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.
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17       rmcpping will return 0 to the environment  if  it  receives  atleast  1
18       response from the remote host. Otherwise, it exits with a value of 1.
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OPTIONS

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

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

59       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.
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62       Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
63       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.
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65       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
66       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
67       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
68       option) any later version.
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ORIGIN

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

74       freeipmi(7), ping(8), ipmiping(8)
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76       http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/
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