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CHAPTER 16: ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
The final options, speed, charsize, stop and parity define the recommended or default settings for the attached device.
16.10 IPMITOOL
The console server includes the ipmitool utility for managing and configuring devices that support the Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) versions 1.5 and 2.0.
IPMI is an open standard for monitoring, logging, recovery, inventory, and control of hardware that is implemented independent
of the main CPU, BIOS, and OS. The service processor (or Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) is the brain behind platform
management and its primary purpose is to handle the autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging features.
The ipmitool program provides a simple command-line interface to this BMC. It features the ability to read sensor data repository
(SDR) and print sensor values, display the contents of the System Event Log (SEL), print Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory
information, read and set LAN configuration parameters, and perform remote chassis power control.
The ipmitools man page is not shipped with Black Box hardware. It is reproduced below.
Synopsis
ipmitool [-c|-h|-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>]
<command>
ipmitool [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lanplus -H <hostname>
[-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
[-C <ciphersuite>]
<command>
Description
This program lets you manage Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) functions of either the local system, via a
kernel device driver, or a remote system, using IPMI V1.5 and IPMI v2.0. These functions include printing FRU information, LAN
configuration, sensor readings, and remote chassis power control.
IPMI management of a local system interface requires a compatible IPMI kernel driver to be installed and configured. On Linux
this driver is called OpenIPMI and it is included in standard distributions. On Solaris this driver is called BMC and is included in
Solaris 10. Management of a remote station requires the IPMI-over-LAN interface to be enabled and configured. Depending on the
particular requirements of each system it may be possible to enable the LAN interface using ipmitool over the system interface.
