{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "ipmievd",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ipmievd/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-02T21:26:52Z",
    "synopsis": "ipmievd [-c|-h|-d N|-v|-V] -I open <open | sel> [<option>]\nipmievd [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lan -H <hostname>\n[-p <port>]\n[-U <username>]\n[-A <authtype>]\n[-L <privlvl>]\n[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]\n[-o <oemtype>]\n[-O <sel oem>]\nsel [<option>]\nipmievd [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lanplus -H <hostname>\n[-p <port>]\n[-U <username>]\n[-L <privlvl>]\n[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]\n[-o <oemtype>]\n[-O <sel oem>]\n[-C <ciphersuite>]\nsel [<option>]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "ipmievd - IPMI event daemon for sending events to syslog\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "ipmievd [-c|-h|-d N|-v|-V] -I open <open | sel> [<option>]\n\nipmievd [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lan -H <hostname>\n[-p <port>]\n[-U <username>]\n[-A <authtype>]\n[-L <privlvl>]\n[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]\n[-o <oemtype>]\n[-O <sel oem>]\nsel [<option>]\n\nipmievd [-c|-h|-v|-V] -I lanplus -H <hostname>\n[-p <port>]\n[-U <username>]\n[-L <privlvl>]\n[-a|-E|-P|-f <password>]\n[-o <oemtype>]\n[-O <sel oem>]\n[-C <ciphersuite>]\nsel [<option>]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "ipmievd  is a daemon which will listen for events from the BMC that are being sent to the SEL\nand also log those messages to syslog.  It is able to run in one of two modes:  either  using\nthe  Event Message Buffer and asynchronous event notification from the OpenIPMI kernel driver\nor actively polling the contents of the SEL for new events.  Upon receipt of an event via ei‐\nther mechanism it will be logged to syslog with the LOGLOCAL4 facility.\n\nIt  is  based  on the ipmitool utility and shares the same IPMI interface support and session\nsetup options.  Please see the ipmitool manpage for more information on supported IPMI inter‐\nfaces.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-a",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-a"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-A",
                    "content": "Specify  an  authentication  type to use during IPMIv1.5 lan session activation.  Sup‐\nported types are NONE, PASSWORD, MD2, MD5, or OEM.\n",
                    "flag": "-A"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-c",
                    "content": "all commands.\n",
                    "flag": "-c"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-C",
                    "content": "The  remote server authentication, integrity, and encryption algorithms to use for IP‐\nMIv2 lanplus connections.  See table 22-19 in the IPMIv2 specification.   The  default\nis  3  which  specifies  RAKP-HMAC-SHA1  authentication,  HMAC-SHA1-96  integrity, and\nAES-CBC-128 encryption algorithms.\n",
                    "flag": "-C"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-E",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-E"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-f",
                    "content": "Specifies a file containing the remote server password. If this option is  absent,  or\nif passwordfile is empty, the password will default to NULL.\n",
                    "flag": "-f"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-H",
                    "content": "Remote server address, can be IP address or hostname.  This option is required for lan\nand lanplus interfaces.\n",
                    "flag": "-H"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-I",
                    "content": "Selects IPMI interface to use.  Supported interfaces that are compiled in are  visible\nin the usage help output.\n",
                    "flag": "-I"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-L",
                    "content": "Force session privilege level.  Can be CALLBACK, USER, OPERATOR, ADMIN. Default is AD‐\nMIN.\n",
                    "flag": "-L"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-m",
                    "content": "Set the local IPMB address.  The default is 0x20 and there should be no need to change\nit for normal operation.\n",
                    "flag": "-m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-o",
                    "content": "Select OEM type to support.  This usually involves minor hacks in place in the code to\nwork around quirks in various BMCs from various manufacturers.  Use -o list to  see  a\nlist of current supported OEM types.\n",
                    "flag": "-o"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-O",
                    "content": "Open selected file and read OEM SEL event descriptions to be used during SEL listings.\nSee examples in contrib dir for file format.\n",
                    "flag": "-O"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-p",
                    "content": "Remote server UDP port to connect to.  Default is 623.\n",
                    "flag": "-p"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-P",
                    "content": "Remote server password is specified on the command line.  If supported it will be  ob‐\nscured in the process list.  Note! Specifying the password as a command line option is\nnot recommended.\n",
                    "flag": "-P"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-S",
                    "content": "Use local file for remote SDR cache.  Using a local SDR cache can drastically increase\nperformance  for  commands  that  require knowledge of the entire SDR to perform their\nfunction.\n",
                    "flag": "-S"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-t",
                    "content": "Bridge IPMI requests to the remote target address.\n",
                    "flag": "-t"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-U",
                    "content": "Remote server username, default is NULL user.\n",
                    "flag": "-U"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-d",
                    "content": "vice  to use for in-band BMC communication.  Used to target a specific BMC on a multi-\nnode, multi-BMC system through the ipmi device driver interface.  Default is 0.\n",
                    "flag": "-d"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v",
                    "content": "crease  the  level of debug output.  If given three times you will get hexdumps of all\nincoming and outgoing packets.\n",
                    "flag": "-v"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-V",
                    "content": "If no password method is specified then ipmievd will prompt the user for a  password.  If  no\npassword is entered at the prompt, the remote server password will default to NULL.\n",
                    "flag": "-V"
                }
            ]
        },
        "COMMANDS": {
            "content": "help   This  can  be used to get command-line help.  It may also be placed at the end of com‐\nmands to get option usage help.\n\n> ipmievd help\nCommands:\nopen    Use OpenIPMI for asynchronous notification of events\nsel     Poll SEL for notification of events\n\n\nopen   This command starts ipmievd with the OpenIPMI event watching mechanism which relies on\nthe Event Message Buffer feature of IPMI.  This requires a properly installed and con‐\nfigured OpenIPMI driver on Linux and is only valid to be run through the  open  inter‐\nface.   See  the ipmitool manpage and associated documentation for more information on\nsetting up the OpenIPMI driver.\n\nNote: Some BMC do not support the Event Message  Buffer  required  for  this  command.\nOther  BMCs  claim to support it but do not actually deliver events to it.  If this is\nthe case please use the sel method.\n\n\ndaemon Launch process as a daemon and reparent to init process.  All messages will  be\nsent to syslog.  This is the default action.\n\nnodaemon\nDo NOT become a daemon, instead log all messages to stderr.\n\npidfile=<filename>\nSave  process  ID  to  this file when in daemon mode.  Defaults to /var/run/ip‐\nmievd.pidN (where N is the ipmi device number -- defaults to 0).\n\n\nsel    This command starts ipmievd with the SEL Polling event watching mechanism.  This  will\npoll  the  SEL periodically to determine if new events have been logged.  This command\nshould work with all BMCs and is capable of using the LAN interface as well to monitor\na remote system and log its events to a local syslog.\n\n\ndaemon Launch  process as a daemon and reparent to init process.  All messages will be\nsent to syslog.  This is the default action.\n\nnodaemon\nDo NOT become a daemon, instead log all messages to stderr.\n\npidfile=<filename>\nSave process ID to this file when in daemon  mode.   Defaults  to  /var/run/ip‐\nmievd.pidN (where N is the ipmi device number -- defaults to 0).\n\ntimeout=<seconds>\nTime between checks for SEL polling method.  Default is 10 seconds.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXAMPLES": {
            "content": "Example 1: Daemon process watching OpenIPMI for events\n\n> ipmievd -I open open daemon\n\nExample 2: Local non-daemon process checking remote SEL every 30 seconds\n\n> ipmievd -I lan -H 1.2.3.4 -f passfile sel nodaemon timeout=30\nReading Sensors...\nWaiting for Events...\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Duncan Laurie <duncan@iceblink.org>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "IPMItool Homepage\nhttp://ipmitool.sourceforge.net\n\nIntelligent Platform Management Interface Specification\nhttp://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi\n\nOpenIPMI Homepage\nhttp://openipmi.sourceforge.net\n\n\n\nDuncan Laurie                                                                             ipmievd(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "ipmievd - IPMI event daemon for sending events to syslog",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-a",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-A",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Specify an authentication type to use during IPMIv1.5 lan session activation. Sup‐ ported types are NONE, PASSWORD, MD2, MD5, or OEM."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-c",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "all commands."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-C",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-E",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-f",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Specifies a file containing the remote server password. If this option is absent, or if passwordfile is empty, the password will default to NULL."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-H",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Remote server address, can be IP address or hostname. This option is required for lan and lanplus interfaces."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-I",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Selects IPMI interface to use. Supported interfaces that are compiled in are visible in the usage help output."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-L",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Force session privilege level. Can be CALLBACK, USER, OPERATOR, ADMIN. Default is AD‐ MIN."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-m",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Set the local IPMB address. The default is 0x20 and there should be no need to change it for normal operation."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-o",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-O",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Open selected file and read OEM SEL event descriptions to be used during SEL listings. See examples in contrib dir for file format."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-p",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Remote server UDP port to connect to. Default is 623."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-P",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-S",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-t",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Bridge IPMI requests to the remote target address."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-U",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Remote server username, default is NULL user."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "crease the level of debug output. If given three times you will get hexdumps of all incoming and outgoing packets."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-V",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        }
    ],
    "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..."
    ],
    "see_also": []
}