NAME

       ipmiutil_alarms - display and set alarm indicators

SYNOPSIS

       ipmiutil alarms [-abcdimnoprx -N node -U user -P/-R pswd -EFJTVY]

DESCRIPTION

       ipmiutil  alarms  is  a  program  that  uses IPMI commands to display and set alarm indicators, which are
       usually LEDs on the system chassis front panel.  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.  Note that a LAN user must have Administrative privileges to read or  write
       the alarm LEDs.

       Note  that  this  utility  may  not  be  the  only  logic setting alarm states.  The BMC firmware, system
       management software, or cluster fault manager may also want to set alarm states.  Intel provides a  Telco
       Alarms Manager API which presents a consolidated interface for all alarm management applications.

OPTIONS

       Command line options are described below.

       -r     Read-only.   Show  the alarms status, but do not set any states.  This is also the default mode if
              no parameters are specified.

       -iN    Sets the Chassis Identify feature, which can be an LED or some other alarm.  If N=0, turn off  the
              Chassis ID, otherwise turn the ID on for N seconds.  N=255 will turn on the ID indefinitely, if it
              is IPMI 2.0.

       -aN    Sets Disk A Fault LED.  If N=0, turn it off.  If N=1, turn it on.  Used only for TIGPT1U platform.

       -bN    Sets Disk B Fault LED.  If N=0, turn it off.  If N=1, turn it on.  Used only for TIGPT1U platform.

       -dXN   Sets Disk X Fault LED, where X=0-6.  If N=0, turn it off.  If N=1, turn  it  on.   Used  only  for
              NSC2U platform.

       -cN    Sets the Critical Alarm.  If N=0, turn it off.  If N=1, turn it on.

       -mN    Sets the Major Alarm.  If N=0, turn it off.  If N=1, turn it on.

       -nN    Sets the Minor Alarm.  If N=0, turn it off.  If N=1, turn it on.

       -pN    Sets  the Power Alarm.  If N=0, turn it off.  If N=1, turn it on.  Note that the Power LED is also
              wired to the System Fault LED in the back of the system, so this state may be off for  Power,  but
              the  LED  could  be  lit for a System Fault reason instead.  Refer to the system Technical Product
              Specification for System Faults.

       -o     Sets all alarms off, including the Chassis ID.

       -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.

       -P/-R rmt_pswd
              Remote password for the nodename given.  The default is a null password.

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

       -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 this IPMI LAN Authentication Type: 0=None, 1=MD2, 2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM.

       -V     Use   this   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.

SEE ALSO

       ipmiutil(8)  iconfig(8) icmd(8) idiscover(8) ievents(8) ifru(8) igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8)
       isel(8) isensor(8) iserial(8) isol(8) iwdt(8)

WARNINGS

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009  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>

                                            Version 1.3: 20 Apr 2007                                  IALARMS(8)