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freeipmi-1.6.19

IPMI library and tools (in- and out-of-band)

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Description

FreeIPMI provides a library and tools to access IPMI Base Management Controllers, either in-band (host) or out-of-band (LAN etc), based on the IPMI v1.5/2.0 specification. In-band requires that kernel ipmi device be enabled. This is present in standard kernels but not enabled by default, this can be modified with "boot -c" or config(8). (This can be useful when configuring the local BMC, e.g. using ipmi-config to adjust or disable network access or remove vendor default usernames). bmc-device perform advanced BMC commands bmc-info read information about BMC (device ID, version, etc) bmc-watchdog watchdog tool/daemon (in-band only) ipmi-chassis manage/monitor a chassis (power, ID LED, status) ipmi-config configure BMC/IPMI usernames, network, security, power restoration policy, sensor thresholds, etc ipmi-dcmi perform Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) IPMI extension commands - supports extensions for asset management and power usage management ipmi-fru read field replaceable unit (FRU) information ipmi-locate probe for an IPMI BMC Device (in-band only) ipmi-oem tool for OEM specific commands ipmi-pet parse and interpret Platform Event Traps (PET) ipmi-raw hex input/output of IPMI commands ipmi-sel read System Event Log (SEL) records ipmi-sensors read sensors and sensor data repository (SDR) ipmiconsole connect to a Serial-over-Lan (SOL) console ipmidetect/d tool and daemon to detect alive IPMI nodes ipmiping IPMI ping tool for debugging ipmipower remotely control power ipmiseld daemon that regularly polls the SEL and stores the events to the local syslog rmcpping RMCP ping tool for debugging

Package information

Ports path
sysutils/freeipmi
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Stuart Henderson <stu.ports@spacehopper.org>
Categories
sysutils
Available flavors
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