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ifwum: Update IPMC using Kontron OEM Firmware Update Manager

NAME

ipmiutil_fwum - Update IPMC using Kontron OEM Firmware Update Manager

SYNOPSIS

ipmiutil fwum [-mixNUPREFJTVY] parameters

DESCRIPTION

This ipmiutil fwum subcommand updates IPMC firmware using Kontron OEM Firmware Update Manager.

This utility can use either the /dev/ipmi0 driver from OpenIPMI, the /dev/imb driver from Intel, the /dev/ipmikcs driver from valinux, direct user-space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N.

OPTIONS

Command line options are described below.

-i 00

This option specifies a specific FRU ID to show. The input value should be in hex (0b, 1a, etc.), as shown from the sensor SDR output. The default FRU ID is zero (0).

-m 002000

Show FRU for a specific MC (e.g. bus 00, sa 20, lun 00). This could be used for PICMG or ATCA blade systems. The trailing character, if present, indicates SMI addressing if 's', or IPMB addressing if 'i' or not present.

-x

Causes extra debug messages to be displayed.

-N nodename

Nodename or IP address of the remote target system. If a nodename is specified, IPMI LAN interface is used. Otherwise the local system management interface is used.

-U rmt_user

Remote username for the nodename given. The default is a null username.

-P/-R rmt_pswd

Remote password for the nodename given. The default is a null password.

-E

Use the remote password from Environment variable IPMI_PASSWORD.

-F drv_t

Force the driver type to one of the followng: imb, va, open, gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb. Note that lan2i means lan2 with intelplus. The default is to detect any available driver type and use it.

-J

Use the specified LanPlus cipher suite (0 thru 17): 0=none/none/none, 1=sha1/none/none, 2=sha1/sha1/none, 3=sha1/sha1/cbc128, 4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128, 5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40, 6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4_40. Default is 3.

-T

Use a specified IPMI LAN Authentication Type: 0=None, 1=MD2, 2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM.

-V

Use a specified IPMI LAN privilege level. 1=Callback level, 2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default), 5=OEM level.

-Y

Yes, do prompt the user for the IPMI LAN remote password. Alternatives for the password are -E or -P.

PARAMETERS

fwum parameters

info

Show information about current firmware.

status

Show status of each firmware bank present in the hardware.

download filename

Download the specified firmware image.

upgrade [filename]

Install firmware upgrade. If the filename is specified, the file is downloaded first, otherwise the last firmware downloaded is used.

rollback

Ask IPMC to rollback to previous version.

tracelog

Show the firmware upgrade log.

EXAMPLES

ipmiutil fwum info
Gets Firmware information

ipmiutil fwum -N 192.168.1.1 -U root -P pswd download firmware.img
Downloads the firmware version contained in firmware.img over IPMI LAN.

WARNINGS

See http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version of ipmiutil and any bug fix list.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010 Kontron America, Inc.

See the file COPYING in the distribution for more details regarding redistribution.

This utility is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.

AUTHOR

Andy Cress <arcress at users.sourceforge.net>