--- name: "ipmiutil" section: "8" platform: "linux" package: "ipmiutil" version: "3.2.1-1" release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipmiutil" --- # ipmiutil(8) a meta-command to invoke various IPMI functions. ## NAME ipmiutil - a meta-command to invoke various IPMI functions. ## SYNOPSIS **ipmiutil \ \[-x -NUPREFJTVY\] \[other command options\]** ## DESCRIPTION This utility performs various IPMI functions. Each of the individual commands in the ipmiutil project can be invoked via this meta-command. The \ is one of the following:\ alarms show/set the front panel alarm LEDs and relays\ leds show/set the front panel alarm LEDs and relays\ cmd send a specified raw IPMI command to the BMC\ config list/save/restore BMC configuration parameters\ dcmi get/set DCMI parameters\ discover discover all IPMI servers on this LAN\ ekanalyzer run FRU-EKeying analyzer on FRU files (deprecated, see fru)\ events decode IPMI events and display them\ firewall show/set firmware firewall functions\ fru show decoded FRU inventory data, write asset tag\ fwum OEM firmware update manager extensions\ getevt get IPMI events and display them, event daemon\ getevent get IPMI events and display them, event daemon\ health check and show the basic health of the IPMI BMC\ hpm HPM firmware update manager extensions\ lan show/set IPMI LAN parameters and PEF table\ picmg show/set picmg extended functions\ reset cause the BMC to reset or power down the system\ sel show/clear firmware System Event Log records\ sensor show Sensor Data Records, readings, thresholds\ serial show/set IPMI Serial & Terminal Mode parameters\ sol start/stop an SOL console session\ smcoem SuperMicro OEM functions\ sunoem Sun OEM functions\ delloem Dell OEM functions\ tsol Tyan SOL console start/stop session\ wdt show/set/reset the watchdog timer\ For help on each command (e.g. 'sel'), enter:\ ipmiutil sel -?\ For man pages on each command, its man page is named "i\", or refer to SEE ALSO below. This utility can use either the /dev/ipmi0 driver from OpenIPMI, the /dev/imb driver from Intel, the /dev/ipmikcs driver from valinux, direct user-space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N is used. ## OPTIONS Command options are described in the man page for each command. Below are a few of the common options. - \-x Causes extra debug messages to be displayed. - \-N nodename Nodename or IP address of the remote target system. If a nodename is specified, IPMI LAN interface is used. Otherwise the local system management interface is used. - \-U rmt\_user Remote username for the nodename given. The default is a null username. - \-P/-R rmt\_pswd Remote password for the nodename given. The default is a null password. - \-E Use the remote password from Environment variable IPMI\_PASSWORD. - \-F drv\_t Force the driver type to one of the followng: imb, va, open, gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb. Note that lan2i means lan2 with intelplus. The default is to detect any available driver type and use it. - \-J Use the specified LanPlus cipher suite (0 thru 17): 0=none/none/none, 1=sha1/none/none, 2=sha1/sha1/none, 3=sha1/sha1/cbc128, 4=sha1/sha1/xrc4\_128, 5=sha1/sha1/xrc4\_40, 6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4\_40. Default is 3. - \-T Use a specified IPMI LAN Authentication Type: 0=None, 1=MD2, 2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM. - \-V Use a specified IPMI LAN privilege level. 1=Callback level, 2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default), 5=OEM level. - \-Y Yes, do prompt the user for the IPMI LAN remote password. Alternatives for the password are -E or -P. ## EXAMPLES ipmiutil sel \ Shows the IPMI System Event Log entries. ipmiutil wdt \ Shows the watchdog timer values. ## SEE ALSO [ialarms(8)](/ialarms/8.md) [iconfig(8)](/iconfig/8.md) [icmd(8)](/icmd/8.md) [idiscover(8)](/idiscover/8.md) [ievents(8)](/ievents/8.md) [ifirewall(8)](/ifirewall/8.md) [ifru(8)](/ifru/8.md) ifruset(8) [ifwum(8)](/ifwum/8.md) [igetevent(8)](/igetevent/8.md) [ihealth(8)](/ihealth/8.md) [ihpm(8)](/ihpm/8.md) [ilan(8)](/ilan/8.md) [ipicmg(8)](/ipicmg/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) [isunoem(8)](/isunoem/8.md) [iwdt(8)](/iwdt/8.md) [ipmiutil(8)](/ipmiutil/8.md) [ipmi\_port(8)](/ipmi_port/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 \\