Users Guide

Using the BMC Management Utility 55
Options
-ip bmc-ip-address|bmc_hostname
Specifies the out-of-band IP address or hostname of the remote managed system.
-u
username
Specifies the username to connect to the remote system.
-p
password
Specifies the password to be used to connect to the remote managed system.
-k IPMI encryption key value
Specifies the KG value in Hex format. The IPMI encryption key is a public key used to generate an
encryption key for use between firmware and application. It is differentiated from a password, which is
not public and is used to access the firmware. The maximum value is 20 ASCII hex pairs with no spaces
between the pairs.
NOTE: Even number of hexadecimal characters is valid and odd number of hexadecimal characters is invalid. For
example, 123456AB67 is valid, and 123 is invalid. Enter 00, 0000, etc. to disable encryption.
Figure 3-13. IPMISH connect option
quit
Synopsis
quit
Description
This command exits the IPMI Shell interactive mode and returns to the command mode.
help
Synopsis
help [command]
Description
This command lists commands and capsule descriptions with syntax for each command.