IPMICFG Release Notes ================================================ Software Release Version: 1.21.0 Release Date: 06/15/2015 Introduction ============ IPMICFG is a command line tool that let user set IPMI command through keyboard controller style (KCS) to the device that support Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0 specifications. Requirements ============ - Operating system: * Microsoft Dos 5.0 or later version * Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 (32/64bit) - Operating system must be pre-installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package Download Link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29 Windows 7/8/8.1: - Need disabled UAC(User Account Control) or open a command prompt with a run as administrator. * Linux Kernel version 2.6.x (ex: RHEL 5.x or 6.x, CentOS 5.x or 6.x) * Free Disk Space: 200 MB (Linux, Windows) * Available RAM: 64 MB - Hardware: * Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) must support Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0 specifications. Installation and Upgrade Instructions ===================================== For Dos ------- Execute IPMICFG.exe For Window ---------- Execute ipmicfg-win.exe For Linux --------- If your system has installed OpenIPMI driver, you can enabled Linux IPMI driver: # /etc/init.d/ipmi start or # modprobe ipmi_msghandler # modprobe ipmi_devintf # modprobe ipmi_si Then execute ipmicfg-linux.x86 or ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 if not, you can also execute ipmicfg-linux.x86 or ipmicfg-linux.x86_64 Third Party Software ==================== 1. Phymem Please refer to http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/35378/Access-Physical-Memory-Port-and-PCI-Configuration for more information. 2. IPMITool Please refer to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool for more information. Version History =============== IPMICFG 1.21.0 ========================= Additions --------- 1. Add BIOS MRC Code for SEL. 2. Add support power consumption sensor(SDR record type = 0x0b). 3. Add SDR Type 2 to support PS Status Compact SDR. 4. Update Fan mode. 5. Udpate SEL description and board id. Modify --------- 1. Modify FatTwin Right side node ID. 2. Modify TwinPro commands. 3. Replace KCS driver. 4. Update length of PWS Module Number from 12 bytes to 13 bytes. Fixes --------- 1. Fix memory ECC error description. Known Issues, Limitations & Restrictions ======================================== 1. 'Destination IP address' in the first entry under alerts subsection is volatile as per the IPMI spec. So, this field will not be saved if restored to factory defaults. 2. Some parameters need IPMI OEM commands support. If not, the execute result will response error message or information. The parameters include: -fd Reset to the factory default. option: -d | Detected IPMI device for BMC reset. -fdl Reset to the factory default. (Clean LAN) option: -d | Detected IPMI device for BMC reset. -fde Reset to the factory default. (Clean FRU & LAN) option: -d | Detected IPMI device for BMC reset. -nm nmsdr Display NM SDR. -nm seltime Get SEL time. -nm deviceid Get ME Device ID. -nm reset Reboots ME. -nm reset2default Force ME reset to Default. -nm updatemode Force ME to Update Mode. -nm selftest Get Self Test Results. -nm listimagesinfo List ME Images information. -nm oemgetpower OEM Power command for ME. -nm oemgettemp OEM Temp. command for ME. -nm pstate Get Max allowed CPU P-State. -nm tstate Get Max allowed CPU T-State. -nm cpumemtemp Get CPU/Memory temperature. -nm hostcpudata Get host CPU data. -fan Get Fan Mode. -fan Set Fan Mode. -pminfo Power supply PMBus health. -psfruinfo Power supply FRU health. -psbbpinfo Battery backup power status. -autodischarge Set auto discharge by days. -discharge Manually discharge battery. -conf upload