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IPMIPING(8)                     System Commands                    IPMIPING(8)


NAME

       ipmiping - send IPMI Get Authentication Capabilitiy request to network
       hosts


SYNOPSIS

       ipmiping [OPTION...] destination


DESCRIPTION

       ipmiping uses the IPMI Get Channel Authentication Capabilities request
       datagram to elicit an IPMI Get Channel Authentication Capabilitiesl
       response from a remote host. The utility can be used to verify if a
       remote host supports IPMI. The initial starting sequence number will be
       randomized.

       ipmiping will return 0 to the environment if it receives atleast 1
       response from the remote host. Otherwise, it exists with a value of 1.


OPTIONS

       The following options are available

       -h     Output help menu.

       -V     Output version.

       -c count
              Stop after sending count packets.

       -i interval
              Wait interval seconds between sending each packet. The default
              is to wait for one second between each packet.

       -I interface address
              Set source address to specified interface address. Argument may
              be numeric IP address or name of device.

       -t timeout
              Time to wait for a response, in seconds. Default is five
              seconds.

       -v     Verbose output.

       -s num Specify an initial starting sequence number. The default is to
              use a random initial sequence number.

       -d     Turn on debugging.

       -r version
              Specify IPMI version. Available options are "1.5" and "2.0".
              Default is to use "1.5". Note that packets will always be sent
              with the IPMI 1.5 protocol, but IPMI 1.5 vs IPMI 2.0 relevant
              fields will be communicated in the Get Channel Authentication
              Capabilities datagram depending on user choice.


KNOWN ISSUES

       It has been observed that some remote BMCs can get "confused" and delay
       packet responses if duplicate packets (with duplicate sequence numbers)
       are sent in succession very quickly. There is no known way to cleanly
       deal with a "confused" BMC other than the wait awhile.

       Unlike ping(8), local network devicess (e.g. 127.0.0.1) cannot be
       "pinged".


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.


ORIGIN

       Command and manpage based off ping(8).


SEE ALSO

       freeipmi(7), ping(8), rmcpping(8)

       http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/

ipmiping 1.5.1                    2016-02-18                       IPMIPING(8)

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