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ipmitool(1) ipmitool(1)

NAME

ipmitool - utility for controlling IPMI-enabled devices

SYNOPSIS

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 included 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

-a Prompt for the remote server password.

-A <authtype>
Specify an authentication type to use during IPMIv1.5 lan session
activation. Supported types are NONE, PASSWORD, MD2, MD5, or OEM.

-b <channel>
Set destination channel for bridged request.

-B <channel>
Set transit channel for bridged request (dual bridge).

-b <channel>
Set destination channel for bridged request.

-B <channel>
Set transit channel for bridged request. (dual bridge)

-c Present output in CSV (comma separated variable) format. This is
not available with all commands.

-C <ciphersuite>
The remote server authentication, integrity, and encryption
algorithms to use for IPMIv2.0 lanplus connections. See table
22-19 in the IPMIv2.0 specification. The default is 3 which
specifies RAKP-HMAC-SHA1 authentication, HMAC-SHA1-96 integrity,
and AES-CBC-128 encryption algorithms.

-d N Use device number N to specify the /dev/ipmiN (or /dev/ipmi/N or
/dev/ipmidev/N) device to use for in-band BMC communication. Used
to target a specific BMC on a multi-node, multi-BMC system through
the ipmi device driver interface. Default is 0.

-e <sol_escape_char>
Use supplied character for SOL session escape character. The
default is to use ~ but this can conflict with ssh sessions.

-E The remote server password is specified by the environment
variable IPMI_PASSWORD or IPMITOOL_PASSWORD. The IPMITOOL_PASSWORD
takes precedence.

-f <password_file>
Specifies a file containing the remote server password. If this
option is absent, or if password_file is empty, the password will
default to NULL.

-g Deprecated. Use: -o intelplus

-h Get basic usage help from the command line.

-H <address>
Remote server address, can be IP address or hostname. This option
is required for lan and lanplus interfaces.

-I <interface>
Selects IPMI interface to use. Supported interfaces that are
compiled in are visible in the usage help output.

-k <key>
Use supplied Kg key for IPMIv2.0 authentication. The default is
not to use any Kg key.

-K Read Kg key from IPMI_KGKEY environment variable.

-l <lun>
Set destination lun for raw commands.

-L <privlvl>
Force session privilege level. Can be CALLBACK, USER, OPERATOR,
ADMINISTRATOR. Default is ADMINISTRATOR. This value is ignored
and always set to ADMINISTRATOR when combined with -t target
address.

-m <local_address>
Set the local IPMB address. The local address defaults to 0x20 or
is auto discovered on PICMG platforms when -m is not specified.
There should be no need to change the local address for normal
operation.

-N <sec>
Specify nr. of seconds between retransmissions of lan/lanplus
messages. Defaults are 2 seconds for lan and 1 second for lanplus
interfaces. Command raw uses fixed value of 15 seconds. Command
sol uses fixed value of 1 second.

-o <oemtype>
Select OEM type to support. This usually involves minor hacks in
place in the code to work around quirks in various BMCs from
various manufacturers. Use -o list to see a list of current
supported OEM types.

-O <sel oem>
Open selected file and read OEM SEL event descriptions to be used
during SEL listings. See examples in contrib dir for file format.

-p <port>
Remote server UDP port to connect to. Default is 623.

-P <password>
Remote server password is specified on the command line. If
supported it will be obscured in the process list. Note!
Specifying the password as a command line option is not
recommended.

-R <count>
Set the number of retries for lan/lanplus interface (default=4).
Command raw uses fixed value of one try (no retries). Command hpm
uses fixed value of 10 retries.

-s Deprecated. Use: -o supermicro

-S <sdr_cache_file>
Use local file for remote SDR cache. Using a local SDR cache can
drastically increase performance for commands that require
knowledge of the entire SDR to perform their function. Local SDR
cache from a remote system can be created with the sdr dump
command.

-t <target_address>
Bridge IPMI requests to the remote target address. Default is 32.
The -L privlvl option is always ignored and value set to
ADMINISTRATOR.

-T <address>
Set transit address for bridge request (dual bridge).

-T <transmit_address>
Set transit address for bridge request. (dual bridge)

-U <username>
Remote server username, default is NULL user.

-v Increase verbose output level. This option may be specified
multiple times to increase the level of debug output. If given
three times you will get hexdumps of all incoming and outgoing
packets. Using it five times provides details on request and
expected reply procesing. The hpm commands targetcap compprop
abort upgstatus rollback rollbackstatus selftestresult increases
the verbosity level

-V Display version information.

-y <hex key>
Use supplied Kg key for IPMIv2.0 authentication. The key is
expected in hexadecimal format and can be used to specify keys
with non-printable characters. E.g. '-k PASSWORD' and '-y
50415353574F5244' are equivalent. The default is not to use any
Kg key.

-Y Prompt for the Kg key for IPMIv2.0 authentication.

-z <size>
Change Size of Communication Channel. (OEM)

If no password method is specified then ipmitool will prompt the user for
a password. If no password is entered at the prompt, the remote server
password will default to NULL.

SECURITY

There are several security issues be be considered before enabling the
IPMI LAN interface. A remote station has the ability to control a
system's power state as well as being able to gather certain platform
information. To reduce vulnerability it is strongly advised that the IPMI
LAN interface only be enabled in 'trusted' environments where system
security is not an issue or where there is a dedicated secure 'management
network'.

Further it is strongly advised that you should not enable IPMI for remote
access without setting a password, and that that password should not be
the same as any other password on that system.

When an IPMI password is changed on a remote machine with the IPMIv1.5
lan interface the new password is sent across the network as clear text.
This could be observed and then used to attack the remote system. It is
thus recommended that IPMI password management only be done over IPMIv2.0
lanplus interface or the system interface on the local station.

For IPMI v1.5, the maximum password length is 16 characters. Passwords
longer than 16 characters will be truncated.

For IPMI v2.0, the maximum password length is 20 characters; longer
passwords are truncated.

COMMANDS

help This can be used to get command-line help on ipmitool commands.
It may also be placed at the end of commands to get option usage
help.

ipmitool help
Commands:
bmc Deprecated. Use mc
channel Configure Management Controller channels
chassis Get chassis status and set power state
dcmi Data Center Management Interface
delloem Manage Dell OEM Extensions.
echo Used to echo lines to stdout in scripts
ekanalyzer run FRU-Ekeying analyzer using FRU files
event Send events to MC
exec Run list of commands from file
firewall Configure Firmware Firewall
fru Print built-in FRU and scan for FRU locators
fwum Update IPMC using Kontron OEM Firmware Update
Manager
gendev Read/Write Device associated with Generic
Device locators sdr
hpm Update HPM components using PICMG HPM.1 file
i2c Send an I2C Master Write-Read command and
print response
ime Upgrade/Query Intel ME firmware
isol Configure and connect Intel IPMIv1.5
Serial-over-LAN
kontronoem Manage Kontron OEM Extensions
lan Configure LAN Channels
mc Management Controller status and global
enables
nm Node Manager
pef Configure Platform Event Filtering (PEF)
picmg Run a PICMG/ATA extended command
power Shortcut to chassis power commands
raw Send a RAW IPMI request and print response
sdr Print Sensor Data Repository entries and
readings
sel Print System Event Log (SEL)
sensor Print detailed sensor information
session Print session information
set Set runtime variable for shell and exec
shell Launch interactive IPMI shell
sol Configure and connect IPMIv2.0
Serial-over-LAN
spd Print SPD info from remote I2C device
sunoem Manage Sun OEM Extensions
tsol Configure and connect Tyan IPMIv1.5
Serial-over-LAN
user Configure Management Controller users

channel

authcap <channel number> <max priv>

Displays information about the authentication capabilities
of the selected channel at the specified privilege level.

Possible privilege levels are:
1 Callback level
2 User level
3 Operator level
4 Administrator level
5 OEM Proprietary level
15 No access

info [channel number]

Displays information about the selected channel. If no
channel is given it will display information about the
currently used channel.

> ipmitool channel info
Channel 0xf info:
Channel Medium Type : System Interface
Channel Protocol Type : KCS
Session Support : session-less
Active Session Count : 0
Protocol Vendor ID : 7154

getaccess <channel number> [<userid>]

Configure the given userid as the default on the given
channel number. When the given channel is subsequently
used, the user is identified implicitly by the given
userid.

setaccess <channel number> <userid> [<callin=on|off>]
[<ipmi=on|off>] [<link=on|off>] [<privilege=level>]

Configure user access information on the given
channel for the given userid.

getciphers <ipmi|sol> [<channel>]

Displays the list of cipher suites supported for the
given application (ipmi or sol) on the given
channel.

chassis

status

Status information related to power, buttons, cooling,
drives and faults.

power

status

on

off

cycle

reset

diag

soft

identify [<seconds>|force]

Identify interval.
Default is 15 seconds.
0 - Off
force - To turn on indefinitely

policy

What to do when power is restored.

list

Show available options.

always-on

previous

always-off

restart_cause

Last restart cause.

poh

Get power on hours.

bootdev

none

Do not change boot device order.

pxe

Force PXE boot.

disk

Force boot from default Hard-drive.

safe

Force boot from default Hard-drive, request Safe
Mode.

diag

Force boot from Diagnostic Partition.

cdrom

Force boot from CD/DVD.

bios

Force boot into BIOS Setup.

floppy

Force boot from Floppy/primary removable media.

bootparam

force_pxe

Force PXE boot

force_disk

Force boot from default Hard-drive

force_safe

Force boot from default Hard-drive, request Safe
Mode

force_diag

Force boot from Diagnostic Partition

force_cdrom

Force boot from CD/DVD

force_bios

Force boot into BIOS Setup

selftest

dcmi

discover

This command is used to discover supported capabilities in
DCMI.

power <command>

Platform power limit command options are:

reading

Get power related readings from the system.

get_limit

Get the configured power limits.

set_limit <parameter> <value>

Set a power limit option.

Possible parameters/values are:

action <No Action | Hard Power Off & Log Event to
SEL | Log Event to SEL>

Exception Actions are taken as "No Action",
"Hard Power Off system and log events to
SEL", or "Log event to SEL only".

limit <number in Watts>

Power Limit Requested in Watts.

correction <number in milliseconds>

Correction Time Limit in milliseconds.

sample <number in seconds>

Statistics Sampling period in seconds.

activate

Activate the set power limit.

deactivate

Deactivate the set power limit.

sensors

Prints the available DCMI sensors.

asset_tag

Prints the platforms asset tag.

set_asset_tag <string>

Sets the platforms asset tag

get_mc_id_string

Get management controller identifier string.

set_mc_id_string <string>

Set management controller identifier string. The maximum
length is 64 bytes including a null terminator.

thermalpolicy [<get | set>]

Thermal Limit policy get/set.

The commands are:

Get <entityID> <instanceID>

Get Thermal Limit values.

entityID is the physical entity that a sensor or
device is associated with. instanceID is a
particular instance of an entity. Entity Instance
can be in one of two ranges, system-relative or
device-relative. For example, a system with four
processors could use an Entity Instance value of "0"
to identify the first processor.

Set <entityID> <instanceID>

Set Thermal Limit values.

entityID is the physical entity that a sensor or
device is associated with. instanceID is a
particular instance of an entity. Entity Instance
can be in one of two ranges, system-relative or
device-relative. For example, a system with four
processors could use an Entity Instance value of "0"
to identify the first processor.

get_temp_reading

Get Temperature Sensor Readings.

get_conf_param

Get DCMI Configuration Parameters.

set_conf_param <parameters>

Set DCMI Configuration Parameters.

The Configuration Parameters are:

activate_dhcp

Activate/restart DHCP

dhcp_config

Discover DHCP Configuration.

init

Set DHCP Initial timeout interval, in seconds. The
recommended default is four seconds.

timeout

Set DHCP Server contact timeout interval, in
seconds. The recommended default timeout is two
minutes.

retry

Set DHCP Server contact retry interval, in seconds.
The recommended default timeout is sixty-four
seconds.

oob_discover

Ping/Pong Message for DCMI Discovery.

delloem

The delloem commands provide information on Dell-specific
features.

setled {b:d.f} {state..}

Sets the drive backplane LEDs for a device.
{b:d.f} = PCI Address of device (eg. 06:00.0)
{state} = one or more of the following:
online | present | hotspare | identify | rebuilding
| fault | predict | critical | failed

lcd
set {mode}|{lcdqualifier}|{errordisplay}

Allows you to set the LCD mode and user-defined
string.

lcd set mode
{none}|{modelname}|{ipv4address}|{macaddress}|
{systemname}|{servicetag}|{ipv6address}|
{ambienttemp}|{systemwatt}|{assettag}|
{userdefined}<text>

Allows you to set the LCD display mode to any of the
preceding parameters.

lcd set lcdqualifier
{watt}|{btuphr}|
{celsius}|{fahrenheit}

Allows you to set the unit for the system ambient
temperature mode.

lcd set errordisplay
{sel}|{simple}

Allows you to set the error display.

lcd info

Displays the LCD screen information.

lcd set vkvm
{active}|{inactive}

Allows you to set the vKVM status to active or
inactive. When it is active and session is in
progress, a message appears on LCD.

lcd status

Displays the LCD status for vKVM display active or
inactive and Front Panel access mode (viewandmodify,
view-only or disabled).

mac

Displays the information about the system NICs.

mac list

Displays the NIC MAC address and status of all NICs.
It also displays the DRAC/iDRAC MAC address.

mac get
<NIC number>

Displays the selected NICs MAC address and status.

lan
Displays the information of Lan.

lan set
<Mode>

Sets the NIC selection mode (dedicated, shared with
lom1, shared with lom2,shared with lom3,shared with
lom4,shared with failover lom1,shared with failover
lom2,shared with failover lom3,shared with failover
lom4,shared with Failover all loms, shared with
Failover None).

lan get

Returns the current NIC selection mode (dedicated,
shared with lom1, shared with lom2, shared with
lom3, shared with lom4,shared with failover lom1,
shared with failover lom2,shared with failover
lom3,shared with failover lom4,shared with Failover
all loms,shared with Failover None).

lan get active

Returns the current active NIC (dedicated, LOM1,
LOM2, LOM3 or LOM4).

powermonitor

Displays power tracking statistics.

powermonitor clear cumulativepower

Reset cumulative power reading.

powermonitor clear peakpower

Reset peak power reading.

powermonitor powerconsumption
<watt>|<btuphr>
Displays the power consumption in watt or btuphr.

powermonitor powerconsumptionhistory
<watt>|<btuphr>
Displays the power consumption history in watt or
btuphr.

powermonitor getpowerbudget
<watt>|<btuphr>
Displays the power cap in watt or btuphr.

powermonitor setpowerbudget
<val><watt|btuphr|percent>
Allows you to set the power cap in watt, BTU/hr or
percentage.

powermonitor enablepowercap
Enables set power cap.

powermonitor disablepowercap

Disables set power cap.

vFlash info Card

Shows Extended SD Card information.

echo

For echoing lines to stdout in scripts.

ekanalyzer <command> <xx=filename1> <xx=filename2> [<rc=filename3>] ...
NOTE : This command can support a maximum of 8 files per command
line
filename1 : binary file that stores FRU data of a Carrier or an
AMC module
filename2 : binary file that stores FRU data of an AMC module.
These binary files can be generated from command:
ipmitool fru read <id> <filename>
filename3 : configuration file used for configuring On-Carrier
Device ID or OEM GUID. This file is optional.
xx : indicates the type of the file. It can take the following
value:
oc : On-Carrier device
a1 : AMC slot A1
a2 : AMC slot A2
a3 : AMC slot A3
a4 : AMC slot A4
b1 : AMC slot B1
b2 : AMC slot B2
b3 : AMC slot B3
b4 : AMC slot B4
sm : Shelf Manager

The available commands for ekanalyzer are:

print [<carrier | power | all>]

carrier (default) <oc=filename1> <oc=filename2> ...

Display point to point physical connectivity between
carriers and AMC modules.
Example:
> ipmitool ekanalyzer print carrier oc=fru
oc=carrierfru
From Carrier file: fru
Number of AMC bays supported by Carrier: 2
AMC slot B1 topology:
Port 0 =====> On Carrier Device ID 0, Port
16
Port 1 =====> On Carrier Device ID 0, Port
12
Port 2 =====> AMC slot B2, Port 2
AMC slot B2 topology:
Port 0 =====> On Carrier Device ID 0, Port
3
Port 2 =====> AMC slot B1, Port 2
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
From Carrier file: carrierfru
On Carrier Device ID 0 topology:
Port 0 =====> AMC slot B1, Port 4
Port 1 =====> AMC slot B1, Port 5
Port 2 =====> AMC slot B2, Port 6
Port 3 =====> AMC slot B2, Port 7
AMC slot B1 topology:
Port 0 =====> AMC slot B2, Port 0
AMC slot B1 topology:
Port 1 =====> AMC slot B2, Port 1
Number of AMC bays supported by Carrier: 2

power <xx=filename1> <xx=filename2> ...

Display power supply information between carrier and
AMC modules.

all <xx=filename> <xx=filename> ...

Display both physical connectivity and power supply
of each carrier and AMC modules.

frushow <xx=filename>
Convert a binary FRU file into human readable text format.
Use -v option to get more display information.

summary [<match | unmatch | all>]

match (default) <xx=filename> <xx=filename> ...
Display only matched results of Ekeying match
between an On-Carrier device and an AMC module or
between 2 AMC modules. Example:
> ipmitool ekanalyzer summary match oc=fru b1=amcB1
a2=amcA2
On-Carrier Device vs AMC slot B1
AMC slot B1 port 0 ==> On-Carrier Device 0 port 16
Matching Result
- From On-Carrier Device ID 0
-Channel ID 11 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.2 Ethernet
-Link Type extension: 1000BASE-BX (SerDES
Gigabit) Ethernet link
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: exact
match
- To AMC slot B1
-Channel ID 0 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.2 Ethernet
-Link Type extension: 1000BASE-BX (SerDES
Gigabit) Ethernet link
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: exact
match
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
AMC slot B1 port 1 ==> On-Carrier Device 0 port 12
Matching Result
- From On-Carrier Device ID 0
-Channel ID 6 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.2 Ethernet
-Link Type extension: 1000BASE-BX (SerDES
Gigabit) Ethernet link
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: exact
match
- To AMC slot B1
-Channel ID 1 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.2 Ethernet
-Link Type extension: 1000BASE-BX (SerDES
Gigabit) Ethernet link
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: exact
match
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
On-Carrier Device vs AMC slot A2
AMC slot A2 port 0 ==> On-Carrier Device 0 port 3
Matching Result
- From On-Carrier Device ID 0
-Channel ID 9 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.2 Ethernet
-Link Type extension: 1000BASE-BX (SerDES
Gigabit) Ethernet link
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: exact
match
- To AMC slot A2
-Channel ID 0 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.2 Ethernet
-Link Type extension: 1000BASE-BX (SerDES
Gigabit) Ethernet link
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: exact
match
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
AMC slot B1 vs AMC slot A2
AMC slot A2 port 2 ==> AMC slot B1 port 2
Matching Result
- From AMC slot B1
-Channel ID 2 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.3 Storage
-Link Type extension: Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS/SATA)
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: FC or SAS
interface {exact match}
- To AMC slot A2
-Channel ID 2 || Lane 0: enable
-Link Type: AMC.3 Storage
-Link Type extension: Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS/SATA)
-Link Group ID: 0 || Link Asym. Match: FC or SAS
interface {exact match}
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

unmatch <xx=filename> <xx=filename> ...

Display the unmatched results of Ekeying match
between an On-Carrier device and an AMC module or
between 2 AMC modules

all <xx=filename> <xx=filename> ...

Display both matched result and unmatched results of
Ekeying match between two cards or two modules.

event

<predefined event number N>

Send a pre-defined test event to the System Event Log. The
following events are included as a means to test the
functionality of the System Event Log component of the BMC
(an entry will be added each time the event N command is
executed).

Currently supported values for N are:
1 Temperature: Upper Critical: Going High
2 Voltage Threshold: Lower Critical: Going Low
3 Memory: Correctable ECC

NOTE: These pre-defined events will likely not produce
"accurate" SEL records for a particular system because they
will not be correctly tied to a valid sensor number, but
they are sufficient to verify correct operation of the SEL.

file <filename>

Event log records specified in <filename> will be added to
the System Event Log.

The format of each line in the file is as follows:

<{EvM Revision} {Sensor Type} {Sensor Num} {Event Dir/Type}
{Event Data 0} {Event Data 1} {Event Data 2}>[# COMMENT]

e.g.: 0x4 0x2 0x60 0x1 0x52 0x0 0x0 # Voltage threshold:
Lower Critical: Going Low

EvM Revision - The "Event Message Revision" is 0x04 for
messages that comply with the IPMI 2.0 Specification and
0x03 for messages that comply with the IPMI 1.0
Specification.

Sensor Type - Indicates the Event Type or Class.

Sensor Num - Represents the 'sensor' within the management
controller that generated the Event Message.

Event Dir/Type - This field is encoded with the event
direction as the high bit (bit 7) and the event type as the
low 7 bits. Event direction is 0 for an assertion event
and 1 for a deassertion event.

See the IPMI 2.0 specification for further details on the
definitions for each field.

<sensorid> <list>

Get a list of all the possible Sensor States and pre-
defined Sensor State Shortcuts available for a particular
sensor. sensorid is the character string representation
of the sensor and must be enclosed in double quotes if it
includes white space. Several different commands including
ipmitool sensor list may be used to obtain a list that
includes the sensorid strings representing the sensors on a
given system.

> ipmitool -I open event "PS 2T Fan Fault" list
Finding sensor PS 2T Fan Fault... ok
Sensor States:
State Deasserted
State Asserted
Sensor State Shortcuts:
present absent
assert deassert
limit nolimit
fail nofail
yes no
on off
up down

<sensorid> <sensor state> [<direction>]

Generate a custom event based on existing sensor
information. The optional event direction can be either
assert (the default) or deassert.

> ipmitool event "PS 2T Fan Fault" "State Asserted"
Finding sensor PS 2T Fan Fault... ok
0 | Pre-Init Time-stamp | Fan PS 2T Fan Fault | State
Asserted

> ipmitool event "PS 2T Fan Fault" "State Deasserted"
Finding sensor PS 2T Fan Fault... ok
0 | Pre-Init Time-stamp | Fan PS 2T Fan Fault | State
Desserted

exec <filename>

Execute ipmitool commands from filename. Each line is a complete
command. The syntax of the commands are defined by the COMMANDS
section in this manpage. Each line may have an optional comment
at the end of the line, delimited with a `#' symbol.

e.g., a command file with two lines:

sdr list # get a list of sdr records
sel list # get a list of sel records

firewall

This command supports the Firmware Firewall capability. It may be
used to add or remove security-based restrictions on certain
commands/command sub-functions or to list the current firmware
firewall restrictions set on any commands. For each firmware
firewall command listed below, parameters may be included to cause
the command to be executed with increasing granularity on a
specific LUN, for a specific NetFn, for a specific IPMI Command,
and finally for a specific command's sub-function (see Appendix H
in the IPMI 2.0 Specification for a listing of any sub-function
numbers that may be associated with a particular command).

Parameter syntax and dependencies are as follows:

[<channel H>] [<lun L> [ <netfn N> [<command C [<subfn S>]]]]

Note that if "netfn <N>" is specified, then "lun <L>" must also be
specified; if "command <C>" is specified, then "netfn <N>" (and
therefore "lun <L>") must also be specified, and so forth.

"channel <H>" is an optional and standalone parameter. If not
specified, the requested operation will be performed on the
current channel. Note that command support may vary from channel
to channel.

Firmware firewall commands:

info [<Parms as described above>]

List firmware firewall information for the specified LUN,
NetFn, and Command (if supplied) on the current or
specified channel. Listed information includes the
support, configurable, and enabled bits for the specified
command or commands.

Some usage examples:

info [<channel H>] [<lun L>]

This command will list firmware firewall information
for all NetFns for the specified LUN on either the
current or the specified channel.

info [<channel H>] [<lun L> [ <netfn N> ]

This command will print out all command information
for a single LUN/NetFn pair.

info [<channel H>] [<lun L> [ <netfn N> [<command C] ]]

This prints out detailed, human-readable information
showing the support, configurable, and enabled bits
for the specified command on the specified LUN/NetFn
pair. Information will be printed about each of the
command subfunctions.

info [<channel H>] [<lun L> [ <netfn N> [<command C [<subfn
S>]]]]

Print out information for a specific sub-function.

enable [<Parms as described above>]

This command is used to enable commands for a given
NetFn/LUN combination on the specified channel.

disable [<Parms as described above>] [force]

This command is used to disable commands for a given
NetFn/LUN combination on the specified channel. Great
care should be taken if using the "force" option so as not
to disable the "Set Command Enables" command.

reset [<Parms as described above>]

This command may be used to reset the firmware firewall
back to a state where all commands and command sub-
functions are enabled.

fru

print

Read all Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory data and
extract such information as serial number, part number,
asset tags, and short strings describing the chassis,
board, or product.

read <fru id> <fru file>

fru id is the digit ID of the FRU (see output of 'fru
print'). fru file is the absolute pathname of a file in
which to dump the binary FRU data pertaining to the
specified FRU entity.

write <fru id> <fru file>

fru id is the digit ID of the FRU (see output of 'fru
print'). fru file is the absolute pathname of a file from
which to pull the binary FRU data before uploading it to
the specified FRU.

upgEkey <fru id> <fru file>

Update a multirecord FRU location. fru id is the digit ID
of the FRU (see output of 'fru print'). fru file is the
absolute pathname of a file from which to pull the binary
FRU data to upload into the specified multirecord FRU
entity.

edit <fru id>

This command provides interactive editing of some supported
records, namely PICMG Carrier Activation Record. fru id is
the digit ID of the FRU (see output of 'fru print');
default is 0.

edit <fru id> field <section> <index> <string>

This command may be used to set a field string to a new
value. It replaces the FRU data found at index in the
specified section with the supplied string.

fru id is the digit ID of the FRU (see output of 'fru
print').

<section> is a string which refers to FRU Inventory
Information
Storage Areas and may be refer to:

c FRU Inventory Chassis Info Area

b FRU Inventory Board Info Area

p FRU Inventory Product Info Area

<index> specifies the field number. Field numbering starts
on the first 'english text' field type. For instance in the
<board> info area field '0' is <Board Manufacturer> and
field '2' is <Board Serial Number>; see IPMI Platform
Management FRU Information Storage Definition v1.0 R1.1 for
field locations.

<string> must be the same length as the string being
replaced and must be 8-bit ASCII (0xCx).

edit <fru id> oem iana <record> <format> [<args>]

This command edits the data found in the multirecord area.
Support for OEM specific records is limited.

fwum
Update IPMC using Kontron OEM Firmware Update Manager.

info
Show information about current firmware.

status
Show status of each firmware bank present in the hardware.

download <filename>

Download specified firmware.

upgrade [filename]

Install firmware upgrade. If the filename is specified, the
file is downloaded first, otherwise the last firmware
downloaded is used.

rollback

Ask IPMC to rollback to previous version.

tracelog

Show firmware upgrade log.

gendev

list

List All Generic Device Locators.

read <sdr name> <file>

Read to file eeprom specify by Generic Device Locators.

write <sdr name> <file>

Write from file eeprom specify by Generic Device Locators

hpm
PICMG HPM.1 Upgrade Agent

check
Check the target information.

check <filename>
Display both the existing target version and image version
on the screen.

download <filename>

Download specified firmware.

upgrade <filename> [all] [component <x>] [activate]
Upgrade the firmware using a valid HPM.1 image file. If no
option is specified, the firmware versions are checked
first and the firmware is upgraded only if they are
different.

all
Upgrade all components even if the firmware versions
are the same (use this only after using "check"
command).

component <x>
Upgrade only given component from the given file.
component 0 - BOOT
component 1 - RTK

activate
Activate new firmware right away.

activate

Activate the newly uploaded firmware.

targetcap

Get the target upgrade capabilities.

compprop <id> <select>
Get the specified component properties. Valid component id:
0-7. Select can be one of following:
0 - General properties
1 - Current firmware version
2 - Description string
3 - Rollback firmware version
4 - Deferred firmware version

abort

Abort the on-going firmware upgrade.

upgstatus
Show status of the last long duration command.

rollback
Perform manual rollback on the IPM Controller firmware.

rollbackstatus

Show the rollback status.

selftestresult

Query the self test results.

i2c <i2caddr> <read bytes> [<write data>]

This command may be used to execute raw I2C commands with the
Master Write-Read IPMI command.

ime

help

Print usage information

info

Displays information about the Manageability Engine (ME)

update <file>

Upgrade the ME firmware with the specified image file
WARNING You MUST use a supported image provided by your
board vendor

rollback

Perform manual rollback of the ME firmware

isol

info

Retrieve information about the Intel IPMI v1.5
Serial-Over-LAN configuration.

set <parameter> <value>

Configure parameters for Intel IPMI v1.5 Serial-over-LAN.

Valid parameters and values are:

enabled
true, false.

privilege-level
user, operator, admin, oem.

bit-rate
9.6, 19.2, 38.4, 57.6, 115.2.

activate

Causes ipmitool to enter Intel IPMI v1.5 Serial Over LAN
mode. An RMCP+ connection is made to the BMC, the terminal
is set to raw mode, and user input is sent to the serial
console on the remote server. On exit, the SOL payload mode
is deactivated and the terminal is reset to its original
settings.

Special escape sequences are provided to control the SOL
session:

~. Terminate connection

~^Z Suspend ipmitool

~^X Suspend ipmitool, but don't restore tty on
restart

~B Send break

~~ Send the escape character by typing it
twice

~? Print the supported escape sequences

Note that escapes are only recognized immediately after
newline.

kontronoem

OEM commands specific to Kontron devices.

setsn

Set FRU serial number.

setmfgdate

Set FRU manufacturing date.

nextboot <boot device>

Select the next boot order on the Kontron CP6012.

lan

These commands will allow you to configure IPMI LAN channels with
network information so they can be used with the ipmitool lan and
lanplus interfaces. NOTE: To determine on which channel the LAN
interface is located, issue the `channel info number' command
until you come across a valid 802.3 LAN channel. For example:

> ipmitool -I open channel info 1
Channel 0x1 info:
Channel Medium Type : 802.3 LAN
Channel Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0
Session Support : session-based
Active Session Count : 8
Protocol Vendor ID : 7154

print [<channel>]

Print the current configuration for the given channel.
The default will print information on the first found LAN
channel.

set <channel number> <command> <parameter>

Set the given command and parameter on the specified
channel. Valid command/parameter options are:

ipaddr <x.x.x.x>

Set the IP address for this channel.

netmask <x.x.x.x>

Set the netmask for this channel.

macaddr <xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx>

Set the MAC address for this channel.

defgw ipaddr <x.x.x.x>

Set the default gateway IP address.

defgw macaddr <xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx>

Set the default gateway MAC address.

bakgw ipaddr <x.x.x.x>

Set the backup gateway IP address.

bakgw macaddr <xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx>

Set the backup gateway MAC address.

password <pass>

Set the null user password.

snmp <community string>

Set the SNMP community string.

user

Enable user access mode for userid 1 (issue the
`user' command to display information about userids
for a given channel).

access <on|off>

Set LAN channel access mode.

alert <on|off>

Enable or disable PEF alerting for this channel.

ipsrc <source>

Set the IP address source:
none unspecified
static manually configured static IP address
dhcp address obtained by BMC running DHCP
bios address loaded by BIOS or system software

arp respond <on|off>

Set BMC generated ARP responses.

arp generate <on|off>

Set BMC generated gratuitous ARPs.

arp interval <seconds>

Set BMC generated gratuitous ARP interval.

vlan id <off|id>

Disable VLAN operation or enable VLAN and set the
ID.
ID: value of the virtual lan identifier between 1
and 4094 inclusive.

vlan priority <priority>

Set the priority associated with VLAN frames.
ID: priority of the virtual lan frames between 0 and
7 inclusive.

auth <level,...> <type,...>

Set the valid authtypes for a given auth level.
Levels: callback, user, operator, admin
Types: none, md2, md5, password, oem

cipher_privs <privlist>

Correlates cipher suite numbers with the maximum
privilege level that is allowed to use it. In this
way, cipher suites can restricted to users with a
given privilege level, so that, for example,
administrators are required to use a stronger cipher
suite than normal users.

The format of privlist is as follows. Each
character represents a privilege level and the
character position identifies the cipher suite
number. For example, the first character represents
cipher suite 0, the second represents cipher suite
1, and so on. privlist must be 15 characters in
length.

Characters used in privlist and their associated
privilege levels are:

X Cipher Suite Unused
c CALLBACK
u USER
o OPERATOR
a ADMIN
O OEM

So, to set the maximum privilege for cipher suite 0
to USER and suite 1 to ADMIN, issue the following
command:

> ipmitool -I interface lan set channel cipher_privs
uaXXXXXXXXXXXXX

bad_pass_thresh <thresh_num> <1|0> <reset_interval>
<lockout_interval>

Sets the Bad Password Threshold.

<thresh_num> If non-zero, this value determines the
number of sequential bad passwords that will be
allowed to be entered for the identified user before
the user is automatically disabled from access on
the channel.

<1|0> 1 = generate a Session Audit sensor "Invalid
password disable" event message. 0 = do not
generate an event message when the user is disabled.

<reset_interval> Attempt Count Reset Interval. The
interval, in tens of seconds, for which the
accumulated count of bad password attempts is
retained before being automatically reset to zero.

<lockout_interval> User Lockout Interval. The
interval, in tens of seconds, that the user will
remain disabled after being disabled because the Bad
Password Threshold number was reached.

alert print [<channel>] [<alert destination>]

Print alert information for the specified channel and
destination. The default will print all alerts for all
alert destinations on the first found LAN channel.

alert set <channel number> <alert destination> <command>
<parameter>

Set an alert on the given LAN channel and destination.
Alert Destinations are listed via the 'lan alert print'
command. Valid command/parameter options are:

ipaddr <x.x.x.x>

Set alert IP address.

macaddr <xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx>

Set alert MAC address.

gateway <default | backup>

Set the channel gateway to use for alerts.

ack <on | off>

Set Alert Acknowledge on or off.

type <pet | oem1 | oem2>

Set the destination type as PET or OEM.

time <seconds>

Set ack timeout or unack retry interval.

retry <number>

Set the number of alert retries.

stats get [<channel number>]

Retrieve information about the IP connections on the
specified channel. The default will retrieve statistics on
the first found LAN channel.

stats clear [<channel number>]

Clear all IP/UDP/RMCP Statistics to 0 on the specified
channel. The default will clear statistics on the first
found LAN channel.

mc | bmc

reset <warm|cold>

Instructs the BMC to perform a warm or cold reset.

guid

Display the Management Controller Globally Unique
IDentifier.

info

Displays information about the BMC hardware, including
device revision, firmware revision, IPMI version supported,
manufacturer ID, and information on additional device
support.

watchdog

These commands allow a user to view and change the current
state of the watchdog timer.

get

Show current Watchdog Timer settings and countdown
state.

reset

Reset the Watchdog Timer to its most recent state
and restart the countdown timer.

off

Turn off a currently running Watchdog countdown
timer.

selftest

Check on the basic health of the BMC by executing the Get
Self Test results command and report the results.

getenables

Displays a list of the currently enabled options for the
BMC.

setenables <option>=[on|off]

Enables or disables the given option. This command is only
supported over the system interface according to the IPMI
specification. Currently supported values for option
include:

recv_msg_intr

Receive Message Queue Interrupt

event_msg_intr

Event Message Buffer Full Interrupt

event_msg

Event Message Buffer

system_event_log

System Event Logging

oem0

OEM-Defined option #0

oem1

OEM-Defined option #1

oem2

OEM-Defined option #2

getsysinfo <argument>
Retrieves system info from bmc for given argument.
See setsysinfo for argument definitions

setsysinfo <argument> <string>
Stores system info string to bmc for given argument

Possible arguments are:

primary_os_name Primary Operating System Name

os_name Operating System Name

system_name System Name of Server

delloem_os_version Running version of operating
system

delloem_URL URL of BMC Webserver

chassis

status

Displays information regarding the high-level status
of the system chassis and main power subsystem.

poh

This command will return the Power-On Hours counter.

identify <interval>

Control the front panel identify light. Default
interval is 15 seconds. Use 0 to turn off. Use
"force" to turn on indefinitely.

restart_cause

Query the chassis for the cause of the last system
restart.

selftest

Check on the basic health of the BMC by executing
the Get Self Test results command and report the
results.

policy

Set the chassis power policy in the event power
failure.

list

Return supported policies.

always-on

Turn on when power is restored.

previous

Returned to previous state when power is
restored.

always-off

Stay off after power is restored.

power

Performs a chassis control command to view and
change the power state.

status

Show current chassis power status.

on

Power up chassis.

off

Power down chassis into soft off (S4/S5
state). WARNING: This command does not
initiate a clean shutdown of the operating
system prior to powering down the system.

cycle

Provides a power off interval of at least 1
second. No action should occur if chassis
power is in S4/S5 state, but it is
recommended to check power state first and
only issue a power cycle command if the
system power is on or in lower sleep state
than S4/S5.

reset

This command will perform a hard reset.

diag

Pulse a diagnostic interrupt (NMI) directly
to the processor(s).

soft

Initiate a soft-shutdown of OS via ACPI.
This can be done in a number of ways,
commonly by simulating an overtemperture or
by simulating a power button press. It is
necessary for there to be Operating System
support for ACPI and some sort of daemon
watching for events for this soft power to
work.

bootdev <device> [<clear-cmos=yes|no>] [<options=help,...>]

Request the system to boot from an alternate boot
device on next reboot. The clear-cmos option, if
supplied, will instruct the BIOS to clear its CMOS
on the next reboot. Various options may be used to
modify the boot device settings. Run "bootdev none
options=help" for a list of available boot device
modifiers/options.

Currently supported values for <device> are:

none

Do not change boot device

pxe

Force PXE boot

disk

Force boot from BIOS default boot device

safe

Force boot from BIOS default boot device,
request Safe Mode

diag

Force boot from diagnostic partition

cdrom

Force boot from CD/DVD

bios

Force boot into BIOS setup

floppy

Force boot from Floppy/primary removable
media

bootparam

Get or set various system boot option parameters.

get <param #>

Get boot parameter. Currently supported
values for <param #> are:

0 - Set In Progress

1 - Service Partition Selector

2 - Service Partition Scan

3 - BMC Boot Flag Valid Bit Clearing

4 - Boot Info Acknowledge

5 - Boot Flags

6 - Boot Initiator Info

7 - Boot Initiator Mailbox

set <device> [<options=help,...>]

Set boot device parameter used for next boot.
Various options may be used to change when
the the next boot device is cleared. Run
"options=help" for a list of available
bootparam set device options.

Currently supported bootparam device settings
are:

force_pxe

Force PXE boot

force_disk

Force boot from default hard-drive

force_safe

Force boot from default hard-drive,
request Safe Mode

force_diag

Force boot from diagnostic partition

force_cdrom

Force boot from CD/DVD

force_bios

Force boot into BIOS setup

Currently supported bootparam options
settings are associated with BMC Boot Valid
Bit Clearing and are as follows: Any option
can be prefixed with "no-" to invert the
sense of the operation.

PEF

Clear valid bit on reset/power cycle
caused by PEF

timeout

Automatically clear boot flag valid
bit if Chassis Control command is not
received within 60 seconds.

watchdog

Clear valid bit on reset/power cycle
caused by watchdog timeout

reset

Clear valid bit on push button reset /
soft-reset

power

Clear valid bit on power up via power
push button or wake event

nm

alert

clear dest <dest>

Clear the Node Manager Alert lan destination.

get
Get the Node Manager Alert settings.

set chan <chan> dest <dest> string <string>

Set the Node Manager alert channel, lan destination,
and alert string number.

capability

Obtain the Node Manager power control capabilities and
ranges.

control

enable|disable

global

Enable/disable all policies for all domains.

per_domain <platform|CPU|Memory>

Enable/disable all policies of the specified
domain.

per_policy <0-7>

Enable/disable the policy for the specified
domain/policy combination.

discover

Discover Node Manager presence as well as the Node Manager
version, revision, and patch number.

policy

add

power <watts> policy_id <0-7> [correction
auto|soft|hard] trig_lim <seconds> stats <seconds>
[domain <platform|CPU|Memory>] enable|disable

Add a new power policy, or overwrite an
existing policy. The correction parameter is
the agressiveness of frequency limiting,
default is auto. The trig_lim is the
correction time limit and must be at least
6000 and not greater than 65535. The stats
setting is the averaging period in seconds
and ranges from 1-65535. If domain is not
supplied a default of platform is used.

inlet <temp> policy_id <0-7> [correction
auto|soft|hard] trig_lim <seconds> stats <seconds>
[domain <platform|CPU|Memory>] enable|disable

Add a new inlet temp policy, or overwrite an
existing policy. The correction parameter is
the agressiveness of frequency limiting,
default is auto. The trig_lim is the
correction time limit and must be at least
6000 and not greater than 65535. The stats
setting is the averaging period in seconds
and ranges from 1-65535. If domain is not
supplied a default of platform is used.

get policy_id <0-7>

Get a previously stored policy.

limiting

Report policy number if any policy is limiting
power.

remove policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Remove a policy. If domain is not supplied a default
of platform is used.

power min <minimum> max <maximum> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Configure Node Manager power minimum and maximum power draw
limits. The min and max values must be in the range of
0-65535. If domain is not supplied a default of platform
is used.

reset

comm policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Reset Node Manager communication statistics. If
domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used.

global

Reset Node Manager global statistics.

memory policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Reset Node Manager memory throttling statistics. If
domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used.

per_policy policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Reset Node Manager per policy statistics. If domain
is not supplied a default of platform is used.

requests policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Reset Node Manager unhandled requests statistics.
If domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used.

response policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Reset Node Manager response time statistics. If
domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used.

throttling policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Reset Node Manager throttling statistics. If domain
is not supplied a default of platform is used.

statistics

comm_fail

Report Node Manager communication failure
statistics.

cpu_throttling

Report Node Manager cpu throttling statistics.

mem_throttling

Report Node Manager memory throttling statistics.

policy_power policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Report Node Manager per policy power statistics
(policy must be a power limit type policy). If
domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used.

policy_temps policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Report Node Manager per policy temp statistics
(policy must be an inlet temp limit policy). If
domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used.

policy_throt policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Report Node Manager per policy throttling
statistics. If domain is not supplied a default of
platform is used.

requests

Report Node Manager unhandled requests statistics.

response

Report Node Manager response time statistics.

suspend

get policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Get Node Manager policy suspend periods. If domain
is not supplied a default of platform is used.

set policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>] <start>
<stop> <repeat>

Set Node Manager policy suspend periods. If domain
is not supplied a default of platform is used. The
<start> and <stop> values must be in the range of
0-239, which is the number of minutes past midnight
divided by 6. The <repeat> value is the daily
recurrence pattern. Bit 0 is repeat every Monday,
bit 1 is repeat every Tuesday, on through bit 6 for
Sunday.

threshold

get policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]

Get Node Manager policy Alert Threshold settings.
If domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used.

set policy_id <0-7> [domain <platform|CPU|Memory>]
thresh_array

Set Node Manager policy Alert Threshold values. If
domain is not supplied a default of platform is
used. The thresh_array is 1, 2, or 3 integers that
set three alert threshold settings. The setting type
is a power or temperature value which must match the
type of policy.

pef

info

This command will query the BMC and print information about
the PEF supported features.

status

This command prints the current PEF status (the last SEL
entry processed by the BMC, etc).

policy

This command lists the PEF policy table entries. Each
policy entry describes an alert destination. A policy set
is a collection of table entries. PEF alert actions
reference policy sets.

list

This command lists the PEF table entries. Each PEF entry
relates a sensor event to an action. When PEF is active,
each platform event causes the BMC to scan this table for
entries matching the event, and possible actions to be
taken. Actions are performed in priority order (higher
criticality first).

picmg <properties>

Run a PICMG/ATA extended command. Get PICMG properties may be used
to obtain and print Extension major version information, PICMG
identifier, FRU Device ID and Max FRU Device ID.

addrinfo

Get address information. This command may return
information on the Hardware address, IPMB-0 Address, FRU
ID, Site/Entity ID, and Site/Entity Type.

frucontrol <fru id> <options>

Set various control options:

0x00 - Cold Reset

0x01 - Warm Reset

0x02 - Graceful Reboot

0x03 - Issue Diagnostic Interrupt

0x04 - Quiesce [AMC only]

0x05-0xFF - Cold Reset

activate <fru id>

Activate the specified FRU.

deactivate <fru id>

Deactivate the specified FRU.

policy get <fru id>

Get FRU activation policy.

policy set <fru id> <lockmask> <lock>

Set FRU activation policy. lockmask is 1 or 0 to indicate
action on the deactivation or activation locked bit
respectively. lock is 1 or 0 to set/clear locked bit.

portstate set|getall|getgranted|getdenied <parameters>
Get or set various port states. See usage for parameter
details.

power <chassis power command>

Shortcut to the chassis power commands. See the chassis power
commands for usage information.

raw <netfn> <cmd> [<data>]

This will allow you to execute raw IPMI commands. For example to
query the POH counter with a raw command:

> ipmitool -v raw 0x0 0xf
RAW REQ (netfn=0x0 cmd=0xf data_len=0)
RAW RSP (5 bytes)
3c 72 0c 00 00

Note that the OpenIPMI driver provided by the Linux kernel will
reject the Get Message, Send Message and Read Event Message Buffer
commands because it handles the message sequencing internally.

sdr

get <id> ... [<id>]

Prints information for sensor data records specified by
sensor id.

info

This command will query the BMC for Sensor Data Record
(SDR) Repository information.

type [<sensor type>]

This command will display all records from the SDR
Repository of a specific type. Run with type list (or
simply with no type) to see the list of available types.
For example to query for all Temperature sensors:

> ipmitool sdr type Temperature
Baseboard Temp | 30h | ok | 7.1 | 28 degrees C
FntPnl Amb Temp | 32h | ok | 12.1 | 24 degrees C
Processor1 Temp | 98h | ok | 3.1 | 57 degrees C
Processor2 Temp | 99h | ok | 3.2 | 53 degrees C

list | elist [<all|full|compact|event|mcloc|fru|generic>]

This command will read the Sensor Data Records (SDR) and
extract sensor information of a given type, then query
each sensor and print its name, reading, and status. If
invoked as elist then it will also print sensor number,
entity id and instance, and asserted discrete states.

The default output will only display full and compact
sensor types, to see all sensors use the all type with this
command.

Valid types are:

all

All SDR records (Sensor and Locator)

full

Full Sensor Record

compact

Compact Sensor Record

event

Event-Only Sensor Record

mcloc

Management Controller Locator Record

fru

FRU Locator Record

generic

Generic SDR records

entity <id>[.<instance>]

Displays all sensors associated with an entity. Get a list
of valid entity ids on the target system by issuing the sdr
elist command. A list of all entity ids can be found in
the IPMI specifications.

dump <file>

Dumps raw SDR data to a file. This data file can then be
used as a local SDR cache of the remote managed system with
the -S <file> option on the ipmitool command line. This
can greatly improve performance over system interface or
remote LAN.

fill sensors

Create the SDR Repository for the current configuration.
Will perform a 'Clear SDR Repository' command so be
careful.

fill file <filename>

Fill the SDR Repository using records stored in a binary
data file. Will perform a 'Clear SDR Repository' command so
be careful.

sel

NOTE: System Event Log (SEL) entry-times are displayed as
`Pre-Init Time-stamp' if the SEL clock needs to be set. Ensure
that the SEL clock is accurate by invoking the sel time get and
sel time set <time string> commands.

info

This command will query the BMC for information about the
System Event Log (SEL) and its contents.

clear

This command will clear the contents of the SEL. It cannot
be undone so be careful.

list | elist

When this command is invoked without arguments, the entire
contents of the System Event Log are displayed. If invoked
as elist (extended list) it will also use the Sensor Data
Record entries to display the sensor ID for the sensor that
caused each event. Note this can take a long time over the
system interface.

<count> | first <count>

Displays the first count (least-recent) entries in
the SEL. If count is zero, all entries are
displayed.

last <count>

Displays the last count (most-recent) entries in the
SEL. If count is zero, all entries are displayed.

delete <SEL Record ID> ... <SEL Record ID>

Delete one or more SEL event records.

add <filename ID>

Read event entries from a file and add them to the SEL.
New SEL entries area added onto the SEL after the last
record in the SEL. Record added is of type 2 and is
automatically timestamped.

get <SEL Record ID>

Print information on the specified SEL Record entry.

save <file>

Save SEL records to a text file that can be fed back into
the event file ipmitool command. This can be useful for
testing Event generation by building an appropriate
Platform Event Message file based on existing events.
Please see the available help for the 'event file ...'
command for a description of the format of this file.

writeraw <file>

Save SEL records to a file in raw, binary format. This
file can be fed back to the sel readraw ipmitool command
for viewing.

readraw <file>

Read and display SEL records from a binary file. Such a
file can be created using the sel writeraw ipmitool
command.

time

get
Displays the SEL clock's current time.

set <time string>

Sets the SEL clock. Future SEL entries will use the
time set by this command. <time string> is of the
form "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS". Note that hours are in
24-hour form. It is recommended that the SEL be
cleared before setting the time.

sensor

list

Lists sensors and thresholds in a wide table format.

get <id> ... [<id>]

Prints information for sensors specified by name.

thresh <id> <threshold> <setting>

This allows you to set a particular sensor threshold value.
The sensor is specified by name.

Valid thresholds are:
unr Upper Non-Recoverable
ucr Upper Critical
unc Upper Non-Critical
lnc Lower Non-Critical
lcr Lower Critical
lnr Lower Non-Recoverable

thresh <id> lower <lnr> <lcr> <lnc>

This allows you to set all lower thresholds for a sensor at
the same time. The sensor is specified by name and the
thresholds are listed in order of Lower Non-Recoverable,
Lower Critical, and Lower Non-Critical.

thresh <id> upper <unc> <ucr> <unr>

This allows you to set all upper thresholds for a sensor at
the same time. The sensor is specified by name and the
thresholds are listed in order of Upper Non-Critical, Upper
Critical, and Upper Non-Recoverable.

session

info <active|all|id 0xnnnnnnnn|handle 0xnn>

Get information about the specified session(s). You may
identify sessions by their id, by their handle number, by
their active status, or by using the keyword `all' to
specify all sessions.

set

hostname <host>

Session hostname.

username <user>

Session username.

password <pass>

Session password.

privlvl <level>

Session privilege level force.

authtype <type>

Authentication type force.

localaddr <addr>

Local IPMB address.

targetaddr <addr>

Remote target IPMB address.

port <port>

Remote RMCP port.

csv [level]

Enable output in comma separated format. Affects following
commands: user, channel, isol, sunoem, sol, sensor, sdr,
sel, session.

verbose [verbose]

Verbosity level.

shell
This command will launch an interactive shell which you can use to
send multiple ipmitool commands to a BMC and see the responses.
This can be useful instead of running the full ipmitool command
each time. Some commands will make use of a Sensor Data Record
cache and you will see marked improvement in speed if these
commands are able to reuse the same cache in a shell session. LAN
sessions will send a periodic keepalive command to keep the IPMI
session from timing out.

sol

info [<channel number>]

Retrieve information about the Serial-Over-LAN
configuration on the specified channel. If no channel is
given, it will display SOL configuration data for the
currently used channel.

payload <enable | disable | status> <channel number> <userid>

Enable, disable or show status of SOL payload for the user
on the specified channel.

set <parameter> <value> [<channel>]

Configure parameters for Serial Over Lan. If no channel is
given, it will display SOL configuration data for the
currently used channel. Configuration parameter updates
are automatically guarded with the updates to the
set-in-progress parameter.

Valid parameters and values are:

set-in-progress
set-complete set-in-progress commit-write

enabled
true false

force-encryption
true false

force-authentication
true false

privilege-level
user operator admin oem

character-accumulate-level
Decimal number given in 5 milliseconds increments

character-send-threshold
Decimal number

retry-count
Decimal number. 0 indicates no retries after packet
is transmitted.

retry-interval
Decimal number in 10 millisecond increments. 0
indicates that retries should be sent back to back.

non-volatile-bit-rate
serial, 19.2, 38.4, 57.6, 115.2. Setting this value
to serial indicates that the BMC should use the
setting used by the IPMI over serial channel.

volatile-bit-rate
serial, 19.2, 38.4, 57.6, 115.2. Setting this value
to serial indicates that the BMC should use the
setting used by the IPMI over serial channel.

activate [usesolkeepalive | nokeepalive] [instance=<number>]

Causes ipmitool to enter Serial Over LAN mode, and is only
available when using the lanplus interface. An RMCP+
connection is made to the BMC, the terminal is set to raw
mode, and user input is sent to the serial console on the
remote server. On exit, the the SOL payload mode is
deactivated and the terminal is reset to its original
settings.

If the instance is given, it will activate using the given
instance number. The default is 1.

Special escape sequences are provided to control the SOL
session:

~. Terminate connection

~^Z Suspend ipmitool

~^X Suspend ipmitool, but don't restore tty on
restart

~B Send break

~~ Send the escape character by typing it twice

~? Print the supported escape sequences

Note that escapes are only recognized immediately after
newline.

deactivate [instance=<number>]

Deactivates Serial Over LAN mode on the BMC. Exiting
Serial Over LAN mode should automatically cause this
command to be sent to the BMC, but in the case of an
unintentional exit from SOL mode, this command may be
necessary to reset the state of the BMC.

If the instance is given, it will deactivate the given
instance number. The default is 1.

spd <i2cbus> <i2caddr> [<channel>] [<axread>]

This command may be used to read SPD (Serial Presence Detect) data
using the I2C Master Write-Read IPMI command.

sunoem

cli [<command string> ...]

Execute the service processor command line interface
commands. Without any command string, an interactive
session is started in the service processor command line
environment. If a command string is specified, the command
string is executed on the service processor and the
connection is closed.

led

These commands provide a way to get and set the status of
LEDs on a Sun Microsystems server. Use 'sdr list generic'
to get a list of devices that are controllable LEDs. The
ledtype parameter is optional and not necessary to provide
on the command line unless it is required by hardware.

get <sensorid> [<ledtype>]

Get status of a particular LED described by a
Generic Device Locator record in the SDR. A
sensorid of all will get the status of all available
LEDS.

set <sensorid> <ledmode> [<ledtype>]

Set status of a particular LED described by a
Generic Device Locator record in the SDR. A
sensorid of all will set the status of all available
LEDS to the specified ledmode and ledtype.

LED Mode is required for set operations:
OFF Off
ON Steady On
STANDBY 100ms on 2900ms off blink rate
SLOW 1HZ blink rate
FAST 4HZ blink rate

LED Type is optional:
OK2RM Ok to Remove
SERVICE Service Required
ACT Activity
LOCATE Locate

nacname <ipmi name>

Return the full NAC name of a target identified by ipmi
name.

ping <count> [<q>]

Send and receive count packets. Each packet is 64 bytes.

q - Quiet. Displays output only at the start and end of the
process.

getval <property name>

Returns value of specified ILOM property.

setval <property name> <property value> [<timeout>]

Sets value of ILOM property. If timeout is not specified,
the default value is 5 seconds. NOTE: setval must be
executed locally on host!

sshkey

set <userid> <keyfile>

This command will allow you to specify an SSH key to
use for a particular user on the Service Processor.
This key will be used for CLI logins to the SP and
not for IPMI sessions. View available users and
their userids with the 'user list' command.

del <userid>

This command will delete the SSH key for a specified
userid.

version

Display the version of ILOM firmware.

getfile <file identifier> <destination file name>

This command will return various files from service
processor and store them in specified destination file.
Note that some files may not be present or be supported by
your SP.

File identifiers:
SSH_PUBKEYS
DIAG_PASSED
DIAG_FAILED
DIAG_END_TIME
DIAG_INVENTORY
DIAG_TEST_LOG
DIAG_START_TIME
DIAG_UEFI_LOG
DIAG_TEST_LOG
DIAG_LAST_LOG
DIAG_LAST_CMD

getbehavior <feature identifier>

This command will test if various ILOM features are
enabled.

Feature identifiers:
SUPPORTS_SIGNED_PACKAGES
REQUIRES_SIGNED_PACKAGES

tsol

This command allows Serial-over-LAN sessions to be established
with Tyan IPMIv1.5 SMDC such as the M3289 or M3290. The default
command run with no arguments will establish default SOL session
back to local IP address. Optional arguments may be supplied in
any order.

<ipaddr>

Send receiver IP address to SMDC which it will use to send
serial traffic to. By default this detects the local IP
address and establishes two-way session. Format of ipaddr
is XX.XX.XX.XX

port=NUM

Configure UDP port to receive serial traffic on. By
default this is 6230.

ro|rw

Confiure SOL session as read-only or read-write. Sessions
are read-write by default.

user

summary

Displays a summary of userid information, including maximum
number of userids, the number of enabled users, and the
number of fixed names defined.

list

Displays a list of user information for all defined
userids.

set

name <userid> <username>

Sets the username associated with the given userid.

password <userid> [<password>]

Sets the password for the given userid. If no
password is given, the password is cleared (set to
the NULL password). Be careful when removing
passwords from administrator-level accounts.

disable <userid>

Disables access to the BMC by the given userid.

enable <userid>

Enables access to the BMC by the given userid.

priv <userid> <privilege level> [<channel number>]

Set user privilege level on the specified channel. If the
channel is not specified, the current channel will be used.

test <userid> <16|20> [<password>]

Determine whether a password has been stored as 16 or 20
bytes.

OPEN INTERFACE

The ipmitool open interface utilizes the OpenIPMI kernel device driver.
This driver is present in all modern 2.4 and all 2.6 kernels and it
should be present in recent Linux distribution kernels. There are also
IPMI driver kernel patches for different kernel versions available from
the OpenIPMI homepage.

The required kernel modules is different for 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. The
following kernel modules must be loaded on a 2.4-based kernel in order
for ipmitool to work:

ipmi_msghandler
Incoming and outgoing message handler for IPMI interfaces.

ipmi_kcs_drv
An IPMI Keyboard Controller Style (KCS) interface driver for the
message handler.

ipmi_devintf
Linux character device interface for the message handler.

The following kernel modules must be loaded on a 2.6-based kernel in
order for ipmitool to work:

ipmi_msghandler
Incoming and outgoing message handler for IPMI interfaces.

ipmi_si
An IPMI system interface driver for the message handler. This
module supports various IPMI system interfaces such as KCS, BT,
SMIC, and even SMBus in 2.6 kernels.

ipmi_devintf
Linux character device interface for the message handler.

Once the required modules are loaded there will be a dynamic character
device entry that must exist at /dev/ipmi0. For systems that use devfs
or udev this will appear at /dev/ipmi/0.

To create the device node first determine what dynamic major number it
was assigned by the kernel by looking in /proc/devices and checking for
the ipmidev entry. Usually if this is the first dynamic device it will
be major number 254 and the minor number for the first system interface
is 0 so you would create the device entry with:

mknod /dev/ipmi0 c 254 0

ipmitool includes some sample initialization scripts that can perform
this task automatically at start-up.

In order to have ipmitool use the OpenIPMI device interface you can
specify it on the command line:

ipmitool -I open <command>

BMC INTERFACE

The ipmitool bmc interface utilizes the bmc device driver as provided by
Solaris 10 and higher. In order to force ipmitool to make use of this
interface you can specify it on the command line:

ipmitool -I bmc <command>

The following files are associated with the bmc driver:

/platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/bmc
32-bit ELF kernel module for the bmc driver.

/platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/amd64/bmc
64-bit ELF kernel module for the bmc driver.

/dev/bmc
Character device node used to communicate with the bmc driver.

LIPMI INTERFACE

The ipmitool lipmi interface uses the Solaris 9 IPMI kernel device
driver. It has been superceeded by the bmc interface on Solaris 10. You
can tell ipmitool to use this interface by specifying it on the command
line.

ipmitool -I lipmi <expression>

LAN INTERFACE

The ipmitool lan interface communicates with the BMC over an Ethernet LAN
connection using UDP under IPv4. UDP datagrams are formatted to contain
IPMI request/response messages with a IPMI session headers and RMCP
headers.

IPMI-over-LAN uses version 1 of the Remote Management Control Protocol
(RMCP) to support pre-OS and OS-absent management. RMCP is a
request-response protocol delivered using UDP datagrams to port 623.

The LAN interface is an authentication multi-session connection; messages
delivered to the BMC can (and should) be authenticated with a
challenge/response protocol with either straight password/key or MD5
message-digest algorithm. ipmitool will attempt to connect with
administrator privilege level as this is required to perform chassis
power functions.

You can tell ipmitool to use the lan interface with the -I lan option:

ipmitool -I lan -H <hostname> [-U <username>] [-P <password>] <command>

A hostname must be given on the command line in order to use the lan
interface with ipmitool. The password field is optional; if you do not
provide a password on the command line, ipmitool will attempt to connect
without authentication. If you specify a password it will use MD5
authentication if supported by the BMC and straight password/key
otherwise, unless overridden with a command line option.

LANPLUS INTERFACE

Like the lan interface, the lanplus interface communicates with the BMC
over an Ethernet LAN connection using UDP under IPv4. The difference is
that the lanplus interface uses the RMCP+ protocol as described in the
IPMI v2.0 specification. RMCP+ allows for improved authentication and
data integrity checks, as well as encryption and the ability to carry
multiple types of payloads. Generic Serial Over LAN support requires
RMCP+, so the ipmitool sol activate command requires the use of the
lanplus interface.

RMCP+ session establishment uses a symmetric challenge-response protocol
called RAKP (Remote Authenticated Key-Exchange Protocol) which allows the
negotiation of many options. ipmitool does not yet allow the user to
specify the value of every option, defaulting to the most obvious
settings marked as required in the v2.0 specification. Authentication
and integrity HMACS are produced with SHA1, and encryption is performed
with AES-CBC-128. Role-level logins are not yet supported.

ipmitool must be linked with the OpenSSL library in order to perform the
encryption functions and support the lanplus interface. If the required
packages are not found it will not be compiled in and supported.

You can tell ipmitool to use the lanplus interface with the -I lanplus
option:

ipmitool -I lanplus -H <hostname> [-U <username>] [-P <password>]
<command>

A hostname must be given on the command line in order to use the lan
interface with ipmitool. With the exception of the -A and -C options the
rest of the command line options are identical to those available for the
lan interface.

The -C option allows you specify the authentication, integrity, and
encryption algorithms to use for for lanplus session based on the cipher
suite ID found in the IPMIv2.0 specification in table 22-19. The default
cipher suite is 3 which specifies RAKP-HMAC-SHA1 authentication,
HMAC-SHA1-96 integrity, and AES-CBC-128 encryption algorightms.

FREE INTERFACE

The ipmitool free interface utilizes the FreeIPMI libfreeipmi drivers.

You can tell ipmitool to use the FreeIPMI interface with the -I option:

ipmitool -I free <command>

IMB INTERFACE

The ipmitool imb interface supports the Intel IMB (Intel Inter-module
Bus) Interface through the /dev/imb device.

You can tell ipmitool to use the IMB interface with the -I option:

ipmitool -I imb <command>

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Listing remote sensors

> ipmitool -I lan -H 1.2.3.4 -f passfile sdr list
Baseboard 1.25V | 1.24 Volts | ok
Baseboard 2.5V | 2.49 Volts | ok
Baseboard 3.3V | 3.32 Volts | ok

Example 2: Displaying status of a remote sensor

> ipmitool -I lan -H 1.2.3.4 -f passfile sensor get "Baseboard
1.25V"
Locating sensor record...
Sensor ID : Baseboard 1.25V (0x10)
Sensor Type (Analog) : Voltage
Sensor Reading : 1.245 (+/- 0.039) Volts
Status : ok
Lower Non-Recoverable : na
Lower Critical : 1.078
Lower Non-Critical : 1.107
Upper Non-Critical : 1.382
Upper Critical : 1.431
Upper Non-Recoverable : na

Example 3: Displaying the power status of a remote chassis

> ipmitool -I lan -H 1.2.3.4 -f passfile chassis power status
Chassis Power is on

Example 4: Controlling the power on a remote chassis

> ipmitool -I lan -H 1.2.3.4 -f passfile chassis power on
Chassis Power Control: Up/On

AUTHOR

Duncan Laurie <duncan@iceblink.org>