1IPMI-SEL(8)                     System Commands                    IPMI-SEL(8)
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NAME

6       ipmi-sel - display SEL entries
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SYNOPSIS

9       ipmi-sel [OPTION...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Ipmi-sel is used to view and manage System Event Log (SEL) entries. SEL
13       records store system event information and may be useful for  debugging
14       problems.
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16       Some  timestamps in the SEL may report a date of 1-Jan-1970. This time‐
17       stamp is not necessarily incorrect. It  usually  indicates  a  hardware
18       event  that  occurred  before a timestamp in firmware has been initial‐
19       ized. For example, certain hardware components will have their internal
20       clocks reset during a power cycle.
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22       Listed  below  are general IPMI options, tool specific options, trouble
23       shooting  information,  workaround  information,  examples,  and  known
24       issues.  For a general introduction to FreeIPMI please see freeipmi(7).
25       To perform some advanced SEL management, please see bmc-device(8).
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GENERAL OPTIONS

28       The following options are general options for configuring IPMI communi‐
29       cation and executing general tool commands.
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31       -D, --driver-type=IPMIDRIVER
32              Specify  the  driver type to use instead of doing an auto selec‐
33              tion.  The currently available outofband  drivers  are  LAN  and
34              LAN_2_0,  which  perform IPMI 1.5 and IPMI 2.0 respectively. The
35              currently available inband drivers are KCS, SSIF, OPENIPMI,  and
36              SUNBMC.
37
38       --disable-auto-probe
39              Do not probe in-band IPMI devices for default settings.
40
41       --driver-address=DRIVER-ADDRESS
42              Specify  the  in-band  driver  address to be used instead of the
43              probed value. DRIVER-ADDRESS should be prefixed with "0x" for  a
44              hex value and '0' for an octal value.
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46       --driver-device=DEVICE
47              Specify the in-band driver device path to be used instead of the
48              probed path.
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50       --register-spacing=REGISTER-SPACING
51              Specify the in-band  driver  register  spacing  instead  of  the
52              probed value.
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54       -h, --hostname=IPMIHOST1,IPMIHOST2,...
55              Specify  the  remote host(s) to communicate with. Multiple host‐
56              names may be separated by comma or may be specified in  a  range
57              format; see HOSTRANGED SUPPORT below.
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59       -u, --username=USERNAME
60              Specify  the username to use when authenticating with the remote
61              host.  If not specified, a null  (i.e.  anonymous)  username  is
62              assumed. The user must have atleast USER privileges in order for
63              this tool to operate fully.
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65       -p, --password=PASSWORD
66              Specify the password to use when authenticationg with the remote
67              host.   If  not  specified,  a null password is assumed. Maximum
68              password length is 16 for IPMI 1.5 and 20 for IPMI 2.0.
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70       -P, --password-prompt
71              Prompt for password  to  avoid  possibility  of  listing  it  in
72              process lists.
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74       -k, --k-g=K_G
75              Specify  the  K_g  BMC  key  to use when authenticating with the
76              remote host for IPMI 2.0.  If  not  specified,  a  null  key  is
77              assumed. To input the key in hexadecimal form, prefix the string
78              with '0x'. E.g., the key 'abc' can be entered  with  the  either
79              the string 'abc' or the string '0x616263'
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81       -K, --k-g-prompt
82              Prompt  for  k-g  to  avoid possibility of listing it in process
83              lists.
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85       --session-timeout=MILLISECONDS
86              Specify the session timeout in milliseconds. Defaults  to  20000
87              milliseconds (20 seconds) if not specified.
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89       --retransmission-timeout=MILLISECONDS
90              Specify  the  packet  retransmission  timeout  in  milliseconds.
91              Defaults to 1000 milliseconds (1 second) if not  specified.  The
92              retransmission  timeout  cannot be larger than the session time‐
93              out.
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95       -a, --authentication-type=AUTHENTICATION-TYPE
96              Specify the IPMI 1.5 authentication type to use.  The  currently
97              available  authentication types are NONE, STRAIGHT_PASSWORD_KEY,
98              MD2, and MD5. Defaults to MD5 if not specified.
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100       -I, --cipher-suite-id=CIPHER-SUITE-ID
101              Specify the IPMI 2.0 cipher suite ID to use. The Cipher Suite ID
102              identifies a set of authentication, integrity, and confidential‐
103              ity algorithms to use for IPMI 2.0 communication. The  authenti‐
104              cation  algorithm  identifies  the  algorithm to use for session
105              setup, the integrity algorithm identifies the algorithm  to  use
106              for session packet signatures, and the confidentiality algorithm
107              identifies the algorithm to use for payload encryption. Defaults
108              to  cipher  suite  ID  3  if not specified. The following cipher
109              suite ids are currently supported:
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111              0 - Authentication Algorithm = None; Integrity Algorithm = None;
112              Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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114              1  - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA1; Integrity Algorithm =
115              None; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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117              2 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA1; Integrity Algorithm  =
118              HMAC-SHA1-96; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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120              3  - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA1; Integrity Algorithm =
121              HMAC-SHA1-96; Confidentiality Algorithm = AES-CBC-128
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123              6 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity  Algorithm  =
124              None; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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126              7  -  Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity Algorithm =
127              HMAC-MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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129              8 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity  Algorithm  =
130              HMAC-MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = AES-CBC-128
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132              11  - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity Algorithm =
133              MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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135              12 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity Algorithm  =
136              MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = AES-CBC-128
137
138       -l, --privilege-level=PRIVILEGE-LEVEL
139              Specify  the privilege level to be used. The currently available
140              privilege levels are USER,  OPERATOR,  and  ADMIN.  Defaults  to
141              OPERATOR if not specified.
142
143       --config-file=FILE
144              Specify an alternate configuration file.
145
146       -W, --workaround-flags=WORKAROUNDS
147              Specify  workarounds to vendor compliance issues. Multiple work‐
148              arounds can be specified separated by  commas.  See  WORKAROUNDS
149              below for a list of available workarounds.
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151       --debug
152              Turn on debugging.
153
154       -?, --help
155              Output a help list and exit.
156
157       --usage
158              Output a usage message and exit.
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160       -V, --version
161              Output the program version and exit.
162

IPMI-SEL OPTIONS

164       The following options are specific to Ipmi-sel.
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166       -v     Output verbose output. This option will output event direction.
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168       -vv    Output  very  verbose output. This option will output additional
169              information than verbose output. Most  notably  it  will  output
170              additional  hex  codes  to  given  information  on ambiguous SEL
171              entries.  For example, it will output Generator ID hex codes for
172              sensors without names.
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174       -i, --info
175              Show general information about the SEL.
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177       --display=REC-LIST
178              Display  SEL  records by record id. Accepts space or comma sepa‐
179              rated lists.
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181       --exclude-display=REC-LIST
182              Exclude display of SEL records by record id.  Accepts  space  or
183              comma separated lists.
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185       --display-range=START-END
186              Display SEL records from record id START to END.
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188       --exclude-display-range=START-END
189              Exclude display of SEL records from record id START to END.
190
191       --tail=count
192              Display  approximately  the  last count SEL records. The display
193              count is calculated by approximating the record ids of the  last
194              SEL  records.  It's correctness depends highly on the SEL imple‐
195              mentation by the vendor.
196
197       --clear
198              Clear SEL.
199
200       --delete=REC-LIST
201              Delete records by record id in the SEL. Accepts space  or  comma
202              separated lists.
203
204       --delete-range=START-END
205              Delete record ids from START to END in the SEL.
206
207       --system-event-only
208              Output   only  system  event  records  (i.e.  don't  output  OEM
209              records).
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211       --oem-only
212              Output only OEM event records.
213
214       --hex-dump
215              Hex-dump SEL entries.
216
217       --assume-system-event-records
218              Some motherboards have invalid SEL record types listed,  leading
219              to  errors  such  as  'Unknown SEL Record Type'. The records may
220              actually be formatted correctly. Use this option to assume these
221              invalid  record  types are system event records and pray for the
222              best. This option is confirmed to work around compliances issues
223              on HP DL 380 G5 motherboards.
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225       --interpret-oem-data
226              Attempt  to interpret OEM data, such as event data, sensor read‐
227              ings, or general extra info, etc. If an  OEM  interpretation  is
228              not available, the default output will be generated. Correctness
229              of OEM interpretations cannot be  guaranteed  due  to  potential
230              changes OEM vendors may make in products, firmware, etc. See OEM
231              INTERPRETATION below for confirmed supported motherboard  inter‐
232              pretations.
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234       --entity-sensor-names
235              Output  sensor  names prefixed with their entity id and instance
236              number when appropriate. This may be necessary on  some  mother‐
237              boards  to help identify what sensors are referencing. For exam‐
238              ple, a motherboard may have multiple sensors named  'TEMP'.  The
239              entity  id  and  instance  number  may help clarify which sensor
240              refers to "Processor 1" vs. "Processor 2".
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242       --no-sensor-type-output
243              Do not show sensor type output for each entry. On many  systems,
244              the sensor type is redundant to the name of the sensor. This can
245              especially be true if --entity-sensor-names  is  specified.   If
246              the  sensor  name  is sufficient, or if the sensor type is of no
247              interest to the user, this option can be specified  to  condense
248              output.
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250       --comma-separated-output
251              Output fields in comma separated format.
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253       --no-header-output
254              Do not output column headers. May be useful in scripting.
255
256       --non-abbreviated-units
257              Output  non-abbreviated  units (e.g. 'Amps' instead of 'A'). May
258              aid  in  disambiguation  of  units  (e.g.  'C'  for  Celsius  or
259              Coulombs).
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261       --legacy-output
262              Output  in legacy format. Newer options may not be applicable to
263              leagcy output.
264

SDR CACHE OPTIONS

266       This tool requires access to the sensor data repository (SDR) cache for
267       general  operation.  By default, SDR data will be downloaded and cached
268       on the local machine. The following options apply to the SDR cache.
269
270       -f, --flush-cache
271              Flush a cached version  of  the  sensor  data  repository  (SDR)
272              cache. The SDR is typically cached for faster subsequent access.
273              However, it may need to be flushed and re-generated if  the  SDR
274              has been updated on a system.
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276       -Q, --quiet-cache
277              Do  not output information about cache creation/deletion. May be
278              useful in scripting.
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280       --sdr-cache-directory=DIRECTORY
281              Specify an alternate directory for sensor data repository  (SDR)
282              caches to be stored or read from. Defaults to the home directory
283              if not specified.
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285       --sdr-cache-recreate
286              If the SDR cache is out of date or invalid, automatically recre‐
287              ate  the  sensor data repository (SDR) cache. This option may be
288              useful for scripting purposes.
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290       --ignore-sdr-cache
291              Ignore SDR cache related processing. May lead to  incomplete  or
292              less  useful  information  being  output,  however it will allow
293              functionality for those systems without SDRs.
294

HOSTRANGED OPTIONS

296       The following options manipulate hostranged output. See HOSTRANGED SUP‐
297       PORT below for additional information on hostranges.
298
299       -B, --buffer-output
300              Buffer  hostranged output. For each node, buffer standard output
301              until the node has completed its IPMI operation. When specifying
302              this  option, data may appear to output slower to the user since
303              the the entire IPMI operation must complete before any data  can
304              be output.  See HOSTRANGED SUPPORT below for additional informa‐
305              tion.
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307       -C, --consolidate-output
308              Consolidate hostranged output. The complete standard output from
309              every  node  specified  will  be consolidated so that nodes with
310              identical output are not output twice. A header will list  those
311              nodes  with  the consolidated output. When this option is speci‐
312              fied, no output can be seen until the  IPMI  operations  to  all
313              nodes  has  completed.  If  the  user  breaks out of the program
314              early, all currently consolidated output  will  be  dumped.  See
315              HOSTRANGED SUPPORT below for additional information.
316
317       -F, --fanout
318              Specify  multiple  host  fanout.  A "sliding window" (or fanout)
319              algorithm is used for parallel IPMI communication so that slower
320              nodes or timed out nodes will not impede parallel communication.
321              The maximum number of threads available at the same time is lim‐
322              ited by the fanout. The default is 64.
323
324       -E, --eliminate
325              Eliminate  hosts  determined  as undetected by ipmidetect.  This
326              attempts to remove the common issue of hostranged execution tim‐
327              ing  out  due  to  several nodes being removed from service in a
328              large cluster. The ipmidetectd daemon must  be  running  on  the
329              node executing the command.
330
331       --always-prefix
332              Always prefix output, even if only one host is specified or com‐
333              municating in-band. This option is primarily useful for  script‐
334              ing  purposes.  Option  will be ignored if specified with the -C
335              option.
336

HOSTRANGED SUPPORT

338       Multiple hosts can be input either as an explicit comma separated lists
339       of  hosts  or  a  range of hostnames in the general form: prefix[n-m,l-
340       k,...], where n < m and l < k, etc. The later form should not  be  con‐
341       fused  with  regular expression character classes (also denoted by []).
342       For example, foo[19] does not represent foo1 or foo9, but rather repre‐
343       sents a degenerate range: foo19.
344
345       This  range  syntax  is  meant only as a convenience on clusters with a
346       prefixNN naming convention and specification of ranges  should  not  be
347       considered  necessary -- the list foo1,foo9 could be specified as such,
348       or by the range foo[1,9].
349
350       Some examples of range usage follow:
351           foo[01-05] instead of foo01,foo02,foo03,foo04,foo05
352           foo[7,9-10] instead of foo7,foo9,foo10
353           foo[0-3] instead of foo0,foo1,foo2,foo3
354
355       As a reminder to the reader, some shells will interpret brackets ([ and
356       ])  for  pattern matching. Depending on your shell, it may be necessary
357       to enclose ranged lists within quotes.
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359       When multiple hosts are specified by the user, a thread  will  be  exe‐
360       cuted  for each host in parallel up to the configured fanout (which can
361       be adjusted via the -F option). This will allow communication to  large
362       numbers of nodes far more quickly than if done in serial.
363
364       By  default,  standard  output  from each node specified will be output
365       with the hostname prepended to each line. Although this output is read‐
366       able  in  many  situations, it may be difficult to read in other situa‐
367       tions. For example, output from multiple nodes may be  mixed  together.
368       The -B and -C options can be used to change this default.
369
370       In-band  IPMI  Communication  will be used when the host "localhost" is
371       specified. This allows the user to add  the  localhost  into  the  hos‐
372       tranged output.
373

GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING

375       Most  often,  IPMI  problems  are due to configuration problems. Inband
376       IPMI problems are typically caused by improperly configured drivers  or
377       non-standard BMCs. IPMI over LAN problems involve a misconfiguration of
378       the remote machine's BMC.  Double check to make sure the following  are
379       configured  properly  in  the  remote  machine's  BMC:  IP address, MAC
380       address, subnet mask, username, user enablement, user privilege,  pass‐
381       word,   LAN  privilege,  LAN  enablement,  and  allowed  authentication
382       type(s). For IPMI 2.0 connections, double check to make sure the cipher
383       suite  privilege(s)  and  K_g key are configured properly. The bmc-con‐
384       fig(8) tool can be used to check and/or change these configuration set‐
385       tings.
386
387       The following are common issues for given error messages:
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389       "username  invalid"  - The username entered (or a NULL username if none
390       was entered) is not available on the remote machine.  It  may  also  be
391       possible the remote BMC's username configuration is incorrect.
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393       "password  invalid"  - The password entered (or a NULL password if none
394       was entered) is not correct. It may also be possible the  password  for
395       the user is not correctly configured on the remote BMC.
396
397       "password  verification timeout" - Password verification has timed out.
398       A "password invalid" error (described  above)  or  a  generic  "session
399       timeout" (described below) occurred.  During this point in the protocol
400       it cannot be differentiated which occurred.
401
402       "k_g invalid" - The K_g key entered (or a NULL  K_g  key  if  none  was
403       entered)  is  not  correct.  It may also be possible the K_g key is not
404       correctly configured on the remote BMC.
405
406       "privilege level insufficient" - An IPMI command requires a higher user
407       privilege  than  the one authenticated with. Please try to authenticate
408       with a higher privilege. This may require authenticating to a different
409       user which has a higher maximum privilege.
410
411       "privilege  level  cannot  be  obtained  for this user" - The privilege
412       level you are attempting to authenticate with is higher than the  maxi‐
413       mum  allowed for this user. Please try again with a lower privilege. It
414       may also be possible the maximum privilege level allowed for a user  is
415       not configured properly on the remote BMC.
416
417       "authentication  type  unavailable for attempted privilege level" - The
418       authentication type you wish to authenticate with is not available  for
419       this privilege level. Please try again with an alternate authentication
420       type or alternate privilege level. It may also be possible  the  avail‐
421       able  authentication  types you can authenticate with are not correctly
422       configured on the remote BMC.
423
424       "cipher suite id unavailable" - The cipher suite id you wish to authen‐
425       ticate  with  is not available on the remote BMC. Please try again with
426       an alternate cipher suite id. It may also  be  possible  the  available
427       cipher suite ids are not correctly configured on the remote BMC.
428
429       "ipmi  2.0  unavailable"  -  IPMI  2.0 was not discovered on the remote
430       machine. Please try to use IPMI 1.5 instead.
431
432       "connection timeout" - Initial IPMI communication failed. A  number  of
433       potential errors are possible, including an invalid hostname specified,
434       an IPMI IP address cannot be resolved,  IPMI  is  not  enabled  on  the
435       remote  server,  the network connection is bad, etc. Please verify con‐
436       figuration and connectivity.
437
438       "session timeout" - The IPMI session has timed out.  Please  reconnect.
439       If this error occurs often, you may wish to increase the retransmission
440       timeout. Some remote BMCs are considerably slower than others.
441
442       "device not found" - The specified device could not  be  found.  Please
443       check configuration or inputs and try again.
444
445       "driver  timeout"  -  Communication with the driver or device has timed
446       out. Please try again.
447
448       "message timeout" - Communication with the driver or device  has  timed
449       out. Please try again.
450
451       "BMC  busy"  - The BMC is currently busy. It may be processing informa‐
452       tion or have too many simultaneous sessions to manage. Please wait  and
453       try again.
454
455       "could  not  find inband device" - An inband device could not be found.
456       Please check configuration or specify specific device or driver on  the
457       command line.
458
459       Please  see  WORKAROUNDS below to also if there are any vendor specific
460       bugs that have been discovered and worked around.
461

WORKAROUNDS

463       With so many different vendors implementing their own  IPMI  solutions,
464       different  vendors  may implement their IPMI protocols incorrectly. The
465       following lists the workarounds currently available to  handle  discov‐
466       ered compliance issues.
467
468       When possible, workarounds have been implemented so they will be trans‐
469       parent to the user. However, some will require the user  to  specify  a
470       workaround be used via the -W option.
471
472       The hardware listed below may only indicate the hardware that a problem
473       was discovered on. Newer versions of  hardware  may  fix  the  problems
474       indicated  below.  Similar machines from vendors may or may not exhibit
475       the same problems. Different vendors may license  their  firmware  from
476       the  same IPMI firmware developer, so it may be worthwhile to try work‐
477       arounds listed below even if your motherboard is not listed.
478
479       "idzero" - This workaround option will allow empty session  IDs  to  be
480       accepted by the client. It works around IPMI sessions that report empty
481       session IDs to the client. Those hitting this issue  may  see  "session
482       timeout" errors. Issue observed on Tyan S2882 with M3289 BMC.
483
484       "unexpectedauth"  -  This  workaround option will allow unexpected non-
485       null authcodes to be checked as though they  were  expected.  It  works
486       around  an issue when packets contain non-null authentication data when
487       they should be null due to disabled per-message  authentication.  Those
488       hitting  this issue may see "session timeout" errors. Issue observed on
489       Dell PowerEdge 2850,SC1425. Confirmed fixed on newer firmware.
490
491       "forcepermsg" - This workaround option will force per-message authenti‐
492       cation to be used no matter what is advertised by the remote system. It
493       works around an issue when per-message authentication is advertised  as
494       disabled on the remote system, but it is actually required for the pro‐
495       tocol. Those hitting this  issue  may  see  "session  timeout"  errors.
496       Issue observed on IBM eServer 325.
497
498       "endianseq"  -  This workaround option will flip the endian of the ses‐
499       sion sequence numbers to allow the session to  continue  properly.   It
500       works  around  IPMI  1.5  session  sequence  numbers that are the wrong
501       endian. Those hitting this issue  may  see  "session  timeout"  errors.
502       Issue  observed  on some Sun ILOM 1.0/2.0 (depends on service processor
503       endian).
504
505       "authcap" - This workaround option will skip early checks for  username
506       capabilities,  authentication  capabilities,  and K_g support and allow
507       IPMI authentication to succeed. It  works  around  multiple  issues  in
508       which the remote system does not properly report username capabilities,
509       authentication capabilities, or K_g status. Those  hitting  this  issue
510       may  see  "username  invalid",  "authentication  type  unavailable  for
511       attempted privilege level", or "k_g invalid" errors.  Issue observed on
512       Asus  P5M2/P5MT-R/RS162-E4/RX4,  Intel  SR1520ML/X38ML,  and  Sun  Fire
513       2200/4150/4450 with ELOM.
514
515       "intel20" - This workaround option will work around several Intel  IPMI
516       2.0  authentication issues. The issues covered include padding of user‐
517       names, automatic acceptance of a RAKP 4 response integrity  check  when
518       using  the  integrity algorithm MD5-128, and password truncation if the
519       authentication algorithm is HMAC-MD5-128. Those hitting this issue  may
520       see  "username  invalid",  "password invalid", or "k_g invalid" errors.
521       Issue observed on Intel SE7520AF2 with Intel Server  Management  Module
522       (Professional Edition).
523
524       "supermicro20" - This workaround option will work around several Super‐
525       micro IPMI 2.0 authentication issues on motherboards w/ Peppercon  IPMI
526       firmware.  The issues covered include handling invalid length authenti‐
527       cation codes. Those hitting  this  issue  may  see  "password  invalid"
528       errors.   Issue  observed on Supermicro H8QME with SIMSO daughter card.
529       Confirmed fixed on newerver firmware.
530
531       "sun20" - This workaround option will work work around several Sun IPMI
532       2.0  authentication issues. The issues covered include invalid lengthed
533       hash keys, improperly hashed keys, and invalid  cipher  suite  records.
534       Those  hitting  this  issue  may  see "password invalid" or "bmc error"
535       errors.  Issue observed on Sun Fire  4100/4200/4500  with  ILOM.   This
536       workaround automatically includes the "opensesspriv" workaround.
537
538       "opensesspriv"  - This workaround option will slightly alter FreeIPMI's
539       IPMI 2.0 connection protocol to workaround an invalid hashing algorithm
540       used  by  the  remote  system. The privilege level sent during the Open
541       Session stage of an IPMI 2.0 connection is sometimes invalid  and  used
542       for  hashing  keys instead of the privilege level sent during the RAKP1
543       connection stage. Those hitting this issue may see "password  invalid",
544       "k_g  invalid",  "bad rmcpplus status code", or "privilege level cannot
545       be obtained for  this  user  "  errors.  Issue  observed  on  Sun  Fire
546       4100/4200/4500  with  ILOM,  Inventec  5441/Dell  Xanadu II, Supermicro
547       X8DTH, Supermicro X8DTG, Supermicro X8DTU, and  Intel  S5500WBV/Penguin
548       Relion 700. This workaround is automatically triggered with the "sun20"
549       workaround.
550
551       "integritycheckvalue" - This workaround  option  will  work  around  an
552       invalid  integrity check value during an IPMI 2.0 session establishment
553       when using Cipher Suite ID 0. The integrity check  value  should  be  0
554       length, however the remote motherboard responds with a non-empty field.
555       Those hitting this issue may see "k_g invalid" errors.  Issue  observed
556       on  Supermicro  X8DTG,  Supermicro  X8DTU,  and  Intel S5500WBV/Penguin
557       Relion 700.
558
559       "assumesystemevent" - This workaround option will  assume  invalid  SEL
560       record  types  are  system event records. Records may be formatted cor‐
561       rectly but report invalid record types. Those hitting  this  issue  may
562       see  "Unknown  SEL Record Type" errors. Output may be unknown, pray for
563       the best. This option is confirmed to work around compliances issues on
564       HP  DL  380  G5  motherboards.  This  option  is identical to using the
565       --assume-system-event-records option above.
566

OEM INTERPRETATION

568       The following motherboards are confirmed to have atleast  some  support
569       by  the --interpret-oem-data option. While highly probable the OEM data
570       interpretations would work across other motherboards by the same  manu‐
571       facturer, there are no guarantees.
572
573       Inventec  5441/Dell Xanadu II, Inventec 5442/Dell Xanadu III, Dell Pow‐
574       eredge 2900, Dell Poweredge 2950, Dell Poweredge R610,  Dell  Poweredge
575       R710, Sun X4140, Quanta S99Q/Dell FS12-TY
576

EXAMPLES

578       # ipmi-sel
579
580       Show all SEL records on the local machine.
581
582       # ipmi-sel -h ahost -u myusername -p mypassword
583
584       Show all SEL records of a remote machine using IPMI over LAN.
585
586       # ipmi-sel -h mycluster[0-127] -u myusername -p mypassword
587
588       Show all SEL records across a cluster using IPMI over LAN.
589
590       # ipmi-sel --delete=44,82
591
592       Delete SEL records 44 and 82 on the local machine.
593
594       # ipmi-sel --delete-all
595
596       Delete all SEL entries on the local machine.
597
598       # ipmi-sel --delete-range=12-42
599
600       Delete SEL entries in the range 12 to 42 on the local machine.
601

KNOWN ISSUES

603       On  older  operating systems, if you input your username, password, and
604       other potentially security relevant information on  the  command  line,
605       this information may be discovered by other users when using tools like
606       the ps(1) command or looking in the /proc file system. It is  generally
607       more  secure  to input password information with options like the -P or
608       -K options. Configuring security relevant information in  the  FreeIPMI
609       configuration file would also be an appropriate way to hide this infor‐
610       mation.
611
612       In order to prevent brute force attacks,  some  BMCs  will  temporarily
613       "lock  up" after a number of remote authentication errors. You may need
614       to wait awhile in order to this temporary "lock up" to pass before  you
615       may authenticate again.
616

REPORTING BUGS

618       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.
619
621       Copyright © 2003-2010 FreeIPMI Core Team.
622
623       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
624       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
625       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
626       option) any later version.
627

SEE ALSO

629       freeipmi(7), bmc-config(8), bmc-device(8)
630
631       http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/
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