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hpireset

hpireset(1)							      OpenHPI							       hpireset(1)

NAME

       hpireset - This sample openhpi application exercises HPI Reset Management APIs.

SYNOPSIS

	hpireset [-D nn] [-N host[:port]] [-C <cfgfile>] [-r -w -h -X]
	hpireset [--domain nn] [--host=host[:port]] [--cfgfile=file] [--hard --warm --help --debug]

DESCRIPTION

       hpireset searches the Resource Presence Table (RPT) for resources with Reset Capability. It sends the requested reset action to all
       resources with SAHPI_CAPABILITY_RESET.

       If no domain is selected, hpireset uses a session with the default domain. The selected domain id must be configured via the
       openhpidclient.conf file specified in the environment.

OPTIONS

   Help Options:
       -h, --help
	 Show help options

   Application Options:
       -r, --hard
	 Hard resets the system

       -w, --warm
	 Warm resets the system

       -D nn, --domain=nn
	 Select domain id nn

       -X, --debug
	 Display debug messages

       -N "host[:port]", --host="host[:port]"
	 Open session to the domain served by the daemon at the specified URL (host:port).  This option overrides the OPENHPI_DAEMON_HOST and
	 OPENHPI_DAEMON_PORT environment variables.  If host contains ':' (for example IPv6 address) then enclose it in square brackets.  For
	 example: "[::1]" or "[::1]:4743".

       -C "file", --cfgfile="file"
	 Use passed file as client configuration file.	This option overrides the OPENHPICLIENT_CONf environment variable.

SEE ALSO

		hpi_shell
		hpialarms      hpifan	      hpipower	     hpitop
		hpidomain      hpigensimdata  hpisensor      hpitree
		hpiel	       hpiiinv	      hpisettime     hpiwdt
		hpievents      hpionIBMblade  hpithres	     hpixml
		ohdomainlist   ohhandler      ohparam

AUTHORS

       Authors of this man page:

	Peter D Phan (pdphan@users.sourceforge.net)
	Ulrich Kleber (ulikleber@users.sourceforge.net)
	Anton Pak (avpak@users.sourceforge.net)

3.2.1								    2011-09-20							       hpireset(1)