Dell IPMITool for Windows: Your Essential Guide to IPMITool Management

IPMITool In-Band

IPMITool in-band helps in configuring and managing devices.

For more information on IPMITool, see the Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User's Guide available at www.dell.com/support/manuals.

Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems For IPMITool In- Band

The following table lists the supported Windows operating systems for the IPMITool In-Band. An ' X ' in the operating system column indicates IPMITool in-band support.

Table 20. Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems for IPMITool In-Band

	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft
	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows
	Server	Server	XP (32-	Vista (32-	Vista (64-	7.0 (32-	7.0 (64-	Server	Server
	2008 (32-	2008 R2	bit)	bit)	bit)	bit)	bit)	2012	2012 R2
	bit and	(64-bit)
	64-bit)
Edition	SP1/SP2	SP1/SP2	SP3	SP2	SP2
IPMITool	X	X	X					X	X
IPMITool	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
In-Band

Supported Linux Operating Systems for IPMITool In-Band

The following table lists the supported Linux operating systems for the IPMITool In-Band.

An 'X ' in the operating system column indicates IPMITool in-band support.

Table 21. Supported Linux Operating Systems for IPMITool In-Band

	SUSE	SUSE	SUSE	SUSE	SUSE	Red Hat	Red Hat	Red Hat	Red Hat	Red Hat	Red Hat
	Linux	Linux	Linux	Linux	Linux	Enterpri	Enterpri	Enterpri	Enterpri	Enterpri	Enterpri
	Enterpri	Enterpri	Enterpri	Enterpri	Enterpri	se	se	se	se	se	se
	se	se	se	se	se	Linux	Linux	Linux	Linux	Linux	Linux
	Server	Server	Server	Server	Server	5.8 (32-	5.8 (64-	5.9 (32-	6.3 (64-	6.4 (64-	6.5 (64-
	10 SP3	10 SP4	11 SP1	11 SP2	11 SP3	bit)	bit)	bit and	bit)	bit)	bit)
	(64-bit)	(64-bit	(64-bit)	(64-bit)	(64-bit)			64-bit)
IPMITo	X	X	X	X	X	X	x	X	X	X	X
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Band

IPMITool Out-of-Band

BMC Management Utility (BMU) is a utility to access Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) and perform management activities. BMU allows remote, out-of-band LAN and/or serial port power control, event log access, and console redirection.

IPMI Tool is a Command Line Interface (CLI) utility that helps in configuring and managing devices using the IPMI version 1.5 and later protocol. IPMI Tool supports out-of-band (OOB) access (over a LAN or through the serial port) to a single system at a time. IPMI Tool also supports in-band access.

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