Ipmitool - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 15: Advanced Configuration

15.10 IPMItool

The Console Server includes the ipmitool utility for managing and configuring devices that support the Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) version 1.5 and version 2.0 specifications.
IPMI is an open standard for monitoring, logging, recovery, inventory, and control of hardware that is implemented independent
of the main CPU, BIOS, and OS. The service processor (or Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) is the brain behind
platform management and its primary purpose is to handle the autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging features.
The ipmitool program provides a simple command-line interface to this BMC. It features the ability to read the sensor data
repository (SDR) and print sensor values, display the contents of the System Event Log (SEL), print Field Replaceable Unit
(FRU) inventory information, read and set LAN configuration parameters, and perform remote chassis power control.
SYNOPSIS
ipmitool [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I open <command>
ipmitool [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lan -H <hostname>
[-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-A <authtype>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
<command>
ipmitool [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lanplus -H <hostname>
[-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
[-C <ciphersuite>]
<command>
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, MD5, or OEM.
-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 lanplus
connections. See table 22-19 in the IPMIv2 specification. The default is 3 which specifies RAKP-
HMAC-SHA1 authentication, HMAC-SHA1-96 integrity, and AES-CBC-128 encryption algorithms.
-E The remote server password is specified by the environment variable IPMI_PASSWORD.
-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.
-h Get basic usage help from the command line.
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