Users Guide

Using the BMC Management Utility 39
On systems running a supported Linux operating system:
1
Start an operating system (OS) shell.
2 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.
NOTE: The IPMI Shell will be located in /usr/sbin.
IPMI Shell Command Syntax
The general syntax of IPMI Shell CLI commands is as follows:
ipmish [
global-options ] … command [ ; command ] …
The general usage for a command is:
command [ subcommand ] [ command option and argument ] …
Both global options and command-specific options are always in the following form:
-
option argument
For example:
-help
-max 20
-u John
Arguments with embedded tabs or spaces must be enclosed in matching double quotation marks (").
For example:
-user "John Smith"
Every command has one default action. The default action is typically, but not always, the equivalent of
reading and displaying the current setting or status for the command.
IPMI Shell Global Options
IPMI Shell has the following global options:
Running IPMISH over LAN Option -ip
Synopsis
ipmish -ip bmc_ip_address | bmc_hostname -u username -p password
[-k KG value] <command>