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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2016-05-08 23:32:29 +0200
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2016-05-08 23:32:29 +0200
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IPMIUTIL USER GUIDE
- VERSION 2.9.8
+ VERSION 2.9.9
An easy-to-use IPMI server management utility
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ NAME
ipmiutil_sensor - show Sensor Data Records
SYNOPSIS
- ipmiutil sensor [-abcdefgmpqrstuvwx -i id -n snum -h tval -l tval
+ ipmiutil sensor [-abcdefgjkmpqrstuvwxL -i id -n snum -h tval -l tval
-NUPREFJTVY]
@@ -2118,141 +2118,157 @@ OPTIONS
information is shown. (same as -s).
-d <file>
- Dump the SDRs to a specified binary file.
+ Dump the SDRs to a specified binary file. This file can be used
+ with -j to jumpstart getting the sensor readings.
- -e Show Every SDR in a bladed system by traversing the child MCs
+ -e Show Every SDR in a bladed system by traversing the child MCs
(same as -b).
-f <file>
- Restore the SDRs from the specified binary File. This is nor-
+ Restore the SDRs from the specified binary File. This is nor-
mally only done with the initial factory provisioning.
-g sens_type
Shows only those SDRs matching the given sensor type group. The
- sens_type string can be "fan", "temp", "voltage", or any string
- or substring matching those in the IPMI 2.0 Table 42-3 for Sen-
- sor Types. Multiple types can be listed, separated by a comma
+ sens_type string can be "fan", "temp", "voltage", or any string
+ or substring matching those in the IPMI 2.0 Table 42-3 for Sen-
+ sor Types. Multiple types can be listed, separated by a comma
(,) but no spaces.
-h tval
- Highest threshold value to set for the specified sensor. This
- tval can be in decimal, or of the form 0x1a, to match the raw
- reading value shown by sensor following the " = ". The value
+ Highest threshold value to set for the specified sensor. This
+ tval can be in decimal, or of the form 0x1a, to match the raw
+ reading value shown by sensor following the " = ". The value
passed is set as the non-critical threshold value, with the more
- critical ones set by the utility as incrementally lower. This
- simplifies the interface and ensures that the threshold values
- do not get out of order. This requires specifying the sensor
+ critical ones set by the utility as incrementally lower. This
+ simplifies the interface and ensures that the threshold values
+ do not get out of order. This requires specifying the sensor
number via -n.
- -i ID Show or set only the sensor Index corresponding to ID, where ID
- is the hex ID of the SDR as shown in the sensor output under
- "_ID_". The ID argument can be one hex number (e.g. 0x0e or
- 0e), or a range of hex numbers (e.g. 0e-1a or 1a,2a or
+ -i ID Show or set only the sensor Index corresponding to ID, where ID
+ is the hex ID of the SDR as shown in the sensor output under
+ "_ID_". The ID argument can be one hex number (e.g. 0x0e or
+ 0e), or a range of hex numbers (e.g. 0e-1a or 1a,2a or
0x0e-0x2a). This is useful to repeatedly view just a few sensor
- readings for changes, or to set just one sensor quickly without
+ readings for changes, or to set just one sensor quickly without
reading all of the SDRs.
+ -j file
+ Jump-start by caching the SDRs from a file. This uses an SDR
+ binary file to read the SDRs, so that only the sensor readings
+ need to be read from the firmware. This avoids getting the SDR
+ reservation and reading each SDR, so it makes getting the sensor
+ readings more efficient. The SDR binary file can be created
+ using the -d option to dump the SDRs to a file, or -j will try
+ to create the file if not there.
+
+ -k K
+ When looping with -L, wait K seconds between loops. Default is
+ 1 second.
+
-l tval
- Lowest threshold value to set for the specified sensor. This
- tval can be in decimal, or of the form 0x1a, to match the raw
- reading value shown by sensor following the " = ". The value
+ Lowest threshold value to set for the specified sensor. This
+ tval can be in decimal, or of the form 0x1a, to match the raw
+ reading value shown by sensor following the " = ". The value
passed is set as the non-critical threshold value, with the more
- critical ones set by the utility as incrementally higher. This
- simplifies the interface and ensures that the threshold values
- do not get out of order. This requires specifying the sensor
+ critical ones set by the utility as incrementally higher. This
+ simplifies the interface and ensures that the threshold values
+ do not get out of order. This requires specifying the sensor
number via -n.
-m 002000s
- Show SDRs for a specific MC (e.g. bus 00, sa 20, lun 00). This
- could be used for PICMG or ATCA blade systems. The trailing
- character, if present, indicates SMI addressing if ’s’, or IPMB
+ Show SDRs for a specific MC (e.g. bus 00, sa 20, lun 00). This
+ could be used for PICMG or ATCA blade systems. The trailing
+ character, if present, indicates SMI addressing if ’s’, or IPMB
addressing if ’i’ or not present.
-n snum
- Number of the sensor to set. This num can be in decimal, or of
- the form 0x1a, to match the value shown by sensor following the
- "snum" tag. This is required if setting hi/lo thresholds via
+ Number of the sensor to set. This num can be in decimal, or of
+ the form 0x1a, to match the value shown by sensor following the
+ "snum" tag. This is required if setting hi/lo thresholds via
-h/-l.
- -o Output the memory DIMM information from SMBIOS, including size.
+ -o Output the memory DIMM information from SMBIOS, including size.
Not available if using IPMI LAN via -N. Sample output:
Memory Device (0,0): DIMM_A1 : size=2048MB
Memory Device (0,1): DIMM_A2 : not present
- -p Persist the threshold being set (as specified via -l or -h).
- This writes a "sensor -i" script line to the file
+ -p Persist the threshold being set (as specified via -l or -h).
+ This writes a "sensor -i" script line to the file
/usr/share/ipmiutil/thresholds.sh, which can then be executed at
- each reboot by starting the /etc/init.d/ipmi_port service for
- the desired runlevels. For Windows, the filename is thresh-
+ each reboot by starting the /etc/init.d/ipmi_port service for
+ the desired runlevels. For Windows, the filename is thresh-
olds.cmd.
- -q Show any thresholds for each sensor in short format with ’:’
- delimiters, useful as an example for setting thresholds with
- ’-u’.
+ -q Show threshold values in d:d:d format. Thresholds are shown for
+ each sensor in short format with ’:’ delimiters, which is useful
+ as an example for setting thresholds with ’-u’.
-r Show Raw SDR bytes also.
- -s Show sensor list in a simpler/canonical format without uninter-
+ -s Show sensor list in a simpler/canonical format without uninter-
preted binary values. Only the user-friendly interpreted sensor
information is shown. (same as -c).
-t Show any Thresholds for each sensor also, in text format.
- -u Set unique threshold values. The values are specified in a
- string of threshold values. It can be in raw hex characters or
- in float values. All 6 possible thresholds must be specified,
- but only the ones that are valid for this sensor will be
+ -u Set unique threshold values. The values are specified in a
+ string of threshold values. It can be in raw hex characters or
+ in float values. All 6 possible thresholds must be specified,
+ but only the ones that are valid for this sensor will be
applied. These values are validated for ordering. For example:
-u 6:5:4:60:65:69 (float) or
-u 0x0605043c4145 (raw hex)
- would mean 0x06=noncrit_lo, 0x05=crit_lo, 0x04=nonrec_lo,
+ would mean 0x06=noncrit_lo, 0x05=crit_lo, 0x04=nonrec_lo,
0x3c=noncrit_hi, 0x41=crit_hi, 0x45=nonrec_hi.
- -v Show Verbose output, including volatile thresholds, SDR thresh-
+ -v Show Verbose output, including volatile thresholds, SDR thresh-
olds, max/min, hysteresis, and BMC_TAM decoding.
- -w Wrap the threshold data onto the same line as the sensor. This
+ -w Wrap the threshold data onto the same line as the sensor. This
may be convenient for scripting.
-x Causes eXtra debug messages to be displayed.
- -L n Loop n times. This is useful along with -i. Default is one
- loop.
+ -L n Loop n times every K seconds. Default is one loop and K defaults
+ to 1 second. See option -k to change K seconds if desired.
+ This is useful along with -i or -g to read some sensors as they
+ change. Using -j with this option makes run it quicker.
-N nodename
- Nodename or IP address of the remote target system. If a node-
- name is specified, IPMI LAN interface is used. Otherwise the
+ Nodename or IP address of the remote target system. If a node-
+ name is specified, IPMI LAN interface is used. Otherwise the
local system management interface is used.
-P/-R rmt_pswd
- Remote password for the nodename given. The default is a null
+ Remote password for the nodename given. The default is a null
password.
-U rmt_user
- Remote username for the nodename given. The default is a null
+ Remote username for the nodename given. The default is a null
username.
-E Use the remote password from Environment variable IPMI_PASSWORD.
-F drv_t
- Force the driver type to one of the followng: imb, va, open,
+ Force the driver type to one of the followng: imb, va, open,
gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb. Note that lan2i means
- lan2 with intelplus. The default is to detect any available
+ lan2 with intelplus. The default is to detect any available
driver type and use it.
- -J Use the specified LanPlus cipher suite (0 thru 17):
- 0=none/none/none, 1=sha1/none/none, 2=sha1/sha1/none,
+ -J Use the specified LanPlus cipher suite (0 thru 17):
+ 0=none/none/none, 1=sha1/none/none, 2=sha1/sha1/none,
3=sha1/sha1/cbc128, 4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128, 5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40,
6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4_40. Default is 3.
- -T Use a specified IPMI LAN Authentication Type: 0=None, 1=MD2,
+ -T Use a specified IPMI LAN Authentication Type: 0=None, 1=MD2,
2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM.
- -V Use a specified IPMI LAN privilege level. 1=Callback level,
+ -V Use a specified IPMI LAN privilege level. 1=Callback level,
2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default),
5=OEM level.
- -Y Yes, do prompt the user for the IPMI LAN remote password.
+ -Y Yes, do prompt the user for the IPMI LAN remote password.
Alternatives for the password are -E or -P.
@@ -2263,11 +2279,11 @@ EXAMPLES
-- BMC version 0.17, IPMI version 2.0
_ID_ SDR_Type_xx ET Own Typ S_Num Sens_Description Hex & Interp Read-
ing
- 000b SDR Full 01 01 20 a 01 snum 30 Baseboard Temp = 2e OK 46.00
+ 000b SDR Full 01 01 20 a 01 snum 30 Baseboard Temp = 2e OK 46.00
degrees C
- 000e SDR Full 01 01 20 m 04 snum 50 Fan 1A = 6f OK 7659.00
+ 000e SDR Full 01 01 20 m 04 snum 50 Fan 1A = 6f OK 7659.00
RPM
- 0042 SDR Comp 02 6f 20 a 21 snum e0 DIMM 1A = 00 c0 04 00
+ 0042 SDR Comp 02 6f 20 a 21 snum e0 DIMM 1A = 00 c0 04 00
Present
004e SDR FRU 11 1b dev: 20 03 80 00 0a 01 Pwr Supply 1 FRU
0050 SDR IPMB 12 1b dev: 20 00 bf 07 01 Basbrd Mgmt Ctlr
@@ -2276,31 +2292,31 @@ EXAMPLES
[...]
Output Columns:
- _ID_: This is an SDR ID or index number, in hex. This may vary from
+ _ID_: This is an SDR ID or index number, in hex. This may vary from
chassis to chassis.
- SDR_Type_xx: This shows the SDR Type and its hex representation. Some
+ SDR_Type_xx: This shows the SDR Type and its hex representation. Some
SDR types have a custom display. The OEM SDRs only show the OEM vendor
by IANA number and then usually the data is listed in hex.
- ET: For Full or Comp SDRs, this shows the Event Type. For other SDRs,
+ ET: For Full or Comp SDRs, this shows the Event Type. For other SDRs,
this shows the size of the SDR entry in hex (Sz).
Own: This is the hex slave address of the SDR Owner, usually 20 if BMC.
a/m: This indicates whether this sensor is either automatically or man-
ually rearmed, respectively.
- Typ: This is the Sensor Type as defined in Table 42-3 of the IPMI 2.0
+ Typ: This is the Sensor Type as defined in Table 42-3 of the IPMI 2.0
spec. (01 = Temperature, 02 = Voltage, 03 = Current, 04 = Fan, etc.)
- S_Num: This is the sensor number in hex. This remains consistent
- across baseboards of the same type. The output can be parsed with the
+ S_Num: This is the sensor number in hex. This remains consistent
+ across baseboards of the same type. The output can be parsed with the
"snum" delimiter to extract this value.
- Sens_Description: This is the text description of this SDR, which is
+ Sens_Description: This is the text description of this SDR, which is
stored within the SDR on the BMC.
- Hex & Interp Reading: This is the raw hex value returned by GetSensor-
+ Hex & Interp Reading: This is the raw hex value returned by GetSensor-
Reading, and its interpreted meaning.
SEE ALSO
- ipmiutil(8) ialarms(8) iconfig(8) icmd(8) idiscover(8) ievents(8)
- ifru(8) igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8) isel(8) iserial(8)
+ ipmiutil(8) ialarms(8) iconfig(8) icmd(8) idiscover(8) ievents(8)
+ ifru(8) igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8) isel(8) iserial(8)
isol(8) iwdt(8)
@@ -5198,8 +5214,10 @@ directory and then run showsel.reg, so that the Windows EventLog service
can find information about the showsel events.
Note that the openssl crypto libraries (libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll)
-should be copied to %SystemRoot%\System32 also to provide crypto functions
+should be copied to %SystemRoot%\System32 to provide crypto functions
for the lanplus logic, if they are not already present.
+For WinPE 64-bit, or other variants without openssl, see also
+http://www.indyproject.org/Sockets/fpc/OpenSSLforWin64.en.aspx
Note that for Windows Vista/7 workstation and later, make sure to
'Run as administrator' when installing. Windows Server should not