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ipmievd(8) ipmievd(8)
NAME
ipmievd - IPMI event daemon for sending events to syslog
SYNOPSIS
ipmievd [-c|-h|-d N|-v|-V] -I open <open | sel> [<option>]
ipmievd [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lan -H <hostname>
[-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-A <authtype>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
[-O <sel oem>]
sel [<option>]
ipmievd [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lanplus -H <hostname>
[-p <port>]
[-U <username>]
[-L <privlvl>]
[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]
[-o <oemtype>]
[-O <sel oem>]
[-C <ciphersuite>]
sel [<option>]
DESCRIPTION
ipmievd is a daemon which will listen for events from the BMC that are
being sent to the SEL and also log those messages to syslog. It is
able to run in one of two modes: either using the Event Message Buffer
and asynchronous event notification from the OpenIPMI kernel driver or
actively polling the contents of the SEL for new events. Upon receipt
of an event via either mechanism it will be logged to syslog with the
LOG_LOCAL4 facility.
It is based on the ipmitool utility and shares the same IPMI interface
support and session setup options. Please see the ipmitool manpage for
more information on supported IPMI interfaces.
OPTIONS
-a Prompt for the remote server password.
-A <authtype>
Specify an authentication type to use during IPMIv1.5 lan
session activation. Supported types are NONE, PASSWORD, MD2,
MD5, or OEM.
-c Present output in CSV (comma separated variable) format. This
is not available with all commands.
-C <ciphersuite>
The remote server authentication, integrity, and encryption
algorithms to use for IPMIv2 lanplus connections. See table
22-19 in the IPMIv2 specification. The default is 3 which
specifies RAKP-HMAC-SHA1 authentication, HMAC-SHA1-96 integrity,
and AES-CBC-128 encryption algorightms.
-E The remote server password is specified by the environment
variable IPMI_PASSWORD.
-f <password_file>
Specifies a file containing the remote server password. If this
option is absent, or if password_file is empty, the password
will default to NULL.
-h Get basic usage help from the command line.
-H <address>
Remote server address, can be IP address or hostname. This
option is required for lan and lanplus interfaces.
-I <interface>
Selects IPMI interface to use. Supported interfaces that are
compiled in are visible in the usage help output.
-L <privlvl>
Force session privilege level. Can be CALLBACK, USER, OPERATOR,
ADMIN. Default is ADMIN.
-m <local_address>
Set the local IPMB address. The default is 0x20 and there
should be no need to change it for normal operation.
-o <oemtype>
Select OEM type to support. This usually involves minor hacks
in place in the code to work around quirks in various BMCs from
various manufacturers. Use -o list to see a list of current
supported OEM types.
-O <sel oem>
Open selected file and read OEM SEL event descriptions to be
used during SEL listings. See examples in contrib dir for file
format.
-p <port>
Remote server UDP port to connect to. Default is 623.
-P <password>
Remote server password is specified on the command line. If
supported it will be obscured in the process list. Note!
Specifying the password as a command line option is not
recommended.
-S <sdr_cache_file>
Use local file for remote SDR cache. Using a local SDR cache
can drastically increase performance for commands that require
knowledge of the entire SDR to perform their function.
-t <target_address>
Bridge IPMI requests to the remote target address.
-U <username>
Remote server username, default is NULL user.
-d N Use device number N to specify the /dev/ipmiN (or /dev/ipmi/N or
/dev/ipmidev/N) device to use for in-band BMC communication.
Used to target a specific BMC on a multi-node, multi-BMC system
through the ipmi device driver interface. Default is 0.
-v Increase verbose output level. This option may be specified
multiple times to increase the level of debug output. If given
three times you will get hexdumps of all incoming and outgoing
packets.
-V Display version information.
If no password method is specified then ipmievd will prompt the user
for a password. If no password is entered at the prompt, the remote
server password will default to NULL.
COMMANDS
help This can be used to get command-line help. It may also be
placed at the end of commands to get option usage help.
> ipmievd help
Commands:
open Use OpenIPMI for asyncronous notification of events
sel Poll SEL for notification of events
open This command starts ipmievd with the OpenIPMI event watching
mechanism which relies on the Event Message Buffer feature of
IPMI. This requires a properly installed and configured
OpenIPMI driver on Linux and is only valid to be run through the
open interface. See the ipmitool manpage and associated
documentation for more information on setting up the OpenIPMI
driver.
Note: Some BMC do not support the Event Message Buffer required
for this command. Other BMCs claim to support it but do not
actually deliver events to it. If this is the case please use
the sel method.
daemon Launch process as a daemon and reparent to init process.
All messages will be sent to syslog. This is the default
action.
nodaemon
Do NOT become a daemon, instead log all messages to
stderr.
pidfile=<filename>
Save process ID to this file when in daemon mode.
Defaults to /var/run/ipmievd.pidN (where N is the ipmi
device number -- defaults to 0).
sel This command starts ipmievd with the SEL Polling event watching
mechanism. This will poll the SEL periodically to determine if
new events have been logged. This command should work with all
BMCs and is capable of using the LAN interface as well to
monitor a remote system and log its events to a local syslog.
daemon Launch process as a daemon and reparent to init process.
All messages will be sent to syslog. This is the default
action.
nodaemon
Do NOT become a daemon, instead log all messages to
stderr.
pidfile=<filename>
Save process ID to this file when in daemon mode.
Defaults to /var/run/ipmievd.pidN (where N is the ipmi
device number -- defaults to 0).
timeout=<seconds>
Time between checks for SEL polling method. Default is
10 seconds.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Daemon process watching OpenIPMI for events
> ipmievd -I open open daemon
Example 2: Local non-daemon process checking remote SEL every 30
seconds
> ipmievd -I lan -H 1.2.3.4 -f passfile sel nodaemon timeout=30
Reading Sensors...
Waiting for Events...
AUTHOR
Duncan Laurie <duncan@iceblink.org>
SEE ALSO
IPMItool Homepage
http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net
Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi
OpenIPMI Homepage
http://openipmi.sourceforge.net
Duncan Laurie ipmievd(8)