NAME¶
openipmicmd - An IPMI Command Interface
SYNOPSIS¶
openipmicmd [
-k entry-to-execute]
<connection
parms>
DESCRIPTION¶
The
openipmicmd program allows a user to execute direct IPMI commands. It
can work with direct interface with the OpenIPMI driver or with IPMI LAN
interfaces.
OPTIONS¶
- -k entry-to-execute
- Execute a single command an exit.
- <connectionparms>
- The parameters for the connection depend on the connection
type. These are all described in openipmi_conparms (7)
COMMANDS¶
Once up, you can execute commands in the user interface. Note that commands and
responses are asynchronous, you issue a command and the interface returns
immediately. When the response comes back, it will be dumped on your console.
That's a little strange looking, but IPMI is ansychronous underneath. Note
that the
-k option is synchronous, it will wait for the response or a
timeout before returning.
- 0f lun netfn cmd [data1
[ data2 ...]]
- Send a command to the BMC you are connected to.
- channel [ipmb] IPMB-addr lun
netfn [seq] cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
- Send a command to a device on the IPMB bus. The
"ipmb" string is optional. The seq must be
provided if the netfn is a response (an odd number). It must be the same
sequence number that came in on the command in the "Command Sequence
= seq" part of the command.
- channel 00 IPMB-addr lun
netfn cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
- Send a broadcast command to a device on the IPMB bus.
- channel lan handle remote-swid
local-swid lun netfn cmd [data1
[data ...]]
- Send a command to a device over a LAN channel. Note that
this not the same as a LAN connection. This sends a message through a
local BMC to a remote system that is hooked up with a LAN connection.
- test_lat count command
- Executes the given commands (one of the previous
commands) count times and gives the average time per command to
execute. Note that " count" is hexadecimal.
- help
- Display some help.
- regcmd netfn cmd
- Register to receive the given command. If the driver
receives an external command, it will print it out. This only works with
system interface connections, it will not work on LAN connections.
- unregcmd netfn cmd
- Remove a command registration.
SEE ALSO¶
ipmi_ui(1),
ipmilan(8),
openipmi_conparms(7)
KNOWN PROBLEMS¶
The asychronous nature of the program can be annoying.
AUTHOR¶
Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.org>