---
name: "ipmctl-show-preferences"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipmctl"
version: "03.00.00.0468-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipmctl-show-preferences"
---

# ipmctl-show-preferences(1)

Displays a list of the PMem module software user preferences

## NAME

ipmctl-show-preferences - Displays a list of the PMem module software user preferences

## SYNOPSIS

```
ipmctl show [OPTIONS] -preferences
```

## DESCRIPTION

Displays a list of the PMem module software user preferences and their current values.

## OPTIONS

- \-h, -help

  Displays help for the command.

- \-ddrt

  Used to specify DDRT as the desired transport protocol for the current invocation of ipmctl.

- \-smbus

  Used to specify SMBUS as the desired transport protocol for the current invocation of ipmctl.

**Note**\

The -ddrt and -smbus options are mutually exclusive and may not be used together.

- \-o (text\|nvmxml), -output (text\|nvmxml)

  Changes the output format. One of: "text" (default) or "nvmxml".

## EXAMPLES

Displays the current values for all the user preferences.

```
ipmctl show -preferences
```

## RETURN DATA

CLI\_DEFAULT\_DIMM\_ID

The default display of PMem module identifiers. One of:

• UID: Use the DimmUID attribute as defined in the command \[Show Dimm\].

• HANDLE: Use the DimmHandle attribute as defined in the command \[Show Dimm\]. This is the default.

CLI\_DEFAULT\_SIZE

The default display of capacities in the CLI. One of:

• AUTO: Automatically choose the best format for each capacity in binary multiples of bytes (i.e., B, MiB, GiB or TiB). This is the default.

• AUTO\_10: AUTO\_10: Automatically choose the best format for each capacity in decimal multiples of bytes (i.e., B, MB, GB or TB).

• B: Displays all capacities in bytes.

• MB: Displays all capacities in megabytes.

• MiB: Displays all capacities in mebibytes.

• GB: Displays all capacities in gigabytes.

• GiB: Displays all capacities in gibibytes.

• TB: Displays all capacities in terabytes.

• TiB: Displays all capacities in tebibytes.

APPDIRECT\_SETTINGS

The interleave settings to use when creating App Direct capacity in the format: (IMCSize\_ChannelSize). The default is "RECOMMENDED" which uses the BIOS recommended App Direct settings returned by the command \[Show System Capabilities\].

DBG\_LOG\_LEVEL

Whether debug logging is enabled in the PMem module host software. These logs pertain to the operation of the command-line tool only and do not reflect any logging functionality of the PMem module. One of:

• 0: Logging is disabled. This is the default.

• 1: Log Errors.

• 2: Log Warnings, Errors.

• 3: Log Informational, Warnings, Errors.

• 4: Log Verbose, Informational, Warnings, Errors.