There is an init script provided with ipmiutil to automate the task  of
23       managing the watchdog timer in user-space.
24       # chkconfig --add ipmiutil_wdt      (skip this if no chkconfig)
25       # /etc/init.d/ipmiutil_wdt start
26       This  sets  the  watchdog  timer  to reset the system if the wdt is not
27       restarted within 90 seconds.  It creates  an  /etc/cron.d/wdt  file  to
28       restart  wdt every 60 seconds.  See also ipmiutil UserGuide section 4.4
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OPTIONS

33       Command line options are described below.
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35       -a N   Set watchdog event Action to N. Values: 0 = No action, 1 =  Hard
36              Reset(default), 2 = Power down, 3 = Power cycle.
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38       -c     Show  watchdog  output  in  a  canonical  format, with a default
39              delimiter of '|'.
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41       -d     Disables the watchdog timer.
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43       -e     Enables the watchdog timer.  The timer is not actually  started,
44              however,  until  the  timer is reset.  The pre-timeout action is
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47       -l     Set the watchdog dontLog bit to not log watchdog events  in  the
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50       -p N   Set  watchdog  Pretimeout  event  action  to  N.  Values: 0 = No
51              action(default), 1 = SMI, 2 = NMI, 3 = Messaging Interrupt.   If
52              this  is set to an action other than 0, the pretimeout will also
53              be set to 90% of the timeout.  However, if the timeout  is  less
54              than 20 seconds, the pretimeout will not be enabled.
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56       -q S   Set  watchdog  pretimeout value to S seconds, rather than 90% of
57              the timeout as in -p.  The pretimeout value must be >= 5 and  at
58              least 5 seconds less than the timeout value.
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60       -r     Resets  the watchdog timer.  This should be done every N seconds
61              if the timer is running to prevent the watchdog action  (usually
62              a system reset) from occurring.
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64       -tN    Set  the watchdog Timeout to N seconds.  The default is 120 sec‐
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69       -N nodename
70              Nodename or IP address of the remote target system.  If a  node‐
71              name  is  specified,  IPMI LAN interface is used.  Otherwise the
72              local system management interface is used.
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74       -P/-R rmt_pswd
75              Remote password for the nodename given.  The default is  a  null
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79              Remote  username  for the nodename given.  The default is a null
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85              Force the driver type to one of the  followng:  imb,  va,  open,
86              gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb.  Note that lan2i means
87              lan2 with intelplus.  The default is  to  detect  any  available
88              driver type and use it.
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90       -J     Use   the   specified   LanPlus   cipher   suite  (0  thru  17):
91              0=none/none/none,      1=sha1/none/none,       2=sha1/sha1/none,
92              3=sha1/sha1/cbc128,  4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128,  5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40,
93              6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4_40.  Default is 3.
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95       -T     Use a specified IPMI LAN  Authentication  Type:  0=None,  1=MD2,
96              2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM.
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98       -V     Use  a  specified  IPMI  LAN  privilege level. 1=Callback level,
99              2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default),
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102       -Y     Yes,  do  prompt  the  user  for  the  IPMI LAN remote password.
103              Alternatives for the password are -E or -P.
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SEE ALSO

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

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

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