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

6       ipmi-sensors - display IPMI sensor information
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SYNOPSIS

9       ipmi-sensors [OPTION...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Ipmi-sensors  displays  current  readings  of  sensors  and sensor data
13       repository (SDR) information. The default display outputs each sensor's
14       record  id, sensor name, sensor type name, sensor reading (if appropri‐
15       ate), and the current sensor event. More  verbose  information  can  be
16       found using the verbose options specified below.  Ipmi-sensors does not
17       inform the user if a problem exists with a  particular  sensor  because
18       sensor  readings and events are not analyzed by default. Users may wish
19       to use the --output-sensor-state option to output the  analyzed  sensor
20       state.  Some sensors may have a sensor reading or sensor event of "N/A"
21       if the information is unavailable. This is typical of a sensor that  is
22       not  enabled  or not owned by a BMC. Please see --bridge-sensors option
23       below to deal with sensors not owned by a BMC.  Sensors  may  output  a
24       sensor event of "Unknown" if the sensor reading cannot be read. This is
25       typical of a sensor that is busy or a reading  that  cannot  be  calcu‐
26       lated.  If  sensors report "Unrecognized State", it is indicative of an
27       unknown sensor type, typically an OEM sensor. If the sensor OEM  inter‐
28       pretation  is available, the --interpret-oem-data may be able to report
29       the appropriate sensor state. Sensors need not always report  a  sensor
30       event. When a sensor event is not present, "OK" is typically reported.
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32       Listed  below  are general IPMI options, tool specific options, trouble
33       shooting information, workaround information, examples, and  known  is‐
34       sues.  For  a  general introduction to FreeIPMI please see freeipmi(7).
35       To perform IPMI sensor configuration, please  see  ipmi-config(8).   To
36       perform some advanced SDR management, please see bmc-device(8).
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GENERAL OPTIONS

39       The following options are general options for configuring IPMI communi‐
40       cation and executing general tool commands.
41
42       -D IPMIDRIVER, --driver-type=IPMIDRIVER
43              Specify the driver type to use instead of doing an  auto  selec‐
44              tion.   The  currently  available  outofband drivers are LAN and
45              LAN_2_0, which perform IPMI 1.5 and IPMI 2.0  respectively.  The
46              currently  available  inband  drivers  are  KCS, SSIF, OPENIPMI,
47              SUNBMC, and INTELDCMI.
48
49       --disable-auto-probe
50              Do not probe in-band IPMI devices for default settings.
51
52       --driver-address=DRIVER-ADDRESS
53              Specify the in-band driver address to be  used  instead  of  the
54              probed  value. DRIVER-ADDRESS should be prefixed with "0x" for a
55              hex value and '0' for an octal value.
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57       --driver-device=DEVICE
58              Specify the in-band driver device path to be used instead of the
59              probed path.
60
61       --register-spacing=REGISTER-SPACING
62              Specify  the  in-band  driver  register  spacing  instead of the
63              probed value. Argument is in bytes (i.e. 32bit register  spacing
64              = 4)
65
66       --target-channel-number=CHANNEL-NUMBER
67              Specify  the  in-band  driver target channel number to send IPMI
68              requests to.
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70       --target-slave-address=SLAVE-ADDRESS
71              Specify the in-band driver target slave number to send IPMI  re‐
72              quests to.
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74       -h      IPMIHOST1,IPMIHOST2,...,      --hostname=IPMIHOST1[:PORT],IPMI‐
75       HOST2[:PORT],...
76              Specify the remote host(s) to communicate with.  Multiple  host‐
77              names  may  be separated by comma or may be specified in a range
78              format; see HOSTRANGED SUPPORT below. An optional  port  can  be
79              specified with each host, which may be useful in port forwarding
80              or similar situations.  If specifying an IPv6 address and  port,
81              use the format [ADDRESS]:PORT.
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83       -u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
84              Specify  the username to use when authenticating with the remote
85              host.  If not specified, a null (i.e. anonymous) username is as‐
86              sumed.  The  user must have atleast OPERATOR privileges in order
87              for this tool to operate fully.
88
89       -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
90              Specify the password to use when authenticationg with the remote
91              host.   If  not  specified,  a null password is assumed. Maximum
92              password length is 16 for IPMI 1.5 and 20 for IPMI 2.0.
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94       -P, --password-prompt
95              Prompt for password  to  avoid  possibility  of  listing  it  in
96              process lists.
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98       -k K_G, --k-g=K_G
99              Specify  the K_g BMC key to use when authenticating with the re‐
100              mote host for IPMI 2.0. If not specified, a null key is assumed.
101              To  input  the  key  in hexadecimal form, prefix the string with
102              '0x'. E.g., the key 'abc' can be entered  with  the  either  the
103              string 'abc' or the string '0x616263'
104
105       -K, --k-g-prompt
106              Prompt  for  k-g  to  avoid possibility of listing it in process
107              lists.
108
109       --session-timeout=MILLISECONDS
110              Specify the session timeout in milliseconds. Defaults  to  20000
111              milliseconds (20 seconds) if not specified.
112
113       --retransmission-timeout=MILLISECONDS
114              Specify  the  packet retransmission timeout in milliseconds. De‐
115              faults to 1000 milliseconds (1 second) if not specified. The re‐
116              transmission timeout cannot be larger than the session timeout.
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118       -a AUTHENTICATION-TYPE, --authentication-type=AUTHENTICATION-TYPE
119              Specify  the  IPMI 1.5 authentication type to use. The currently
120              available authentication types are NONE,  STRAIGHT_PASSWORD_KEY,
121              MD2, and MD5. Defaults to MD5 if not specified.
122
123       -I CIPHER-SUITE-ID, --cipher-suite-id=CIPHER-SUITE-ID
124              Specify the IPMI 2.0 cipher suite ID to use. The Cipher Suite ID
125              identifies a set of authentication, integrity, and confidential‐
126              ity  algorithms to use for IPMI 2.0 communication. The authenti‐
127              cation algorithm identifies the algorithm  to  use  for  session
128              setup,  the  integrity algorithm identifies the algorithm to use
129              for session packet signatures, and the confidentiality algorithm
130              identifies the algorithm to use for payload encryption. Defaults
131              to cipher suite ID 3 if  not  specified.  The  following  cipher
132              suite ids are currently supported:
133
134              0 - Authentication Algorithm = None; Integrity Algorithm = None;
135              Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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137              1 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA1; Integrity Algorithm  =
138              None; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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140              2  - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA1; Integrity Algorithm =
141              HMAC-SHA1-96; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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143              3 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA1; Integrity Algorithm  =
144              HMAC-SHA1-96; Confidentiality Algorithm = AES-CBC-128
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146              6  -  Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity Algorithm =
147              None; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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149              7 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity  Algorithm  =
150              HMAC-MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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152              8  -  Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity Algorithm =
153              HMAC-MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = AES-CBC-128
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155              11 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity Algorithm  =
156              MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
157
158              12  - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-MD5; Integrity Algorithm =
159              MD5-128; Confidentiality Algorithm = AES-CBC-128
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161              15 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA256; Integrity Algorithm
162              = None; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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164              16 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA256; Integrity Algorithm
165              = HMAC_SHA256_128; Confidentiality Algorithm = None
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167              17 - Authentication Algorithm = HMAC-SHA256; Integrity Algorithm
168              = HMAC_SHA256_128; Confidentiality Algorithm = AES-CBC-128
169
170       -l PRIVILEGE-LEVEL, --privilege-level=PRIVILEGE-LEVEL
171              Specify  the privilege level to be used. The currently available
172              privilege levels are USER, OPERATOR, and ADMIN. Defaults to  OP‐
173              ERATOR if not specified.
174
175       --config-file=FILE
176              Specify an alternate configuration file.
177
178       -W WORKAROUNDS, --workaround-flags=WORKAROUNDS
179              Specify  workarounds to vendor compliance issues. Multiple work‐
180              arounds can be specified separated by commas. A special  command
181              line flag of "none", will indicate no workarounds (may be useful
182              for overriding configured defaults). See WORKAROUNDS below for a
183              list of available workarounds.
184
185       --debug
186              Turn on debugging.
187
188       -?, --help
189              Output a help list and exit.
190
191       --usage
192              Output a usage message and exit.
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194       -V, --version
195              Output the program version and exit.
196

IPMI-SENSORS OPTIONS

198       The following options are specific to ipmi-sensors.
199
200       -v, --verbose
201              Output verbose sensor output. This option will output additional
202              information about sensors such as thresholds,  ranges,  numbers,
203              and event/reading type codes.
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205       -vv    Output  very verbose sensor output. This option will output more
206              additional information than the verbose option such as  informa‐
207              tion about events, other sensor types, and oem sensors.
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209       -i, --sdr-info
210              Show sensor data repository (SDR) information
211
212       -q, --quiet-readings
213              Do  not  output sensor reading values by default. This option is
214              particularly useful if you want to use hostranged output  across
215              a cluster and want to consolidate the output.
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217       -r RECORD-IDS-LIST, --record-ids=RECORD-IDS-LIST
218              Specify sensors to show by record id. Multiple record ids can be
219              separated by commas or spaces. If both --record-ids  and  --sen‐
220              sor-types  are  specified, --record-ids takes precedence. A spe‐
221              cial command line record id of "all", will indicate  all  record
222              ids should be shown (may be useful for overriding configured de‐
223              faults).
224
225       -R RECORD-IDS-LIST, --exclude-record-ids=RECORD-IDS-LIST
226              Specify sensors to not show by record id.  Multiple  record  ids
227              can  be  separated  by  commas or spaces. A special command line
228              record id of "none", will indicate no record ids should  be  ex‐
229              cluded (may be useful for overriding configured defaults).
230
231       -t SENSOR-TYPE-LIST, --sensor-types=SENSOR-TYPE-LIST
232              Specify  sensor types to show outputs for. Multiple types can be
233              separated by commas or spaces. If both --record-ids  and  --sen‐
234              sor-types  are specified, --record-ids takes precedence.  A spe‐
235              cial command line type of "all", will indicate all types  should
236              be  shown  (may  be  useful for overriding configured defaults).
237              Users may  specify  sensor  types  by  string  (see  --list-sen‐
238              sor-types below) or by number (decimal or hex).
239
240       -T SENSOR-TYPE-LIST, --exclude-sensor-types=SENSOR-TYPE-LIST
241              Specify sensor types to not show outputs for. Multiple types can
242              be eparated by commas or spaces. A special command line type  of
243              "none", will indicate no types should be excluded (may be useful
244              for overriding configured defaults). Users  may  specify  sensor
245              types  by  string  (see  --list-sensor-types below) or by number
246              (decimal or hex).
247
248       -L, --list-sensor-types
249              List sensor types.
250
251       -b, --bridge-sensors
252              By default, sensors readings are not attempted  for  sensors  on
253              non-BMC  owners.  By setting this option, sensor requests can be
254              bridged to non-BMC owners to obtain  sensor  readings.  Bridging
255              may not work on some interfaces/driver types.
256
257       --shared-sensors
258              Some  sensors  share  the same sensor data record (SDR). This is
259              typically utilized for system event log (SEL)  entries  and  not
260              for  sensor readings. However, there may be some motherboards in
261              which this format is utilized for multiple  active  sensors,  or
262              the  user  simply  has interest in seeing the permutation of en‐
263              tries shared by a SDR entry. By setting this option, each sensor
264              number shared by a record will be iterated over and output.
265
266       --interpret-oem-data
267              Attempt  to interpret OEM data, such as event data, sensor read‐
268              ings, or general extra info, etc. If an  OEM  interpretation  is
269              not available, the default output will be generated. Correctness
270              of OEM interpretations cannot be  guaranteed  due  to  potential
271              changes OEM vendors may make in products, firmware, etc. See OEM
272              INTERPRETATION below for confirmed supported motherboard  inter‐
273              pretations.
274
275       --ignore-not-available-sensors
276              Ignore not-available (i.e. N/A) sensors in output.
277
278       --ignore-unrecognized-events
279              Ignore  unrecognized sensor events. This will suppress output of
280              unrecognized events, typically shown as  'Unrecognized  Event  =
281              XXXXh'  in  output. In addition, unrecognized events will be ig‐
282              nored when calculating sensor state  with  --output-sensor-state
283              below.
284
285       --output-event-bitmask
286              Output event bitmask value instead of the string representation.
287
288       --output-sensor-state
289              Output  sensor state in output. This will add an additional out‐
290              put reporting if a sensor is in a NOMINAL, WARNING, or  CRITICAL
291              state.   The  sensor  state is an interpreted value based on the
292              current sensor event. The sensor state interpretations  are  de‐
293              termined  by  the configuration file /etc/freeipmi//freeipmi_in‐
294              terpret_sensor.conf.  See freeipmi_interpret_sensor.conf(5)  for
295              more  information.   This  option  gives identical output to the
296              sensor state previously output by ipmimonitoring(8).
297
298       --sensor-state-config-file=FILE
299              Specify an alternate sensor state configuration file. Option ig‐
300              nored if --output-sensor-state not specified.
301
302       --entity-sensor-names
303              Output  sensor  names prefixed with their entity id and instance
304              number when appropriate. This may be necessary on  some  mother‐
305              boards  to help identify what sensors are referencing. For exam‐
306              ple, a motherboard may have multiple sensors named  'TEMP'.  The
307              entity  id  and  instance  number  may help clarify which sensor
308              refers to "Processor 1" vs. "Processor 2".
309
310       --output-sensor-thresholds
311              Output sensor thresholds in output. This will add columns to the
312              default  output for lower non-recoverable, lower critical, lower
313              non-critical, upper non-critical, upper critical, and upper non-
314              recoverable thresholds.
315
316       --no-sensor-type-output
317              Do  not show sensor type output for each entry. On many systems,
318              the sensor type is redundant to the name of the sensor. This can
319              especially  be  true  if --entity-sensor-names is specified.  If
320              the sensor name is sufficient, or if the sensor type  is  of  no
321              interest  to  the user, this option can be specified to condense
322              output.
323
324       --comma-separated-output
325              Output fields in comma separated format.
326
327       --no-header-output
328              Do not output column headers. May be useful in scripting.
329
330       --non-abbreviated-units
331              Output non-abbreviated units (e.g. 'Amps' instead of  'A').  May
332              aid  in  disambiguation  of  units  (e.g.  'C'  for  Celsius  or
333              Coulombs).
334
335       --legacy-output
336              Output in legacy format. Newer options may not be applicable  to
337              legacy output.
338
339       --ipmimonitoring-legacy-output
340              Output  legacy  format  of legacy ipmimonitoring tool. Newer op‐
341              tions may not be applicable to legacy output.
342

SDR CACHE OPTIONS

344       This tool requires access to the sensor data repository (SDR) cache for
345       general  operation.  By default, SDR data will be downloaded and cached
346       on the local machine. The following options apply to the SDR cache.
347
348       --flush-cache
349              Flush a cached version  of  the  sensor  data  repository  (SDR)
350              cache. The SDR is typically cached for faster subsequent access.
351              However, it may need to be flushed and re-generated if  the  SDR
352              has been updated on a system.
353
354       --quiet-cache
355              Do  not output information about cache creation/deletion. May be
356              useful in scripting.
357
358       --sdr-cache-recreate
359              If the SDR cache is out of date or invalid, automatically recre‐
360              ate  the  sensor data repository (SDR) cache. This option may be
361              useful for scripting purposes.
362
363       --sdr-cache-file=FILE
364              Specify a specific sensor data repository (SDR) cache file to be
365              stored  or read from. If this option is used when multiple hosts
366              are specified, the same SDR cache file  will  be  used  for  all
367              hosts.
368
369       --sdr-cache-directory=DIRECTORY
370              Specify  an alternate directory for sensor data repository (SDR)
371              caches to be stored or read from. Defaults to the home directory
372              if not specified.
373

TIME OPTIONS

375       By  IPMI definition, all IPMI times and timestamps are stored in local‐
376       time. However, in many situations, the timestamps will not be stored in
377       localtime.  Whether  or not a system truly stored the timestamps in lo‐
378       caltime varies on many factors, such as the vendor, BIOS, and operating
379       system.  The following options will allow the user to adjust the inter‐
380       pretation of the stored timestamps and how they should be output.
381
382       --utc-to-localtime
383              Assume all times are reported in UTC time and convert  the  time
384              to localtime before being output.
385
386       --localtime-to-utc
387              Convert all localtime timestamps to UTC before being output.
388
389       --utc-offset=SECONDS
390              Specify  a  specific  UTC offset in seconds to be added to time‐
391              stamps.  Value can range from -86400 to 86400 seconds.  Defaults
392              to 0.
393

HOSTRANGED OPTIONS

395       The following options manipulate hostranged output. See HOSTRANGED SUP‐
396       PORT below for additional information on hostranges.
397
398       -B, --buffer-output
399              Buffer hostranged output. For each node, buffer standard  output
400              until the node has completed its IPMI operation. When specifying
401              this option, data may appear to output slower to the user  since
402              the  the entire IPMI operation must complete before any data can
403              be output.  See HOSTRANGED SUPPORT below for additional informa‐
404              tion.
405
406       -C, --consolidate-output
407              Consolidate hostranged output. The complete standard output from
408              every node specified will be consolidated  so  that  nodes  with
409              identical  output are not output twice. A header will list those
410              nodes with the consolidated output. When this option  is  speci‐
411              fied,  no  output  can  be seen until the IPMI operations to all
412              nodes has completed. If the  user  breaks  out  of  the  program
413              early,  all  currently  consolidated  output will be dumped. See
414              HOSTRANGED SUPPORT below for additional information.
415
416       -F NUM, --fanout=NUM
417              Specify multiple host fanout. A "sliding window" (or fanout) al‐
418              gorithm  is  used for parallel IPMI communication so that slower
419              nodes or timed out nodes will not impede parallel communication.
420              The maximum number of threads available at the same time is lim‐
421              ited by the fanout. The default is 64.
422
423       -E, --eliminate
424              Eliminate hosts determined as undetected  by  ipmidetect.   This
425              attempts to remove the common issue of hostranged execution tim‐
426              ing out due to several nodes being removed  from  service  in  a
427              large  cluster.  The  ipmidetectd  daemon must be running on the
428              node executing the command.
429
430       --always-prefix
431              Always prefix output, even if only one host is specified or com‐
432              municating  in-band. This option is primarily useful for script‐
433              ing purposes. Option will be ignored if specified  with  the  -C
434              option.
435

HOSTRANGED SUPPORT

437       Multiple hosts can be input either as an explicit comma separated lists
438       of hosts or a range of hostnames in  the  general  form:  prefix[n-m,l-
439       k,...],  where  n < m and l < k, etc. The later form should not be con‐
440       fused with regular expression character classes (also denoted  by  []).
441       For example, foo[19] does not represent foo1 or foo9, but rather repre‐
442       sents a degenerate range: foo19.
443
444       This range syntax is meant only as a convenience  on  clusters  with  a
445       prefixNN  naming  convention  and specification of ranges should not be
446       considered necessary -- the list foo1,foo9 could be specified as  such,
447       or by the range foo[1,9].
448
449       Some examples of range usage follow:
450           foo[01-05] instead of foo01,foo02,foo03,foo04,foo05
451           foo[7,9-10] instead of foo7,foo9,foo10
452           foo[0-3] instead of foo0,foo1,foo2,foo3
453
454       As a reminder to the reader, some shells will interpret brackets ([ and
455       ]) for pattern matching. Depending on your shell, it may  be  necessary
456       to enclose ranged lists within quotes.
457
458       When  multiple  hosts  are specified by the user, a thread will be exe‐
459       cuted for each host in parallel up to the configured fanout (which  can
460       be  adjusted via the -F option). This will allow communication to large
461       numbers of nodes far more quickly than if done in serial.
462
463       By default, standard output from each node  specified  will  be  output
464       with the hostname prepended to each line. Although this output is read‐
465       able in many situations, it may be difficult to read  in  other  situa‐
466       tions.  For  example, output from multiple nodes may be mixed together.
467       The -B and -C options can be used to change this default.
468
469       In-band IPMI Communication will be used when the  host  "localhost"  is
470       specified.  This  allows  the  user  to add the localhost into the hos‐
471       tranged output.
472

GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING

474       Most often, IPMI problems are due to configuration problems.
475
476       IPMI over LAN problems involve a misconfiguration  of  the  remote  ma‐
477       chine's  BMC.   Double  check to make sure the following are configured
478       properly in the remote machine's BMC: IP address, MAC  address,  subnet
479       mask,  username,  user enablement, user privilege, password, LAN privi‐
480       lege, LAN enablement, and allowed authentication type(s). For IPMI  2.0
481       connections,  double  check  to make sure the cipher suite privilege(s)
482       and K_g key are configured properly. The  ipmi-config(8)  tool  can  be
483       used to check and/or change these configuration settings.
484
485       Inband  IPMI  problems  are  typically  caused by improperly configured
486       drivers or non-standard BMCs.
487
488       In addition to the troubleshooting tips below, please  see  WORKAROUNDS
489       below to also if there are any vendor specific bugs that have been dis‐
490       covered and worked around.
491
492       Listed below are many of the common issues for error messages.  For ad‐
493       ditional  support,  please  e-mail the <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> mailing
494       list.
495
496       "username invalid" - The username entered (or a NULL username  if  none
497       was  entered)  is  not  available on the remote machine. It may also be
498       possible the remote BMC's username configuration is incorrect.
499
500       "password invalid" - The password entered (or a NULL password  if  none
501       was  entered)  is not correct. It may also be possible the password for
502       the user is not correctly configured on the remote BMC.
503
504       "password verification timeout" - Password verification has timed  out.
505       A  "password  invalid"  error  (described  above) or a generic "session
506       timeout" (described below) occurred.  During this point in the protocol
507       it cannot be differentiated which occurred.
508
509       "k_g  invalid" - The K_g key entered (or a NULL K_g key if none was en‐
510       tered) is not correct. It may also be possible the K_g key is not  cor‐
511       rectly configured on the remote BMC.
512
513       "privilege level insufficient" - An IPMI command requires a higher user
514       privilege than the one authenticated with. Please try  to  authenticate
515       with a higher privilege. This may require authenticating to a different
516       user which has a higher maximum privilege.
517
518       "privilege level cannot be obtained for  this  user"  -  The  privilege
519       level  you are attempting to authenticate with is higher than the maxi‐
520       mum allowed for this user. Please try again with a lower privilege.  It
521       may  also be possible the maximum privilege level allowed for a user is
522       not configured properly on the remote BMC.
523
524       "authentication type unavailable for attempted privilege level"  -  The
525       authentication  type you wish to authenticate with is not available for
526       this privilege level. Please try again with an alternate authentication
527       type  or  alternate privilege level. It may also be possible the avail‐
528       able authentication types you can authenticate with are  not  correctly
529       configured on the remote BMC.
530
531       "cipher suite id unavailable" - The cipher suite id you wish to authen‐
532       ticate with is not available on the remote BMC. Please try  again  with
533       an alternate cipher suite id. It may also be possible the available ci‐
534       pher suite ids are not correctly configured on the remote BMC.
535
536       "ipmi 2.0 unavailable" - IPMI 2.0 was not discovered on the remote  ma‐
537       chine. Please try to use IPMI 1.5 instead.
538
539       "connection  timeout"  - Initial IPMI communication failed. A number of
540       potential errors are possible, including an invalid hostname specified,
541       an  IPMI  IP address cannot be resolved, IPMI is not enabled on the re‐
542       mote server, the network connection is bad, etc. Please verify configu‐
543       ration and connectivity.
544
545       "session  timeout"  - The IPMI session has timed out. Please reconnect.
546       If this error occurs often, you may wish to increase the retransmission
547       timeout. Some remote BMCs are considerably slower than others.
548
549       "device  not  found"  - The specified device could not be found. Please
550       check configuration or inputs and try again.
551
552       "driver timeout" - Communication with the driver or  device  has  timed
553       out. Please try again.
554
555       "message  timeout"  - Communication with the driver or device has timed
556       out. Please try again.
557
558       "BMC busy" - The BMC is currently busy. It may be  processing  informa‐
559       tion  or have too many simultaneous sessions to manage. Please wait and
560       try again.
561
562       "could not find inband device" - An inband device could not  be  found.
563       Please  check configuration or specify specific device or driver on the
564       command line.
565
566       "driver timeout" - The inband driver has timed out communicating to the
567       local  BMC  or  service  processor. The BMC or service processor may be
568       busy or (worst case) possibly non-functioning.
569
570       "internal IPMI error" - An IPMI error has occurred that  FreeIPMI  does
571       not  know  how to handle. Please e-mail <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> to re‐
572       port the issue.
573
574       "sensor config file parse error" - A parse error was found in the  sen‐
575       sor  interpretation  configuration  file.  Please  see  freeipmi_inter‐
576       pret_sensor.conf(5).
577

WORKAROUNDS

579       With so many different vendors implementing their own  IPMI  solutions,
580       different  vendors  may implement their IPMI protocols incorrectly. The
581       following describes a number of workarounds currently available to han‐
582       dle  discovered compliance issues. When possible, workarounds have been
583       implemented so they will be transparent to the user. However, some will
584       require the user to specify a workaround be used via the -W option.
585
586       The hardware listed below may only indicate the hardware that a problem
587       was discovered on. Newer versions of hardware may fix the problems  in‐
588       dicated below. Similar machines from vendors may or may not exhibit the
589       same problems. Different vendors may license their  firmware  from  the
590       same  IPMI  firmware  developer,  so  it may be worthwhile to try work‐
591       arounds listed below even if your motherboard is not listed.
592
593       If you believe your hardware has an additional  compliance  issue  that
594       needs a workaround to be implemented, please contact the FreeIPMI main‐
595       tainers on <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.
596
597       assumeio - This workaround flag will assume inband interfaces  communi‐
598       cate  with  system  I/O rather than being memory-mapped. This will work
599       around systems that report invalid base addresses. Those  hitting  this
600       issue  may see "device not supported" or "could not find inband device"
601       errors.  Issue observed on HP ProLiant DL145 G1.
602
603       spinpoll - This workaround flag will inform some inband  drivers  (most
604       notably  the  KCS driver) to spin while polling rather than putting the
605       process to sleep. This may significantly improve the wall clock running
606       time  of  tools because an operating system scheduler's granularity may
607       be much larger than the time it takes to perform a single IPMI  message
608       transaction.  However,  by spinning, your system may be performing less
609       useful work by not contexting out the tool for a more useful task.
610
611       authcap - This workaround flag will skip early checks for username  ca‐
612       pabilities, authentication capabilities, and K_g support and allow IPMI
613       authentication to succeed. It works around multiple issues in which the
614       remote system does not properly report username capabilities, authenti‐
615       cation capabilities, or K_g status. Those hitting this  issue  may  see
616       "username  invalid",  "authentication  type  unavailable  for attempted
617       privilege level", or "k_g invalid"  errors.   Issue  observed  on  Asus
618       P5M2/P5MT-R/RS162-E4/RX4,    Intel   SR1520ML/X38ML,   and   Sun   Fire
619       2200/4150/4450 with ELOM.
620
621       nochecksumcheck - This workaround flag will tell FreeIPMI to not  check
622       the  checksums  returned  from  IPMI command responses. It works around
623       systems that return invalid checksums due to implementation errors, but
624       the  packet  is otherwise valid. Users are cautioned on the use of this
625       option, as it removes validation of packet integrity  in  a  number  of
626       circumstances.  However,  it  is unlikely to be an issue in most situa‐
627       tions. Those hitting this issue may see "connection timeout",  "session
628       timeout",  or  "password verification timeout" errors. On IPMI 1.5 con‐
629       nections, the "noauthcodecheck" workaround may also needed  too.  Issue
630       observed  on  Supermicro  X9SCM-iiF, Supermicro X9DRi-F, and Supermicro
631       X9DRFR.
632
633       idzero - This workaround flag will allow empty session IDs  to  be  ac‐
634       cepted  by  the client. It works around IPMI sessions that report empty
635       session IDs to the client. Those hitting this issue  may  see  "session
636       timeout" errors. Issue observed on Tyan S2882 with M3289 BMC.
637
638       unexpectedauth  -  This  workaround flag will allow unexpected non-null
639       authcodes to be checked as though they were expected. It  works  around
640       an  issue  when  packets contain non-null authentication data when they
641       should be null due to disabled per-message authentication.  Those  hit‐
642       ting  this  issue  may  see "session timeout" errors. Issue observed on
643       Dell PowerEdge 2850,SC1425. Confirmed fixed on newer firmware.
644
645       forcepermsg - This workaround flag will force  per-message  authentica‐
646       tion  to  be used no matter what is advertised by the remote system. It
647       works around an issue when per-message authentication is advertised  as
648       disabled on the remote system, but it is actually required for the pro‐
649       tocol. Those hitting this issue may see "session timeout" errors.   Is‐
650       sue observed on IBM eServer 325.
651
652       endianseq  -  This  workaround flag will flip the endian of the session
653       sequence numbers to allow the session to continue  properly.  It  works
654       around  IPMI  1.5  session  sequence numbers that are the wrong endian.
655       Those hitting this issue may see "session timeout"  errors.  Issue  ob‐
656       served on some Sun ILOM 1.0/2.0 (depends on service processor endian).
657
658       noauthcodecheck  - This workaround flag will tell FreeIPMI to not check
659       the authentication codes returned from IPMI 1.5 command  responses.  It
660       works  around  systems  that return invalid authentication codes due to
661       hashing or implementation errors. Users are cautioned  on  the  use  of
662       this option, as it removes an authentication check verifying the valid‐
663       ity of a packet. However, in most organizations, this is unlikely to be
664       a  security  issue.  Those hitting this issue may see "connection time‐
665       out", "session timeout", or  "password  verification  timeout"  errors.
666       Issue  observed  on  Xyratex FB-H8-SRAY, Intel Windmill, Quanta Winter‐
667       fell, and Wiwynn Windmill.
668
669       intel20 - This workaround flag will work around several Intel IPMI  2.0
670       authentication issues. The issues covered include padding of usernames,
671       and password  truncation  if  the  authentication  algorithm  is  HMAC-
672       MD5-128. Those hitting this issue may see "username invalid", "password
673       invalid", or "k_g invalid" errors. Issue observed  on  Intel  SE7520AF2
674       with Intel Server Management Module (Professional Edition).
675
676       supermicro20 - This workaround flag will work around several Supermicro
677       IPMI 2.0  authentication  issues  on  motherboards  w/  Peppercon  IPMI
678       firmware.  The issues covered include handling invalid length authenti‐
679       cation codes. Those hitting this issue may see "password  invalid"  er‐
680       rors.   Issue  observed  on  Supermicro H8QME with SIMSO daughter card.
681       Confirmed fixed on newerver firmware.
682
683       sun20 - This workaround flag will work work around several Sun IPMI 2.0
684       authentication issues. The issues covered include invalid lengthed hash
685       keys, improperly hashed keys, and invalid cipher suite  records.  Those
686       hitting  this  issue  may see "password invalid" or "bmc error" errors.
687       Issue observed on Sun Fire 4100/4200/4500 with ILOM.   This  workaround
688       automatically includes the "opensesspriv" workaround.
689
690       opensesspriv - This workaround flag will slightly alter FreeIPMI's IPMI
691       2.0 connection protocol to workaround an invalid hashing algorithm used
692       by  the remote system. The privilege level sent during the Open Session
693       stage of an IPMI 2.0 connection is used for hashing keys instead of the
694       privilege  level  sent during the RAKP1 connection stage. Those hitting
695       this issue may see "password invalid", "k_g invalid", or "bad  rmcpplus
696       status  code"  errors.   Issue observed on Sun Fire 4100/4200/4500 with
697       ILOM, Inventec 5441/Dell Xanadu II, Supermicro X8DTH, Supermicro X8DTG,
698       Intel  S5500WBV/Penguin  Relion  700,  Intel S2600JF/Appro 512X, Quanta
699       QSSC-S4R/Appro GB812X-CN, and Dell C5220. This workaround is  automati‐
700       cally triggered with the "sun20" workaround.
701
702       integritycheckvalue  - This workaround flag will work around an invalid
703       integrity check value during an IPMI 2.0 session establishment when us‐
704       ing  Cipher  Suite  ID 0. The integrity check value should be 0 length,
705       however the remote motherboard responds with a non-empty  field.  Those
706       hitting  this issue may see "k_g invalid" errors. Issue observed on Su‐
707       permicro X8DTG, Supermicro X8DTU,  and  Intel  S5500WBV/Penguin  Relion
708       700, and Intel S2600JF/Appro 512X.
709
710       assumemaxsdrrecordcount  -  This  workaround will inform SDR reading to
711       stop reading after a known maximum number  of  SDR  records  have  been
712       read.  This  will  work  around  systems that have miss-implemented SDR
713       reading functions. Those hitting this issue may see "SDR  record  count
714       invalid" errors. Issue observed on unspecified Inspur motherboard.
715
716       discretereading - This workaround option will allow analog sensor read‐
717       ings (i.e. rpm, degrees, etc.) to be read  even  if  the  event/reading
718       type  code for the sensor is for a discrete sensor (i.e. assert vs. de‐
719       assert). This option works around poorly defined (and arguably illegal)
720       SDR  records  that  expect  analog sensor readings to be read alongside
721       discrete sensors. This option is confirmed to work around issues on  HP
722       Proliant DL380 G7 and HP ProLiant ML310 G5 motherboards.
723
724       ignorescanningdisabled - This workaround option will allow sensor read‐
725       ings to be read even if the sensor scanning bit indicates a  sensor  is
726       disabled.  This option works around motherboards that incorrectly indi‐
727       cate sensors as disabled. This may problem may exist  on  your  mother‐
728       board  if sensors are listed as "N/A" even if they should be available.
729       This option is confirmed to work around issues on Dell Poweredge  2900,
730       Dell  Poweredge  2950, Dell Poweredge R410, Dell Poweredge R610, and HP
731       Integrity rx3600 motherboards.
732
733       assumebmcowner - This workaround option will allow sensor  readings  to
734       be  read  if the sensor owner is the BMC, but the reported sensor owner
735       is not the BMC. Typically, sensors owned by a non-BMC sensor owner must
736       be bridged (e.g. with the --bridge-sensors option), however if the non-
737       BMC sensor owner is invalid, bridging fails. This option  works  around
738       motherboards  that incorrectly report an non-BMC sensor owner by always
739       assuming the sensor owner is the BMC. This problem may  exist  on  your
740       motherboard  if  sensors  are  listed  as  "N/A" even if they should be
741       available. This option is confirmed to work around  issues  on  Fujitsu
742       RX300 and Fujitsu RX300S2 motherboards.
743
744       ignoreauthcode  -  This workaround option will allow sensor readings to
745       be read if the remote machine is invalidly  calculating  authentication
746       codes  (i.e.  authentication  hashes) when communicating over LAN. This
747       problem may exist on your system if the error "session timeout"  errors
748       or there is an appearance of a hang.  Users are cautioned on the use of
749       this option, as it removes an authentication check verifying the valid‐
750       ity of a packet. However, in most organizations, this is unlikely to be
751       a security issue. The ignoring of authentication packets is  only  lim‐
752       ited  to  the period in which sensor readings are done, and not for any
753       portion of the session authentication or session teardown. This  option
754       is  confirmed  to  work  on  Inventec  5441/Dell Xanadu II and Inventec
755       5442/Dell Xanadu III.  (Note: On the above systems, this issue has only
756       been observed when the --bridge-sensors is used.)
757
758       No IPMI 1.5 Support - Some motherboards that support IPMI 2.0 have been
759       found to not support IPMI 1.5. Those hitting this issue may  see  "ipmi
760       2.0  unavailable"  or  "connection  timeout"  errors. This issue can be
761       worked around by using IPMI 2.0  instead  of  IPMI  1.5  by  specifying
762       --driver-type=LAN_2_0.  Issue observed on a number of HP and Supermicro
763       motherboards.
764

OEM INTERPRETATION

766       The following motherboards are confirmed to have atleast  some  support
767       by  the --interpret-oem-data option. While highly probable the OEM data
768       interpretations would work across other motherboards by the same  manu‐
769       facturer,  there  are no guarantees. Some of the motherboards below may
770       be rebranded by vendors/distributors.
771
772       Dell Poweredge R210, Dell Poweredge R610,  Dell  Poweredge  R710,  Dell
773       Poweredge  R720, Fujitsu iRMC S1 and iRMC S2 systems, HP Proliant DL160
774       G8, Intel S5500WB/Penguin Computing  Relion  700,  Intel  S2600JF/Appro
775       512X,  Intel  S2600GZ,  Intel  S2600WP, Intel S5000PAL, Intel Windmill,
776       Quanta Winterfell, Supermicro  X7DBR-3,  Supermicro  X7DB8,  Supermicro
777       X8DTN, Supermicro X7SBI-LN4, Supermicro X8DTH, Supermicro X8DTG, Super‐
778       micro X8DTU, Supermicro  X8DT3-LN4F,  Supermicro  X8DTU-6+,  Supermicro
779       X8DTL,  Supermicro  X8DTL-3F, Supermicro X8SIL-F, Supermicro X9SCL, Su‐
780       permicro  X9SCM,  Supermicro  X8DTN+-F,  Supermicro  X8SIE,  Supermicro
781       X9SCA-F-O,  Supermicro  H8DGU-F,  Supermicro X9DRi-F, Supermicro X9DRI-
782       LN4F+, Supermicro X9SPU-F-O,  Supermicro  X9SCM-iiF,  Wiwynn  Windmill,
783       Wistron/Dell Poweredge C6220.
784

EXAMPLES

786       # ipmi-sensors
787
788       Show all sensors and readings on the local machine.
789
790       # ipmi-sensors --verbose
791
792       Show verbose sensors and readings on the local machine.
793
794       # ipmi-sensors --record-ids="7,11,102"
795
796       Show sensor record ids 7, 11, and 102 on the local machine.
797
798       # ipmi-sensors --sensor-types=fan
799
800       Show all sensors of type fan on the local machine.
801
802       # ipmi-sensors -h ahost -u myusername -p mypassword
803
804       Show all sensors on a remote machine using IPMI over LAN.
805
806       # ipmi-sensors -h mycluster[0-127] -u myusername -p mypassword
807
808       Show all sensors across a cluster using IPMI over LAN.
809

DIAGNOSTICS

811       Upon  successful  execution, exit status is 0. On error, exit status is
812       1.
813
814       If multiple hosts are specified for communication, the exit status is 0
815       if  and  only  if  all targets successfully execute. Otherwise the exit
816       status is 1.
817

KNOWN ISSUES

819       On older operating systems, if you input your username,  password,  and
820       other  potentially  security  relevant information on the command line,
821       this information may be discovered by other users when using tools like
822       the  ps(1) command or looking in the /proc file system. It is generally
823       more secure to input password information with options like the  -P  or
824       -K  options.  Configuring security relevant information in the FreeIPMI
825       configuration file would also be an appropriate way to hide this infor‐
826       mation.
827
828       In  order  to  prevent  brute force attacks, some BMCs will temporarily
829       "lock up" after a number of remote authentication errors. You may  need
830       to  wait awhile in order to this temporary "lock up" to pass before you
831       may authenticate again.
832
833       Some sensors may be output as not  available  (i.e.  N/A)  because  the
834       owner  of  the  sensor is not the BMC. To attempt to bridge sensors and
835       access sensors not on the  BMC,  users  may  wish  to  try  the  -b  or
836       --bridge-sensors options.
837

REPORTING BUGS

839       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.
840
842       Copyright © 2003-2015 FreeIPMI Core Team.
843
844       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
845       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
846       Free  Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
847       option) any later version.
848

SEE ALSO

850       freeipmi(7),  bmc-device(8),  ipmi-config(8),   freeipmi_interpret_sen‐
851       sor.conf(5)
852
853       http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/
854
855
856
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