Dell PowerEdge 7250 User Manual

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32 BMC Management Utilityw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m Using IPMI ShellTo use IPMI Shell, perform the following steps:On systems running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system:1 Start a Command Prompt window.2 Go to the directory where the file ipmish.exe is located. By default, ipmish.exe is located atthe directory: C:\ProgramFiles\ Dell\OpenManage\bmcconsole.3 Enter IPMI Shell commands (see "IPMI Shell Command Syntax") to manage the remotesystem. Go to "IPMI Shell Commands" for a complete list of valid options, commands,subcommands, and arguments.On systems running a supported Red Hat Linux operating system:1 Start an operating system (OS) shell.2 Enter IPMI Shell commands (see "IPMI Shell Command Syntax") to manage the remotesystem. Go to "IPMI Shell Commands" for a complete list of valid options, commands,subcommands, and arguments.IPMI Shell Command SyntaxThe general syntax of IPMI Shell CLI commands is as follows:ipmish [global-option] … command [; command] …where a command is :command [subcommand] [command option and argument] …Both global options and command-specific options are always in the form of:-option argumentFor example:-help-max 20-u JohnArguments with embedded tabs or spaces must be enclosed in matching double quotation marks("). For example:-user "John Smith"Every command has one default action. The default action is typically, but not always, theequivalent of reading and displaying the current setting or status for the command.