---
name: "openipmish"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "openipmi"
version: "2.0.37-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/openipmish"
---

# openipmish(1)

Shell interface to an IPMI system

## NAME

openipmish - Shell interface to an IPMI system

## SYNOPSIS

**openipmish** \[*option*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **openipmish** is a command interpreter that gives the full power of the OpenIPMI library to a user-level command language.  It is designed so it can easily be driven with a scripting language like TCL, it has well-formed output.

**openipmish** starts up with no connections or anything of that nature.  You must enter commands to make connections to domains.

## OPTIONS

- **--dmsg**

  Turn on message debugging, this will dump all messages to debug log output.

- **--drawmsg**

  Turn on raw message debugging, this will dump all low-level messages to debug log output.  This differes from normal message debugging in that all protocol messages are also dumped, not just IPMI messages.

- **--dmem**

  Turn on memory debugging, this will cause memory allocation and deallocations to be checked.  When the program terminates, it will dump all memory that was not properly freed (leaked).

- **--dlock**

  Turn on lock debugging, this will check lock operations to make sure that locks are help in all the proper places and make sure that locks are properly nested.

- **--snmp**

  Enable the SNMP trap handler. **openipmish** must be compiled with SNMP code enabled for this option to be available.

- **--help**

  Help output

## COMMANDS

**openipmish** follows the standard command syntax defined in [**ipmi\_cmdlang**(7)](/ipmi_cmdlang/7.md). See that for the details on most commands.  The IPMI manual that comes with OpenIPMI will also be quite handy.

**openipmish** defines some commands that are not in the standard command language. These are:

- **read**

  Read and execute commands from the given file.

- **exit**

  Quit

- **redisp\_cmd on**\|**off**

  Normally, openipmish redisplays the command line when an event comes in.  This is nice for interactive use, but bad for scripting.  This lets you turn that function on and off.

## SEE ALSO

[**ipmi\_cmdlang**(7)](/ipmi_cmdlang/7.md), [**ipmi\_ui**(1)](/ipmi_ui/1.md)

## KNOWN PROBLEMS

None

## AUTHOR

Corey Minyard \<cminyard@mvista.com\>