1openipmicmd(8)             An IPMI Command Interface            openipmicmd(8)
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NAME

6       openipmicmd - An IPMI Command Interface
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SYNOPSIS

10       openipmicmd [-k entry-to-execute] <connection parms>
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  openipmicmd program allows a user to execute direct IPMI commands.
15       It can work with direct interface with the OpenIPMI driver or with IPMI
16       LAN interfaces.
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OPTIONS

20       -k entry-to-execute
21              Execute a single command an exit.
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25              The parameters for the connection depend on the connection type.
26              These are all described in openipmi_conparms (7)
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COMMANDS

30       Once up, you can execute commands in the  user  interface.   Note  that
31       commands  and  responses  are asynchronous, you issue a command and the
32       interface returns immediately.  When the response comes back,  it  will
33       be  dumped  on your console.  That's a little strange looking, but IPMI
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35       will wait for the response or a timeout before returning.
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38       0f lun netfn cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
39              Send a command to the BMC you are connected to.
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42       channel [ipmb] IPMB-addr lun netfn cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
43              Send  a  command to a device on the IPMB bus.  The "ipmb" string
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47       channel 00 IPMB-addr lun netfn cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
48              Send a broadcast command to a device on the IPMB bus.
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51       channel lan handle remote-swid local-swid lun netfn  cmd  [data1  [data
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53              Send  a  command to a device over a LAN channel.  Note that this
54              not the same as a LAN connection.  This sends a message  through
55              a local BMC to a remote system that is hooked up with a LAN con‐
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59       test_lat count command
60              Executes the given commands (one of the previous commands) count
61              times  and  gives the average time per command to execute.  Note
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65       help   Display some help.
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69              Register to receive the given command.  If the  driver  receives
70              an external command, it will print it out.  This only works with
71              system interface connections, it will not work  on  LAN  connec‐
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76              Remove a command registration.
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SEE ALSO

80       ipmi_ui(1), ipmilan(8), openipmi_conparms(7)
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KNOWN PROBLEMS

84       The asychronous nature of the program can be annoying.
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AUTHOR

88       Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.org>
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92OpenIPMI                           05/13/03                     openipmicmd(8)
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