rmcp_ping (1)

NAME

rmcp_ping - IPMI RMCP Ping program

SYNOPSIS

rmcp_ping [-p port] [-t waittime] [-s starttag] [-d] destination

DESCRIPTION

The rmcp_ping program sends an RMCP ping packet onces a second to the destination, printing unique responses it receives.

OPTIONS

-p port

Set the destination port. This is the standard RMCP port by default, 623.

-t waittime

Sets the number of seconds to wait for a response. Ten by default.

-s starttag

There is an 8-bit tag value in every ping packet (0-254, 255 is reserved), this program will cycle through the values starting at starttag. This is zero by default

-d

Turns on debugging to standard output.

destination

The target address, default is the boradcast address (default 255.255.255.255)

AUTHOR

Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>