Information about the package, ipmitool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ipmitool package is designed for, Utility for IPMI control.
Package Name:
ipmitool
Summary:
Utility for IPMI control
Description:
This package contains a utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control. This utility can communicate with IPMI-enabled devices through either a kernel driver such as OpenIPMI or over the RMCP LAN protocol defined in the IPMI specification. IPMIv2 adds support for encrypted LAN communications and remote Serial-over-LAN functionality. It provides commands for reading the Sensor Data Repository (SDR) and displaying sensor values, displaying the contents of the System Event Log (SEL), printing Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) information, reading and setting LAN configuration, and chassis power control.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8.15
Release:
2.el6
Size:
465 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the ipmitool package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ipmitool
This command will install ipmitool on the server.
yum remove ipmitool
This command will un-install ipmitool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipmitool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ipmitool
This command will un-install ipmitool on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipmitool when using the -y flag.
yum update ipmitool
This command will update ipmitool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipmitool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ipmitool
This command will update ipmitool to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipmitool when using the -y flag.
yum info ipmitool
This command will show you core information about the ipmitool package.
yum deplist ipmitool
This command will show you the dependencies for ipmitool. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ipmitool
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ipmitool. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.