NAME

       rmcpping - send RMCP Ping to network hosts

SYNOPSIS

       rmcpping [OPTION...] destination

DESCRIPTION

       rmcpping  uses  the  RMCP  Ping  request datagram to elicit an RMCP Pong response from a remote host. The
       utility can be used to verify if a remote host supports RMCP  or  IPMI.  The  initial  starting  sequence
       number  will  be randomized.  rmcpping will return 0 to the environment if it receives atleast 1 response
       from the remote host. Otherwise, it exits with a value of 1.

OPTIONS

       The following options are available

       -h     Output help menu.

       -V     Output version.

       -c count
              Stop after sending count packets.

       -i interval
              Wait interval seconds between sending each packet. The default is to wait for one  second  between
              each packet.

       -I interface address
              Set  source  address to specified interface address. Argument may be numeric IP address or name of
              device.

       -t timeout
              Time to wait for a response, in seconds. Default is five seconds.

       -v     Verbose output.

       -s num Specify an initial starting sequence number. The default is  to  use  a  random  initial  sequence
              number.

       -d     Turn on debugging.

KNOWN ISSUES

       It  has  been  observed  that some remote BMCs can get "confused" and delay packet responses if duplicate
       packets (with duplicate sequence numbers) are sent in succession very quickly. There is no known  way  to
       cleanly deal with a "confused" BMC other than the wait awhile.

       Unlike ping(8), local network devicess (e.g. 127.0.0.1) cannot be "pinged".

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.

       This  program  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License,  or
       (at your option) any later version.

ORIGIN

       Command and manpage based off ping(8).

SEE ALSO

       freeipmi(7), ping(8), ipmiping(8)

       http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/