NAME
ipmi_ctl - IPMI management tool
SYNOPSIS
ipmi_ctl [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
ipmi_ctl is a command-line tool to perform various IPMI management functions from usermode. You need to have the IPMI KCS kernel driver loaded for this to work.
OPTIONS
- -s
-
Report the mainboard device ID.
- -s
-
Enable the system watchdog timer.
- -p
-
Pet the watchdog timer.
- -d
-
Disable the watchdog timer.
- -q
-
Query the watchdog timer.
- -f
-
Display FRU.
- -v
-
Show verbose driver information.
- -a<tag>
-
Set the asset tag to <tag>.
- -b<state>
-
Set the blink state to <state>. Please note not all boards support this. <state> must be either 0 or 1.
- -i
-
Retrieve sensor information.
- -R<number>
-
Display realtime sensor reading. If <number> is 0 enter an interactive shell, otherwise show the reading for the given sensor.
- -D
-
Download the system event log.
- -C
-
Clear the system event log.
FILES
/dev/ipmikcs
AUTHORS
ipmi_ctl was written by San Mehat, and is Copyright 1999 by San Mehat and VA Linux Systems.
This manpage was written and is Copyright 2001 by Wichert Akkerman.