User's Manual

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.