NAME

       openipmicmd - An IPMI Command Interface

SYNOPSIS

       openipmicmd [-k entry-to-execute] <connection parms>

DESCRIPTION

       The openipmicmd program allows a user to execute direct IPMI commands.  It can work with direct interface
       with the OpenIPMI driver or with IPMI LAN interfaces.

OPTIONS

       -k entry-to-execute
              Execute a single command an exit.

       <connectionparms>
              The  parameters  for  the  connection  depend  on the connection type.  These are all described in
              openipmi_conparms (7)

COMMANDS

       Once up, you can execute  commands  in  the  user  interface.   Note  that  commands  and  responses  are
       asynchronous,  you  issue a command and the interface returns immediately.  When the response comes back,
       it will be dumped on your console.  That's a little strange looking, but IPMI is ansychronous underneath.
       Note that the -k option is synchronous, it will wait for the response or a timeout before returning.

       0f lun netfn cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
              Send a command to the BMC you are connected to.

       channel [ipmb] IPMB-addr lun netfn [seq] cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
              Send a command to a device on the IPMB bus.  The "ipmb" string  is  optional.   The  seq  must  be
              provided  if  the  netfn  is a response (an odd number).  It must be the same sequence number that
              came in on the command in the "Command Sequence = seq" part of the command.

       channel 00 IPMB-addr lun netfn cmd [data1 [data2 ...]]
              Send a broadcast command to a device on the IPMB bus.

       channel lan handle remote-swid local-swid lun netfn cmd [data1 [data ...]]
              Send a command to a device over a LAN channel.  Note that this not the same as a  LAN  connection.
              This  sends  a  message  through  a  local  BMC  to  a  remote system that is hooked up with a LAN
              connection.

       test_lat count command
              Executes the given commands (one of the previous commands) count times and gives the average  time
              per command to execute.  Note that "count" is hexadecimal.

       help   Display some help.

       regcmd netfn cmd
              Register  to receive the given command.  If the driver receives an external command, it will print
              it out.  This only works with system interface connections, it will not work on LAN connections.

       unregcmd netfn cmd
              Remove a command registration.

SEE ALSO

       ipmi_ui(1), ipmilan(8), openipmi_conparms(7)

KNOWN PROBLEMS

       The asychronous nature of the program can be annoying.

AUTHOR

       Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>

OpenIPMI                                            05/13/03                                      openipmicmd(1)