Sun Microsystems V20Z, V40z Lights Out Management LOM, Description, Further Information, Syntax

Lights Out Management (LOM)

On these servers, Lights Out Management is performed through IPMItool, a utility for controlling IPMI-enabled devices.

Description

IPMItool is a simple command-line interface (CLI) to servers that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v1.5 specification. It provides the ability to:

■Read the Sensor Data Record (SDR) and print sensor values

■Display the contents of the System Event Log (SEL)

■Print information about Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)

■Read and set LAN configuration parameters

■Perform chassis power control

Originally written to take advantage of IPMI-over-LAN interfaces, IPMItool is also capable of using a system interface, as provided by a kernel device driver such as OpenIPMI.

Further Information

■For up-to-date information about IPMItool, visit: http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/

■For more information about the IPMI specification, visit: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm

■For more information about the OpenIPMI project (MontaVista IPMI kernel driver), visit:

http://openipmi.sourceforge.net/

Syntax

The syntax used by IPMItool is as follows:

ipmitool [-ghcvV]-I lan -H address [-P password] expression

ipmitool [-ghcvV]-I open expression

30 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers, Server Management Guide • May, 2004