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ipmitool \- utility for controlling IPMI-enabled devices
.SH "SYNTAX"
.LP
ipmitool [\fB\-ghcvV\fR] \fB\-I\fR \fIlan\fP \fB\-H\fR \fIaddress\fP [\fB\-P\fR \fIpassword\fP] <\fIexpression\fP>
ipmitool [\fB\-ghcvV\fR] \fB\-I\fR \fIlan\fP \fB\-H\fR \fIhostname\fP [\fB\-P\fR \fIpassword\fP] <\fIexpression\fP>
.br
ipmitool [\fB\-ghcvV\fR] \fB\-I\fR \fIopen\fP <\fIexpression\fP>
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.TP
\fB\-P\fR <\fIpassword\fP>
Remote server password, 16 character maximum. This is optional for the LAN interface, if it is not provided the session will not be authenticated.
.TP
\fB\-U\fR <\fIusername\fP>
Remote username, default is NULL user.
.SH "EXPRESSIONS"
.LP
.TP
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.LP
In order to force ipmitool to make use of the device interface you can specifiy it on the command line:
.PP
ipmitool \-I open [option...]
.LP
Alternatively if you do not provide a hostname on the command line ipmitool will assume you want to use the open interface.
ipmitool \-I open <expression>
.SH "LAN INTERFACE"
.LP
The ipmitool \fIlan\fP interface communicates with the BMC over an Ethernet LAN connection using UDP under IPv4. UDP datagrams are formatted to contain IPMI request/response messages with a IPMI session headers and RMCP headers.
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.LP
You can tell ipmitool to use the lan interface with the \fB\-I\fR option:
.PP
ipmitool \-I lan [option...] <address> [password]
ipmitool \-I lan \-H <hostname> \-P [password] <expression>
.LP
A hostname \fBmust\fR be given on the command line in order to use the lan interface with ipmitool. The password field is optional; if you do not provide a password on the command line ipmitool will attempt to connect without authentication. If you specify a password it will use MD5 authentication if supported by the BMC and straight password/key otherwise.
.SH "FILES"
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP
.TP
IPMItool Homepage
http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net
.TP
Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm
.TP
OpenIPMI project (MontaVista IPMI kernel driver)
http://openipmi.sourceforge.net/
http://openipmi.sourceforge.net