NAT-MCH Users Manual Version 1.16

NAT-MCH – Users Manual
The ipmitool program provides a simple command-line interface to this BMC. It features the
ability to read the sensor data repository (SDR) and print sensor values, display the contents
of the System Event Log (SEL), print Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information,
read and set LAN configuration parameters, and perform remote chassis power control.
Ipmitool was not written to provide large-scale management application functionality. The
functionality that ipmitool esource is easily accomplished by sending simple IPMI request
messages and parsing the returned response. It is intended to be used by system administrators
who like the simplicity and scriptability of command-line utilities, as well as those debugging
or developing their own BMC implementations.
Please note that ipmitool is still under development. N.A.T. recommends to use at least
version 1.8.11 since this version fixes some already known bugs (e.g. wrong decoding of
SEND_MESSAGE responses).
7.3.2.1 ipmitool call syntax
The following list gives examples for ipmitool call syntax:
Common syntax to access the N.A.T. MCH over RMCP:
� ipmitool –H -P “”
Common syntax to access a target device behind the N.A.T. MCH:
� ipmitool –H -P “” –t
Common syntax to access a target device behind the N.A.T. MCH using ‘double bridged’
OEM messages:
� ipmitool –H -P “” –t -T
raw
where nfn is the network function code, cmd the IPMI message command and data the IPMI
message data part given as hexadecimal values.
7.3.3 OpenHPI
This chapter gives a brief overview on how to install and start the OpenHPI for
communication to the N.A.T. MCH. Please note that due to the availability of the JAVA base
Natview tool N.A.T. support for making OpenHPI interworking with the N.A.T. MCH is
obsolete now. However, N.A.T. continues performing tests using different OpenHPI versions.
OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an implementation of
the Service Availability Forum’s Hardware Platform Interface (HPI,
http://www.saforum.org/). HPI provides a universal interface for creating resource system
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