---
name: "ipmi_port"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipmiutil"
version: "3.2.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipmi_port"
---

# ipmi\_port(8)

a daemon to bind RMCP port 623 to prevent portmap from using it

## NAME

ipmi\_port - a daemon to bind RMCP port 623 to prevent portmap from using it

## SYNOPSIS

**ipmi\_port \[-bx\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This  *ipmi\_port* service starts and binds port 623, then sleeps forever, so that the portmap  service will not try to reuse port 623, which it otherwise might try to do.   Since the IPMI firmware snoops the NIC channel and grabs any traffic destined  for RMCP port 623, any application in the OS which tried to use port 623  would fail.

## OPTIONS

Command line options are described below.

- \-b

  Background mode.  Convert to a daemon and run in background. Without specifying this option, ipmi\_port will run in foreground.

- \-x

  Causes eXtra debug messages to be displayed.

## SEE ALSO

[ipmiutil(8)](/ipmiutil/8.md) [ialarms(8)](/ialarms/8.md) [iconfig(8)](/iconfig/8.md) [idiscover(8)](/idiscover/8.md) [ievents(8)](/ievents/8.md) [ifru(8)](/ifru/8.md) [igetevent(8)](/igetevent/8.md) [ihealth(8)](/ihealth/8.md) [ilan(8)](/ilan/8.md) [ireset(8)](/ireset/8.md) [isel(8)](/isel/8.md) [isensor(8)](/isensor/8.md) [iserial(8)](/iserial/8.md) [isol(8)](/isol/8.md) [iwdt(8)](/iwdt/8.md)

## WARNINGS

See http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version of ipmiutil and any bug fix list.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2009  Kontron America, Inc.

See the file COPYING in the distribution for more details regarding redistribution.

This utility is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.

## AUTHOR

Andy Cress \<arcress at users.sourceforge.net\>\