Solaris | IPMI Tool

Solaris IPMI Tool Version 11

General Information

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Purpose The IPMITOOL is a command line utility providing an interface to IPMI-enabled devices.

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Usage

Syntax and switches ipmitool [options...] <command>

-A	authtype Force use of auth type NONE, PASSWORD, MD2, MD5 or OEM
-a	Prompt for remote password
-b	channel Set destination channel for bridged request
-C	ciphersuite Cipher suite to be used by lanplus interface
-c	Display output in comma separated format
-d N	Specify a /dev/ipmiN device to use (default=0)
-E	Read password from IPMI_PASSWORD environment variable
-e	char Set SOL escape character
-f	file Read remote session password from file
-H	hostname Remote host name for LAN interface
-h	This help
-I	intf Interface to use
-k	key Use Kg key for IPMIv2 authentication
-L	level Remote session privilege level [privilege levels: CALLBACK, USER, OPERATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, OEM] [default=ADMINISTRATOR]
-l	lun Set destination lun for raw commands
-m	address Set local IPMB address
-O	seloem Use file for OEM SEL event descriptions
-o	oemtype Setup for OEM (use 'list' to see available OEM types)
-P	password Remote session password
-p	port Remote RMCP port [default=623]
-S	sdr Use local file for remote SDR cache
-t	address Bridge request to remote target address
-U	username Remote session username
-V	Show version information
-v	Verbose (can use multiple times)

Interfaces

Interface Options The following are options available when specifying a -I usage

imb	Intel IMB Interface
lan	IPMI v1.5 LAN Interface
lanplus	IPMI v2.0 RMCP+ LAN Interface
open	Linux OpenIPMI Interface [default]

Commands

IPMI Commands The following commands may be used with IPMI to display system information

channel	Configure Management Controller channels
chassis	Get chassis status and set power state
exec	Run list of commands from file
event	Send pre-defined events to MC
firewall	Configure Firmware Firewall
fru	Print built-in FRU and scan SDR for FRU locators
fwum	Update IPMC using Kontron OEM Firmware Update Manager
hpm	Update HPM components using PICMG HPM.1 file
isol	Configure IPMIv1.5 Serial-over-LAN
i2c	Send an I2C Master Write-Read command and print response
kontronoem	OEM Commands for Kontron devices
lan	Configure LAN Channels
mc	Management Controller status and global enables
pef	Configure Platform Event Filtering (PEF)
picmg	Run a PICMG/ATCA extended cmd
power	Shortcut to chassis power commands
raw	Send a RAW IPMI request and print response
sdr	Print Sensor Data Repository entries and readings
sel	Print System Event Log (SEL)
sensor	Print detailed sensor information
session	Print session information
set	Set runtime variable for shell and exec
shell	Launch interactive IPMI shell
sol	Configure and connect IPMIv2.0 Serial-over-LAN
spd	Print SPD info from remote I2C device
sunoem	OEM Commands for Sun servers
tsol	Configure and connect with Tyan IPMIv1.5 Serial-over-LAN
user	Configure Management Controller users

Demos

Help [root@orclsys1 ~]# ipmitool -h ipmitool version 1.8.10.4 -- followed by the help information above

Print system event log with version information [root@orclsys1 ~]# ipmitool -v ipmitool version 1.8.10.4 [root@orclsys1 ~]# ipmitool -v sel SEL Information Version : 2.0 (v1.5, v2 compliant) Entries : 584 Free Space : 5850 bytes Percent Used : 61% Last Add Time : 07/03/2012 20:39:03 Last Del Time : Not Available Overflow : false Supported Cmds : 'Reserve' 'Get Alloc Info' # of Alloc Units : 909 Alloc Unit Size : 18 # Free Units : 325 Largest Free Blk : 325 Max Record Size : 18