A tool to read information about a BMC such as device version numbers, device support, and global IDs (guids).
Bmc-config
A tool to configure general BMC and IPMI information. Supports configuration of usernames, passwords, networking information, security, Serial-over-LAN (SOL), and other core fields.
Bmc-watchdog
A tool/daemon to manage a BMC Watchdog. This tool is typically used for system timeout management and automatic system restarts in the event of a system crash.
Ipmi-chassis
A tool to manage/monitor a chassis, such as chassis power, identification, and status.
Ipmi-fru
A tool to read field replaceable unit (FRU) information from a motherboard/machine.
Ipmi-sel
A tool to read and manage IPMI System Event Log (SEL) records. SEL records store system event information and may be useful for debugging problems.
Ipmi-sensors
A tool to read IPMI sensor readings and sensor data repository (SDR) information.
Ipmipower
A tool for remote power control.
Ipmiconsole
A tool for Serial-over-Lan (SOL) console access.
Ipmimonitoring
A tool for sensor monitoring and interpretation. The tool is similar to ipmi-sensors, but sensor readings are analyzed and mapped into Nominal, Warning, and Critical states.
Ipmi-raw
A tool that provides hex input/output of IPMI commands.
Ipmi-locate
A tool that can probe for information about the location of a BMC device, such as device addresses.
Pef-config
A tool to configure Platform Event Filtering (PEF) information.
Ipmi-chassis-config
A tool to configure IPMI chassis information. Supports configuration of boot device, power restore policy, and other chassis related fields.
Ipmi-sensors-config
A tool to configure IPMI sensors. Supports configuration of sensor thresholds, sensor events, and other sensor related fields.
Bmc-device
A tool to perform advanced BMC commands.
Ipmiping
An IPMI ping tool for debugging.
Rmcpping
A RMCP ping tool for debugging.
Ipmi-oem
An IPMI tool for OEM specific commands.
Ipmidetect/Ipmidetectd
A tool and daemon for IPMI node detection.
A C library that includes KCS, SSIF, and OpenIPMI drivers, IPMI 1.5 and IPMI 2.0 LAN communication interfaces, IPMI packet building utilities, IPMI command utilities, and utilities for reading/interpreting/managing IPMI.
Libipmiconsole
A library for Serial-over-Lan (SOL) console access. SOL console access is abstracted into a file descriptor interface, so users may read and write console data through a file descriptor.
Libipmimonitoring
A library for sensor monitoring and interpretation. Sensor monitoring and interpretation of those sensors is abstracted into an API with an iterator interface.
Libipmidetect
A library for IPMI node detection.
Most FreeIPMI tools can operate in-band by using one of the in-band drivers included. These in-band drivers include a direct KCS interface driver, a Linux SSIF driver through the SSIF device (i.e. /dev/i2c-0), the OpenIPMI Linux kernel driver (i.e. /dev/ipmi0), and the Sun/Solaris BMC driver (i.e. /dev/bmc). The Sun/Solaris BMC driver is currently considered experimental. If your system requires the use of installed drivers, those appropriate modules must be installed ahead of time. However, most systems should automatically load these drivers when appropriate.
Under most scenarios, the FreeIPMI tools should automatically discover which in-band interface to use and the proper settings to use. However, some motherboards may require you to determine driver type, addresses, paths, etc. on your own and pass them as command line options to the tools. You may use ipmi-locate(8) to help determine this information. Other tools such as dmidecode(8) may also provide this information.
To use IPMI out-of-band with tools such as ipmipower(8) or ipmi-sensors(8), the remote machine's BMC must first be configured for out of band communication. Typically, this involves setting a username, password, IP address, MAC address, and a few other parameters. This can be done using the tool bmc-config(8). Additional information on how to configure with bmc-config(8) can be found in the bmc-config.conf(5) manpage. Some vendors may pre-configure their motherboards with default values so that bmc-config(8) can be used remotely to configure the machine. However, most of the time, the BMC must be configured in-band before out-of-band access can be allowed (for example, the correct IP address and MAC address must be configured).
In order to remotely connect to a machine, you typically must specify the host, username, and password for the tool in order to connect. Depending on configuration settings, a K_g key, privilege level, authentication type, cipher suite id, or protocol version may need to be specified. Some vendors may have not implemented IPMI properly and a vendor specific workaround may also be necessary. See tool manpages for more information and general trouble-shooting information.
For information on the libraries that can be used to program IPMI applications with, please see libfreeipmi(3), libipmiconsole(3), libipmimonitoring(3), and libipmidetect(3). Or see the document freeipmi-libraries.txt.
FreeIPMI is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/