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IPMItool is a utility for managing and configuring devices that support the
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Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 1.5 and version 2.0
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specifications. IPMI is an open standard for monitoring, logging, recovery,
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inventory, and control of hardware that is implemented independent of the main
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CPU, BIOS, and OS. The service processor (or Baseboard Management Controller,
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BMC) is the brain behind platform management and its primary purpose is to
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handle the autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging features.
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The ipmitool program provides a simple command-line interface to this BMC. It
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features the ability to read the sensor data repository (SDR) and print sensor
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values, display the contents of the System Event Log (SEL), print Field
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Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information, read and set LAN configuration
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parameters, and perform remote chassis power control.
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It was originally written to take advantage of IPMI-over-LAN interfaces but is
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also capable of using a system interface as provided by a kernel device driver
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such as OpenIPMI on Linux and BMC on Solaris 10.
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