ipmiping(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 re‐
15       sponse from a remote host. The utility can be used to verify if  a  re‐
16       mote  host  supports IPMI. The initial starting sequence number will be
17       randomized.  ipmiping will return 0 to the environment if  it  receives
18       atleast  1  response  from the remote host. Otherwise, it exists with a
19       value of 1.
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OPTIONS

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

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

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

70       Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
71       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.
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73       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
74       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
75       Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at  your
76       option) any later version.
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ORIGIN

79       Command and manpage based off ping(8).
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