Users Guide

ipmiutil package
NOTE: All commands are subject to change as the ipmiutil package evolves over time. For more information about
the IPMI utility, use cases, and the newest list of subcommands, see the IPMI website that is hosted by Intel at https://
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html.
● ipmiutil—a metacommand to invoke each of the following functions:
○ ipmiutil alarms (ialarms)—show and set the front panel alarms, including light emitting diodes (LEDs) and
relays.
○ ipmiutil config (iconfig)—list, save, or restore the BMC configuration parameters.
○ ipmiutil cmd (icmd)—send specific IPMI commands to the BMC for testing and debug purposes.
○ ipmiutil discover (idiscover)—discover the available IPMI LAN nodes on a subnet.
○ ipmiutil events (ievents)—a stand-alone utility to decode IPMI events and platform event trap (PET) data.
○ ipmiutil firewall (ifirewall)—discover the available IPMI LAN nodes on a subnet.
○ ipmiutil fru (ifru)—show decoded field replaceable units (FRU) board/product inventory data and write FRU
asset tags.
○ ifruset—show decoded FRU inventory data and set a FRU product area.
○ iseltime—show and set the IPMI system event log (SEL) time according to the system time.
○ ipmiutil fwum (ifwum)—OEM firmware update manager extensions
○ ipmiutil getevt (igetevent)—receive any IPMI events and display them.
○ ipmiutil health (ihealth)—check and report the basic health of the IPMI BMC.
○ ipmiutil hpm (ihpm)—hardware platform management (HPM) firmware update manager extensions
○ ipmiutil lan (ilan)—show and configure the local area network (LAN) port and platform event filter (PEF) table
to generate BMC LAN alerts using the firmware events.
○ ipmiutil picmg (ipicmg)—discover the available IPMI LAN nodes on a subnet.
○ ipmiutil reset (ireset)—cause the BMC to hard reset or power down the system.
○ ipmiutil sel (isel)—a tool to show the firmware system event log (SEL) records.
○ ipmiutil sensor (isensor)—show the sensor data records (SDR), readings, and thresholds.
○ ipmiutil serial (iserial)—a tool to show and configure the BMC serial port for various modes, for example,
Terminal mode.
○ ipmiutil sol (isol)—start or stop an IPMI serial-over-LAN console session.
○ ipmiutil sunoem (isunoem)—Sun OEM functions.
○ ipmiutil wdt (iwdt)—show and set the watchdog timer.
○ checksel—cron script using impiutil sel to check the SEL, write new events to the OS system log, and clear the
SEL if nearly full.
○ ipmi_port—daemon to bind the remote management control protocol (RMCP) port and sleep to prevent Linux
portmap from stealing the RMCP port.
○ ipmi_wdt—initial script to restart the watchdog timer every 60 seconds using the cron.
○ ipmi_asy—initial script that runs the ipmiutil getevt -a command for a remote shutdown.
○ ipmi_evt—initial script the runs the imput getevt -s command for monitoring events.
○ hpiutil/*—parallel hardware platform interface (HPI) utilities that conform to the SA Forum Hardware Platform
Interface. Also a basis of the openhpi/clients/
○ bmc_panic—a kernel patch to save information if the system panics. The command is found in the OpenIPMI driver in
kernels 2.6 and greater and in the Intel IMB driver in version 28 and greater
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