Users Guide

38 Using the BMC Management Utility
To facilitate command scripting, upon successful execution, IPMI Shell terminates with an exit code of
zero, and will output the execution results in a parsable format. If an error is encountered, the program
exits with a non-zero error code and outputs the error in a parsable format. See "BMC Management
Utility Error Codes" for a complete list of possible BMC Management Utility error codes.
Figure 3-2. IPMI Shell Diagram
Using IPMI Shell
To use IPMI Shell, perform the following steps:
On systems running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system:
1
Start a Command Prompt window.
2 Locate the ipmish.exe file. By default, ipmish.exe is located in the directory: C:\Program
Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc.
3 Enter IPMI Shell commands (see "IPMI Shell Command Syntax") to manage the remote system. See
"IPMI Shell Commands" for a complete list of valid options, commands, subcommands,
and arguments.