1RMCPING(8)                  System Manager Commands                 RMCPING(8)
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NAME

6       rmcpping - send RMCP Ping to network hosts
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SYNOPSIS

9       rmcpping [OPTION...] destination
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DESCRIPTION

12       rmcpping  uses  the  RMCP  Ping request datagram to elicit an RMCP Pong
13       response from a remote host. The utility can be used  to  verify  if  a
14       remote host supports RMCP or IPMI. The initial starting sequence number
15       will be randomized.  rmcpping will return 0 to the  environment  if  it
16       receives  atleast  1 response from the remote host. Otherwise, it exits
17       with a value of 1.
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OPTIONS

20       The following options are available
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22       -h     Output help menu.
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24       -V     Output version.
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26       -c count
27              Stop after sending count packets.
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29       -i interval
30              Wait interval seconds between sending each packet.  The  default
31              is to wait for one second between each packet.
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33       -I interface address
34              Set  source address to specified interface address. Argument may
35              be numeric IP address or name of device.
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37       -t timeout
38              Time to wait for a response, in seconds. Default  is  five  sec‐
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41       -v     Verbose output.
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43       -s num Specify  an  initial starting sequence number. The default is to
44              use a random initial sequence number.
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46       -d     Turn on debugging.
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KNOWN ISSUES

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

58       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.
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61       Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
62       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.
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64       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
65       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
66       Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at  your
67       option) any later version.
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ORIGIN

70       Command and manpage based off ping(8).
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SEE ALSO

73       freeipmi(7), ping(8), ipmiping(8)
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75       http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/
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79rmcpping 1.6.1                    2018-02-02                        RMCPING(8)
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