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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 ei‐
       ther 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 inter‐
       faces.

OPTIONS
       -a     Prompt for the remote server password.

       -A <authtype>
              Specify  an  authentication  type to use during IPMIv1.5 lan session activation.  Sup‐
              ported 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 IP‐
              MIv2 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 algorithms.

       -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 AD‐
              MIN.

       -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  ob‐
              scured 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)  de‐
              vice  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  in‐
              crease  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 com‐
              mands to get option usage help.

              > ipmievd help
              Commands:
                  open    Use OpenIPMI for asynchronous 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 con‐
              figured OpenIPMI driver on Linux and is only valid to be run through the  open  inter‐
              face.   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/ip‐
                     mievd.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/ip‐
                     mievd.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 AT 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)