NAME

conserver-ipmipower - ipmitool wrapper for remote chassis power control via IPMI

SYNOPSIS

conserver-ipmipower [-hv] [-I channel] bmchostname [power command]

DESCRIPTION

A wrapper to ipmitool(1) intended to be called by hand in order remotely to control a machine's power via IPMI.

This wrapper is supplied by the lcfg-conserver(8) component, and must be invoked by the system root user.

The specific command this wraps is: ``ipmitool -I channel -H bmchostname chassis power [power command]''.

bmchostname

Hostname (or IP address) of the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) on the host to which the chassis power subcommand is to be sent by ipmitool.

-I channel

Selects the IPMI interface to be used. Must be either `lanplus' (for IPMI v2.0) or `lan' (for IPMI v1.5). The default is `lanplus'.

-h

Output help information, and terminate.

-v

Run in verbose mode.

power command

The chassis power subcommand to be sent. Typically: status, on, off, cycle, reset, diag, or soft - but see ipmitool(1) for a complete list of currently-supported options and their meanings.

SEE ALSO

ipmitool(1), lcfg-conserver(8)

PLATFORMS

Fedora3, Fedora5, Fedora6, Scientific5

AUTHOR

Ian Durkacz <idurkacz@inf.ed.ac.uk>