Chapter 16: KCS Client Configuration
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platform information. To reduce vulnerability it is strongly advised that the IPMI LAN interface only be enabled in 'trusted'
environments where system security is not an issue or where there is a dedicated secure 'management network' or
access has been provided through an console server.
Further it is strongly advised that you should not enable IPMI for remote access without setting a password, and that that
password should not be the same as any other password on that system.
When an IPMI password is changed on a remote machine with the IPMIv1.5 lan interface the new password is sent
across the network as clear text. This could be observed and then used to attack the remote system. It is thus
recommended that IPMI password management only be done over IPMIv2.0 lanplus interface or the system interface on
the local station.
For IPMI v1.5, the maximum password length is 16 characters. Passwords longer than 16 characters will be truncated.
For IPMI v2.0, the maximum password length is 20 characters; longer passwords are truncated.
COMMANDS
help
This can be used to get command-line help on ipmitool commands. It may also be placed at the end of
commands to get option usage help.
ipmitool help
Commands:
raw Send a RAW IPMI request and print
response
lan Configure LAN Channels
chassis Get chassis status and set power
state
event Send pre-defined events to MC
mc Management Controller status and
global enables
sdr Print Sensor Data Repository
entries and readings
sensor Print detailed sensor information
fru Print built-in FRU and scan SDR
for FRU locators
sel Print System Event Log (SEL)
pef Configure Platform Event Filtering
(PEF)
sol Configure IPMIv2.0 Serial-over-LAN
isol Configure IPMIv1.5 Serial-over-LAN
user Configure Management Controller
users
channel Configure Management Controller
channels
session Print session information
exec Run list of commands from file
set Set runtime variable for shell and
exec
ipmitool chassis help
Chassis Commands: status, power, identify, policy, restart_cause, poh, bootdev
ipmitool chassis power help
chassis power Commands: status, on, off, cycle, reset, diag, soft
You will find more details on ipmitools at http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/manpage.html.
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