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Options
NOTE:
The following options cannot be used independently. One or more IPMISH command must follow
the option.
-com serial_port
Specifies the serial port used when establishing an IPMI session to the managed system. For a system
running Windows, the management station port can be 1, 2, 3, and so on. For systems running Red
Hat Linux, the management station port can be ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2, and so on.
-baud baud_rate
Specifies the communication baud rate over the serial channel, such as 9600 or 19200. The baud
rate for the serial channel should match the baud rate set in the managed system.
-flow flow_control
Specifies the data flow control method. There are two flow control options: CTS (hardware flow
control) and NONE (no flow control).
-u username
Specifies the BMC username used to connect to the managed system.
-p password
IPMI Help Option -help
Synopsis
ipmish -help [command]
Description
This option is used to display the following information:
•
A summary page for all commands
•
A summary of all subcommands for a single command
•
A detailed description of a command-subcommand combination
Options
-help command
A command list and a capsule description of options are printed if no argument is given. When
there is an argument specifying a valid command, the help option displays a detailed description of
the command. See Figure 3-3 and Figure 3-4.
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