User's Manual

62 Using the BMC Management Utility
Options
-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 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.
The maximum reliably supported baud rates are:
• 19200 for PowerEdge x 8 xx systems
• 57600 for PowerEdge
x 9 xx and xx0x systems without Dell Remote Access
Controller 5 (DRAC 5)
• 115200 for PowerEdge
x 9 xx and xx0x systems with DRAC 5
• 115200 for PowerEdge
xx1x systems
NOTE: The baud rate for 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.
IPMI Help Option -help
Synopsis
ipmish -help [command]