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ipmilan(8)                     IPMI LAN to System Interface Converter                     ipmilan(8)



NAME
       ipmilan - IPMI LAN to System Interface Converter


SYNOPSIS
       ipmilan [-c configfile] [-i ipmidevice] [-d] [-n]


DESCRIPTION
       The ipmilan daemon allows an IPMI system interface using the OpenIPMI device driver to be ac‐
       cessed using the IPMI 1.5 or 2.0 LAN protocol.

       ipmilan supports the full authentication capabilities of the IPMI LAN protocol.

       ipmilan supports multiple IP addresses for fault-tolerance.  Note that messages coming in  on
       an address are always sent back out on the same address they came in.


OPTIONS
       -c config-file
              Set the configuration file to one other than the default of /etc/ipmi_lan.conf

       -n     Stops  the  daemon  from  forking  and  detaching  from the controlling terminal. This
              is useful for running from init.

       -d     Turns on debugging to standard output.  You generally have to use -n with this.



CONFIGURATION
       Configuration is accomplished through the file /etc/ipmi_lan.conf.  A file with another  name
       or path may be specified using the -c option.  See the ipmi_lan config file man page for more
       details.


SECURITY
       ipmilan implements normal IPMI security.  The default is no access for anyone, so the default
       is  pretty  safe,  but  be  careful what you add, because this is access to control your box.
       straight and none authorizations are not recommended, you should probably stick with  md2  or
       md5.


SIGNALS
       SIGHUP
            ipmilan  should  handle SIGHUP and reread it's configuration files.  However, it doesn't
            right now.  It might in the future, for now you will have to kill  it  and  restart  it.
            Clients should handle reconnecting in this case.  If they don't, they are broken.


ERROR OUTPUT
       At startup, all error output goes to stderr.  After that, all error output goes to syslog.


FILES
       /etc/ipmi_lan.conf


SEE ALSO
       ipmi_lan(5),ipmi_ui(1),openipmish(1)


KNOWN PROBLEMS
       Currently,  ipmilan does not implement writing the config file.  IPMI commands to change con‐
       figuration options are accepted, but the permanent writing of the changes does not  currently
       work.


AUTHOR
       Corey Minyard <cminyard AT mvista.com>



OpenIPMI                                      06/26/12                                    ipmilan(8)