Using Ipmi Shell; Ipmi Shell Command Syntax - Dell External OEMR 1435 User Manual

Using IPMI Shell

To use IPMI Shell, perform the following steps:
On systems running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system:
1 Start a Command Prompt window.
2 Locate the ipmish.exe file. By default, ipmish.exe is located in the
directory: C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc.
3 Enter IPMI Shell commands (see "IPMI Shell Command Syntax") to
manage the remote system. See "IPMI Shell Commands" for a complete
list of valid options, commands, subcommands, and arguments.
On systems running a supported Linux operating system:
1 Start an operating system (OS) shell.
2 Enter IPMI Shell commands (see "IPMI Shell Command Syntax") to
manage the remote system. See "IPMI Shell Commands" for a complete
list of valid options, commands, subcommands, and arguments.
NOTE:
The IPMI Shell will be located in /usr/sbin.

IPMI Shell Command Syntax

The general syntax of IPMI Shell CLI commands is as follows:
ipmish [ global-options ] ... command [ ; command ] ...
The general usage for a command is:
command [ subcommand ] [ command option and argument ] ...
Both global options and command-specific options are always in the following
form:
- option argument
For example:
-help
-max 20
-u John
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