User's Manual

Using the BMC Management Utility 59
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" on
page 59) to manage the remote system. See "IPMI Shell Commands" on
page 66 for a complete list of valid options, commands, subcommands,
and arguments.
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" on
page 59) to manage the remote system. See "IPMI Shell Commands" on
page 66 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