Owners Manual

Conguration methods
The diagnostic operating software (DIAG OS) running on the local processor has ipmitool installed by default. You can use the
ipmitool both at the switch and remotely.
To access BMC from a host, use the following ipmitool command:
ipmitool [-c|-h|-d N|-v|-V] -I open <command>
ipmitool [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lan -H <hostname> [-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-A <authtype>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
[-O <sel oem>]
[-e <esc_char>]
[-N <sec>]
[-R <count>]
<command>
To access BMC over a LAN, use the following ipmitool command:
ipmitool [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lanplus -H <hostname> [-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
[-O <sel oem>]
[-C <ciphersuite>]
[-Y|[-K|-k <kg_key>]
[-y <hex_kg_key>]
[-e <esc_char>]
[-N <sec>]
[-R <count>]
<command>
If needed, you can download ipmitool from the https://sourceforge.net/ projects/ipmitool website. The commands to install ipmitool
on Ubuntu or Fedora versions are as follows:
1 Install ipmitool on Ubuntu versions.
# apt-get install ipmitool
2 Install ipmitool on Fedora versions.
# yum install ipmitool
Run standard IPMI commands from ipmitool. For the command format, see Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specication
Second Generation v2.0.pdf. For more documentation, see https://linux.die.net/man/1/ipmitool.
NOTE
: Throughout this user guide, Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specication Second Generation v2.0.pdf is
known as IPMI Specication v2.0 . For more information about IPMI, see the IPMI resources that is hosted by Intel at https://
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html.
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