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.TH ILAN 8 "Version 1.8: 17 Feb 2010"
.SH NAME
-ipmiutil_lan \- show and configure BMC LAN parameters and
-set up a PEF entry to send BMC LAN Alerts for OS Critical Stop log events
+ipmiutil_lan \- show and configure IPMI LAN parameters, users, and
+set up a PEF rule to send BMC LAN Alerts for OS Critical Stop log events
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "ipmiutil lan [-abcdefghijklmnopq#rstuvwxyzBDQK -i eth1 ]"
[\-I ipadr \-M macadr \-S subnet \-B baud_sol ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.I ipmiutil lan
-shows or sets all of the IPMI LAN Parameters to enable
+shows or sets all of the IPMI LAN Parameters and users to enable
remote LAN sessions or BMC LAN Alerts. The IP address and MAC address of
the local system, the default gateway, and the alert destination
can be defaulted to those specified in Linux, or can be overridden
-by user parameters.
-It also creates a new Platform Event Filter table entry for an OS Critical
+by specific parameters.
+It also creates a new Platform Event Filter table rule for an OS Critical
Stop (0x20) SEL firmware log event, so that it will be enabled to send a
BMC LAN Alert. This utility will skip the PEF records if the system does
not support IPMI 1.5 or greater.