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diff --git a/doc/UserGuide b/doc/UserGuide index e5681f1..105a4bd 100644 --- a/doc/UserGuide +++ b/doc/UserGuide @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ IPMIUTIL USER GUIDE - VERSION 3.0.7 + VERSION 3.0.8 An easy-to-use IPMI server management utility @@ -189,18 +189,20 @@ supported by ipmiutil. Key Strengths = supports any IPMI server platforms, top-down user-friendly IPMI functions, + only IPMI project to support Windows natively, detection, portability, incorporates fixes and new features quickly Target Market = Administrators, Developers, and OEMs +License = BSD (supports open or proprietary use) OS Support = Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, and MacOSX (supports Windows natively for local or remote interface) -License = BSD Drivers = For Linux: openipmi, imb, valinux ipmikcs, lan, lanplus, landesk, and driverless direct KCS or SSIF - For Windows: Intel IMB and Microsoft IPMI drivers - For Solaris: bmc - For FreeBSD: openipmi, driverless KCS or SSIF - For MacOSX: remote only + For Windows: Intel IMB and Microsoft IPMI drivers + For Solaris: bmc + For FreeBSD: openipmi, driverless KCS or SSIF + For MacOSX: remote only +Discrete sensors = Show interpreted meaning or raw value instead of 'na' LEDs = Show/set ATCA LEDs, set identify LED, Intel Telco Alarm LEDs health = show overall health and product information discovery = find all IPMI LAN servers on a given subnet @@ -208,14 +210,14 @@ fru = Display all FRU and SPD inventory data, also Set some FRU product fields (asset tag, serial number) sensor = Show SDRs and sensor readings, also set sensor thresholds getevent = Receive any IPMI events and decode them, - The IPMI event monitoring service is automated in Linux via - the ipmiutil_evt init script. + The IPMI event monitoring service is automated in Linux via + the ipmiutil_evt init script. reset = IPMI local and remote reset/power-control, IPMI boot device selection. -remote IPMI = Perform an OS shutdown/restart request via IPMI LAN, -soft-shutdown using ipmiutil getevt -a and invoking ipmiutil reset -o. - This async bridge service is automated in Linux via the - ipmiutil_asy init script. +remote soft-boot = Perform a remote OS shutdown/restart request, soft-shutdown + using ipmiutil getevt -a and invoking ipmiutil reset -o. + This async bridge service is automated in Linux via the + ipmiutil_asy init script, without requiring acpid. cmd = Execute raw IPMI commands locally or remotely lan = Show/set IPMI LAN and PEF configuration parameters, adds more PEF rules, or can add a custom PEF rule @@ -224,12 +226,12 @@ sel = Show decoded System Event Log records, clear SEL, see the checksel cron script to automate SEL management. sol console = Start/stop an SOL console session watchdog = Show, set, and reset the IPMI watchdog timer and its actions, - The watchdog timer service can be automated in Linux via the - ipmiutil_wdt init script. + The watchdog timer service can be automated in Linux via the + ipmiutil_wdt init script. save/restore = save and restore all BMC configuration parameters ievents = Standalone app to decode IPMI or PET event data, especially useful at the management station for interpreting - IPMI PET SNMP traps. See also SNMP PET MIB (bmclanpet.mib). + IPMI PET SNMP traps. See also SNMP PET MIB (bmclanpet.mib). picmg = Support IPMI PICMG functions firewall = Support IPMI firmware firewall functions @@ -238,12 +240,12 @@ IPMI tasks: ipmi_port = Automatically prevent Linux port mapper from stealing the RMCP port 623 used by IPMI LAN firmware. checksel = a cron script to daily write new SEL records to syslog, and - clear the SEL if nearly full. + clear the SEL if nearly full. ipmiutil_asy = A Linux init script using the ipmiutil getevt -a service to - enable receiving soft-shutdown requests from ipmiutil reset -o + enable receiving soft-shutdown requests from ipmiutil reset -o ipmiutil_wdt = A Linux init script to reset the watchdog timer every 60 sec. ipmiutil_evt = A Linux init script using the ipmiutil getevt -s service to - monitor IPMI events, log them, and optionally run a script. + monitor IPMI events, log them, and optionally run a script. @@ -5534,6 +5536,17 @@ The Windows equivalent would have to put the -N option immediately after the subfunction, as shown below: > ipmiutil cmd -N 192.168.1.154 00 20 18 01 + +For Serial-Over-Lan console usage from a Windows client, ipmiutil provides: +- Full ANSI (VT100) Support +- Full Support for PC Keyboard +- Unicode (UTF-8) support +- Full support for Line Drawing Characters + (VT100 Special Graphics, Unicode Box Characters and OEM CP Characters) +- Full Screen works for BIOS and Unix (using vt100 terminfo setting) + +For proper operation during BIOS setup the Windows console window size must be set to 80x25. The Windows console buffer size can be set to the desired scroll back size. For proper operation when logged on to Unix the windows size can be set to anything but the OS must be told of the proper size using "stty rows <height> cols <width>". + -------------------------- 6.0 SAMPLE OUTPUT |