ipmiconsole(8) System Commands ipmiconsole(8) (NAME) ipmiconsole - IPMI Serial-over-LAN (SOL) (SYNOPSIS) ipmiconsole [OPTION...] (DESCRIPTION) ipmiconsole Serial-over-LAN (SOL) . IPMI 2.0 SOL . ipmiconsole (BMC) . SOL BMC . FreeIPMI ipmi-config(8) . ( ) (console redirection) BIOS / . COM . . IPMI (workarounds) . FreeIPMI freeipmi(7) . (GENERAL OPTIONS) IPMI . -h IPMIHOST, --hostname=IPMIHOST[:PORT] . (port forwarding) . IPv6 [ADDRESS]:PORT . -u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME . ( ) . SOL SOL . -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD . . IPMI 1.5 IPMI 2.0 . -P, --password-prompt . -k K_G, --k-g=K_G K_g BMC IPMI 2.0 . . '0x' 'abc' 'abc' '0x616263' . -K, --k-g-prompt k-g . --session-timeout=MILLISECONDS . ( ) . --retransmission-timeout=MILLISECONDS . ( ) . -I, --cipher-suite-id=CIPHER-SUITE-ID (Cipher Suite ID) IPMI 2.0 . IPMI 2.0 . (payload) . 3 . 3 8 12 . ( ) . : 0 - = None = None = None 1 - = HMAC-SHA1 = None = None 2 - = HMAC-SHA1 = HMAC-SHA1-96 = None 3 - = HMAC-SHA1 = HMAC-SHA1-96 = AES-CBC-128 6 - = HMAC-MD5 = None = None 7 - = HMAC-MD5 = HMAC-MD5-128 = None 8 - = HMAC-MD5 = HMAC-MD5-128 = AES-CBC-128 11 - = HMAC-MD5 = MD5-128 = None 12 - = HMAC-MD5 = MD5-128 = AES-CBC-128 15 - = HMAC-SHA256 = None = None 16 - = HMAC-SHA256 = HMAC_SHA256_128 = None 17 - = HMAC-SHA256 = HMAC_SHA256_128 = AES-CBC-128 -l PRIVILEGE-LEVEL, --privilege-level=PRIVILEGE-LEVEL . USER OPERATOR ADMIN . ADMIN . --config-file=FILE . -W WORKAROUNDS, --workaround-flags=WORKAROUNDS . . "none" ( ). << >> . --debug () . -?, --help . --usage . -V, --version . IPMICONSOLE (IPMICONSOLE OPTIONS) ipmiconsole . -e CHAR, --escape-char=CHAR (escape) ( '&' ). --dont-steal SOL (steal) . SOL ipmiconsole SOL . SOL . --deactivate SOL . --serial-keepalive NUL . ipmiconsole (logging) . IPMI / . ipmiconsole , . NUL . NUL . NUL getty(8) ( agetty(8)) (baud rate) . --serial-keepalive-empty --serial-keepalive SOL NUL . IPMI NUL . SOL ACK (keepalive) . --sol-payload-instance=NUM SOL . 1 1 15 . . --deactivate-all-instances --deactivate SOL . --lock-memory ( ) . --proxy TCP / . gdb . << SOL TCP>> . --proxyport=PORTNUMBER TCP TCP . 6023 . --proxyaddr=ADDRESS TCP . 127.0.0.1 . << SOL TCP>> . (ESCAPE CHARACTERS) . '&' -e . &? . &. . &B "serial-break" . &D DEL. && . (GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING) IPMI . IPMI LAN BMC . BMC : IP MAC (subnet mask) LAN LAN () . IPMI 2.0 () K_g . ipmi-config(8) / . << >> . . . "username invalid" - ( NULL ) . BMC . "password invalid" - ( NULL ) . BMC . "password verification timeout" - . "password invalid" ( ) "session timeout" ( ) . . "k_g invalid" - K_g ( K_g NULL ) . K_g BMC . "privilege level insufficient" - IPMI . . . "privilege level cannot be obtained for this user" - . . BMC . "authentication type unavailable for attempted privilege level" - . . BMC . "cipher suite id unavailable" - BMC . . BMC . "ipmi 2.0 unavailable" - IPMI 2.0 . IPMI 1.5 . "connection timeout" - IPMI . IP IPMI IPMI . . "session timeout" - IPMI . . . BMC . "internal IPMI error" - IPMI FreeIPMI . . IPMICONSOLE (IPMICONSOLE TROUBLESHOOTING) ipmiconsole . "SOL unavailable" - SOL BMC . . IPMI BMC . "SOL in use" - SOL BMC . --dont-steal ipmiconsole SOL . BMC SOL . "SOL session stolen" - SOL . . "SOL requires encryption" - SOL . 3 8 12 . BMC . "SOL requires no encryption" - SOL . 0 1 2 6 7 11 . BMC . "BMC Implementation" - BMC . << >> . . "excess retransmissions sent" - SOL ipmiconsole . SOL . "connection timeout" "session timeout" . . "excess errors received" - SOL ipmiconsole . SOL . . "BMC Error" - SOL . . << >> . (WORKAROUNDS) IPMI IPMI . . . -W . . . . IPMI . FreeIPMI . authcap - K_g IPMI . K_g . "username invalid" "authentication type unavailable for attempted privilege level" "k_g invalid" . Asus P5M2/P5MT- R/RS162-E4/RX4 Intel SR1520ML/X38ML Sun Fire 2200/4150/4450 ELOM . nochecksumcheck - FreeIPMI (checksums) IPMI . . . . "connection timeout" "session timeout" "password verification timeout" . IPMI 1.5 "noauthcodecheck" . Supermicro X9SCM-iiF Supermicro X9DRi-F Supermicro X9DRFR . intel20 - Intel IPMI 2.0 . HMAC-MD5-128 . "username invalid" "password invalid" "k_g invalid" . Intel SE7520AF2 ( ) . supermicro20 - Supermicro IPMI 2.0 Peppercon IPMI . . "password invalid" . Supermicro H8QME SIMSO . . sun20 - Sun IPMI 2.0 . . "password invalid" "bmc error" . Sun Fire 4100/4200/4500 ILOM . "opensesspriv" . opensesspriv - IPMI 2.0 FreeIPMI . Open Session IPMI 2.0 RAKP1 . "password invalid" "k_g invalid" "bad rmcpplus status code" "privilege level cannot be obtained for this user" . Sun Fire 4100/4200/4500 ILOM Inventec 5441/Dell Xanadu II Supermicro X8DTH Supermicro X8DTG Intel S5500WBV/Penguin Relion 700 Intel S2600JF/Appro 512X Quanta QSSC-S4R/Appro GB812X-CN Dell C5220 BMC OpenIPMI . "sun20" . integritycheckvalue - IPMI 2.0 0 . 0 . "k_g invalid" . Supermicro X8DTG Supermicro X8DTU Intel S5500WBV/Penguin Relion 700 Intel S2600JF/Appro 512X . solpayloadsize - SOL . IPMI 2.0 SOL . "BMC Implementation" . Asus P5M2/RS162-E4/RX4 Intel SR1520ML/X38ML Inventec 5441/Dell Xanadu II Sun x4100 Supermicro X8DTH Supermicro X8DTG Supermicro X8DTU Quanta QSSC-S4R//Appro GB812X-CN . solport - SOL . SOL . "connection timeout" . Asus P5MT-R Supermicro X8DTH-iF . solstatus - SOL . . "BMC Error" . Supermicro X8SIL-F . solchannelsupport - SOL . . "BMC Error" . Intel Windmill Quanta Winterfell Wiwynn Windmill . serialalertsdeferred - . IPMI IPMI LAN (SOL) . SOL "excess retransmissions sent" . Intel Windmill Quanta Winterfell Wiwynn Windmill . solpacketseq - SOL . SOL "" . BMC . SOL "excess retransmissions sent" . Intel Windmill Quanta Winterfell Wiwynn Windmill . (KNOWN ISSUES) ps(1) /proc . -P -K . FreeIPMI . (brute force) BMC . . OEM SOL SOL . SOL ipmiconsole (session timeout) . (OEM) . (SPECIFIC HARDWARE NOTES) Intel SR1520ML/X38ML: (reboot) SOL "" . ipmiconsole . SOL . . . SOL TCP (SOL-TO-TCP PROXY MODE) ipmiconsole / . --proxy ipmiconsole TCP TCP / . TCP SOL . . . (EXAMPLES) # ipmiconsole -h ahost -u myusername -p mypassword . (REPORTING BUGS) . (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2007-2015 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (C) 2006-2007 (Regents of the University of California). (GNU General Public License) ( ) / . (SEE ALSO) freeipmi.conf(5), freeipmi(7), ipmi-config(8) http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi ipmiconsole 1.6.19 2026-08-27 ipmiconsole(8)