ipmi-ping(8)

1IPMIPING(8)                     System Commands                    IPMIPING(8)
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NAME

6       ipmiping  - send IPMI Get Authentication Capabilitiy request to network
7       hosts
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SYNOPSIS

10       ipmiping [OPTION...] destination
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DESCRIPTION

13       ipmiping uses the IPMI Get Channel Authentication Capabilities  request
14       datagram  to  elicit  an  IPMI Get Channel Authentication Capabilitiesl
15       response from a remote host. The utility can be used  to  verify  if  a
16       remote host supports IPMI. The initial starting sequence number will be
17       randomized.
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19       ipmiping will return 0 to the environment  if  it  receives  atleast  1
20       response from the remote host. Otherwise, it exists with a value of 1.
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OPTIONS

23       The following options are available
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25       -h     Output help menu.
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27       -V     Output version.
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29       -c count
30              Stop after sending count packets.
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32       -i interval
33              Wait  interval  seconds between sending each packet. The default
34              is to wait for one second between each packet.
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36       -I interface address
37              Set source address to specified interface address. Argument  may
38              be numeric IP address or name of device.
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40       -t timeout
41              Time  to  wait  for a response, in seconds. Default is five sec‐
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44       -v     Verbose output.
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46       -s num Specify an initial starting sequence number. The default  is  to
47              use a random initial sequence number.
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49       -d     Turn on debugging.
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51       -r version
52              Specify  IPMI  version.  Available  options are "1.5" and "2.0".
53              Default is to use "1.5". Note that packets will always  be  sent
54              with  the  IPMI  1.5 protocol, but IPMI 1.5 vs IPMI 2.0 relevant
55              fields will be communicated in the  Get  Channel  Authentication
56              Capabilities datagram depending on user choice.
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KNOWN ISSUES

59       It has been observed that some remote BMCs can get "confused" and delay
60       packet responses if duplicate packets (with duplicate sequence numbers)
61       are  sent  in succession very quickly. There is no known way to cleanly
62       deal with a "confused" BMC other than the wait awhile.
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64       Unlike ping(8), local  network  devicess  (e.g.  127.0.0.1)  cannot  be
65       "pinged".
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REPORTING BUGS

68       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.
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COPYRIGHT

71       Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
72       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.
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74       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
75       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
76       Free  Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
77       option) any later version.
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ORIGIN

80       Command and manpage based off ping(8).
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