Black Box LES114BA, LES1332A, LES1408A IPMItool, Ipmitool -c-h-v-V-I lan -H hostname -p port

15.10 IPMItool

The console server includes the ipmitool utility for managing and configuring devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 1.5 and version 2.0 specifications.

IPMI is an open standard for monitoring, logging, recovery, inventory, and control of hardware that is implemented independent of the main CPU, BIOS, and OS. The service processor (or Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) is the brain behind platform management and its primary purpose is to handle the autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging features.

The ipmitool program provides a simple command-line interface to this BMC. It features the ability to read the sensor data repository (SDR) and print sensor values, display the contents of the System Event Log (SEL), print Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information, read and set LAN configuration parameters, and perform remote chassis power control.

SYNOPSIS

ipmitool [-c-h-v-V]-Iopen <command>

ipmitool [-c-h-v-V]-I lan -H <hostname> [-p <port>]

[-U<username>] [-A<authtype>] [-L<privlvl>]

[-a-E-P-f <password>] [-o <oemtype>] <command>

ipmitool [-c-h-v-V]-Ilanplus -H<hostname> [-p<port>]

[-U<username>] [-L<privlvl>]

[-a-E-P-f <password>] [-o <oemtype>]

[-C<ciphersuite>] <command>

DESCRIPTION

This program lets you manage Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) functions of either the local system, via a kernel device driver, or a remote system, using IPMI V1.5 and IPMI v2.0. These functions include printing FRU information, LAN configuration, sensor readings, and remote chassis power control.

IPMI management of a local system interface requires a compatible IPMI kernel driver to be installed and configured. On Linux, this driver is called OpenIPMI and it is included in standard distributions. On Solaris, this driver is called BMC and is inclued in Solaris 10. Management of a remote station requires the IPMI-over-LAN interface to be enabled and configured. Depending on the particular requirements of each system, it may be possible to enable the LAN interface using ipmitool over the system interface.

OPTIONS

-aPrompt for the remote server password.

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