---
name: "ipmi-locate"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "freeipmi"
version: "1.6.20-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipmi-locate"
---

# ipmi-locate(8)

IPMI probing utility

## NAME

ipmi-locate - IPMI probing utility

## SYNOPSIS

**ipmi-locate** \[*OPTION*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Ipmi-locate** probes and displays information about a BMC device, such as device addresses or IPMI version support. **Ipmi-locate** is sometimes used to determine if IPMI can be found on your system. Users are cautioned though, the failure to discover IPMI via **Ipmi-locate** is not sufficient to disprove that IPMI exists on your system. Your system may not publish such information or may expect clients to communicate at default locations.

The system's SMBIOS/DMI and ACPI tables are read directly, so **Ipmi-locate** must be run as root.

## OPTIONS

- **--defaults**

  After the probe results, also display the default KCS, SMIC, and SSIF device locations from the IPMI specification. These are compiled-in values, not values discovered on the system.

- **-?**, **--help**

  Output a help list and exit.

- **--usage**

  Output a usage message and exit.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Output the program version and exit.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<freeipmi-users@gnu.org\> or \<freeipmi-devel@gnu.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005-2015 FreeIPMI Core Team

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

## SEE ALSO

[freeipmi(7)](/freeipmi/7.md)

http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/