Users Guide

32 Using the BMC Management Utility
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Options
NOTE: The following options cannot be used independently. One or more IPMISH commands must
follow the option.
-ip bmc_ip_address | bmc_hostname
Specifies the IP address or hostname of the remote managed system.
-u username
Specifies the BMC username.
-p password
Specifies the BMC user password.
IPMI Session Option -com
Synopsis
ipmish -com serial_port -baud baud_rate -flow flow_control
-u
username -p password
Description
This option establishes a connection to a remote managed system using the serial channel.
Options
NOTE: The following options cannot be used independently. One or more IPMISH commands must
follow the option.
-com serial_port
Specifies the serial port used when establishing an IPMI session to the managed system. For a system
running Windows, the management station port can be 1, 2, 3, and so on. For systems running Red
Hat Enterprise Linux, the management station port can be ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2, and so on.
-baud baud_rate
Specifies the communication baud rate over the serial channel, such as 9600 or 19200. The baud
rate for the serial channel should match the baud rate set in the managed system.
-flow flow_control
Specifies the data flow control method. There are two flow control options: CTS (hardware flow
control) and NONE (no flow control).
-u username
Specifies the BMC username.
-p password
Specifies the BMC user password.