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NAME

       ipmievd - IPMI event daemon for sending events to syslog

SYNOPSIS

       ipmievd [-chvV] -I lan -H hostname [ -p <port>] [-U <username>] [ -f <password_file>] [-S <sdrcache>] sel [<option>]

       ipmievd [-chvV] -I lanplus -H hostname [-p <port>] [-U <username>] [-f <password_file>] [-S <sdrcache>] sel [<option>]

       ipmievd [-chvV] -I bmc [-S <sdrcache>] sel [<option>]

DESCRIPTION

       ipmievd	is  a  daemon  that listens for events from the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) which are being sent to the System Event Log
       (SEL), and logs those messages to syslog. The daemon actively polls the contents of the SEL for new events.  When an event is received,	it
       is logged to syslog using the LOG_LOCAL4 facility.  On Solaris, it has been made to use LOG_DAEMON instead, so that no changes to /etc/sys-
       log.conf are necessary.

       ipmievd is based on the ipmitool utility and it shares the same Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support and session  setup
       options.  The ipmitool man page provides more information on supported IPMI interfaces.

OPTIONS

       -c     Present output in comma separated variable (CSV) format.

       -f password_file
	      Specify  a  file	containing  the  remote server password. If this option is absent, or if password_file is empty, the password will
	      default to NULL.

	      If the -f option is not present, ipmitool will prompt the user for a password. If no password is entered at the prompt,  the  remote
	      server password will default to NULL.

	      For IPMI v1.5, the maximum password length is 16 characters.  Passwords longer than 16 characters will be truncated.

	      For  IPMI  v2.0,	the  maximum password length is 20 characters.	Passwords longer than 20 characters will be truncated.	The longer
	      password length is supported by the lanplus interface.

       -h     Get basic usage help from the command line.

       -H hostname
	      Remote server address, which can be an IP address or hostname.  This option is required for the LAN interface connection.

       -I interface
	      Selects IPMI interface to use. Possible interfaces are:

	      bmc	IPMI v2.0 BMC interface [default]
	      lan	IPMI v1.5 LAN Interface
	      lanplus	IPMI v2.0 RMCP

       -p port
	      Remote server UDP port to connect to (default is 623).

       -S sdrcache
	      Use local file for remote Sensor Data Repository (SDR) cache.  Using a local SDR cache can drastically increase performance for com-
	      mands that require knowledge of the entire SDR to perform their function.

       -U username
	      Remote server username; default is NULL user.

       -v     Increase	verbose  output level.	This option can be specified multiple times to increase the level of debug output.  If given three
	      times, you will get hexdumps of all incoming and outgoing packets.

       -V     Display version information.

COMMANDS

       help   This can be used to get command-line help.  It can also be placed at the end of commands to get option usage help.

	      > ipmievd bmc help
	      Commands:
		  sel	   Poll SEL for notification of events

       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/ipmievd.pid.

	      timeout=seconds
		     Time between checks for SEL polling method.  Default is 10 seconds.

EXIT STATUS

       Upon successful completion, ipmievd returns 0.  On failure, 1 is returned.

EXAMPLE

       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...

FILES

       /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/bmc

				     32-bit ELF kernel module for the bmc driver.

       /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/amd64/bmc

				     64-bit ELF kernel module for the bmc driver.
       /dev/bmc

				     Character device node used to communicate with the bmc driver.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Architecture	    | i386, amd64     |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWipmi	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | Volatile	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO

       attributes(5), ipmitool(1M), smf(5), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M), svcs(1)

       IPMItool Homepage
	      http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net

       Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification
	      http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm

       OpenIPMI Homepage
	      http://openipmi.sourceforge.net

NOTES

       The ipmievd daemon is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier: svc:/network/ipmievd:default.

       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling or disabling, can be performed using svcadm(1M). Use svccfg(1M) to make configura-
       tion changes and svcs(1) to view configuration information and service status.

       Source for ipmievd is available on http://opensolaris.org.

								 29 November 2006							ipmievd(8)