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PICMG HPM.1 Upgrade Agent

Synopsis

ipmiutil hpm [-mxNUPREFJTVY] parameters

Description

This ipmiutil hpm subcommand updates HPM components using PICMG HPM.1 file

This utility can use either the /dev/ipmi0 driver from OpenIPMI, the /dev/imb driver from Intel, the /dev/ipmikcs driver from valinux, direct user-space IOs, or the IPMI LAN interface if -N.

Options

Command line options are described below.

-m 002000: Target a specific MC (e.g. bus 00, sa 20, lun 00). This could be used for PICMG or ATCA blade systems. The trailing character, if present, indicates SMI addressing if 's', or IPMB addressing if 'i' or not present.
-x: Causes extra debug messages to be displayed.
-N nodename: Nodename or IP address of the remote target system. If a nodename is specified, IPMI LAN interface is used. Otherwise the local system management interface is used.
-U rmt_user: Remote username for the nodename given. The default is a null username.
-P/-R rmt_pswd: Remote password for the nodename given. The default is a null password.
-E: Use the remote password from Environment variable IPMI_PASSWORD.
-F drv_t: Force the driver type to one of the followng: imb, va, open, gnu, landesk, lan, lan2, lan2i, kcs, smb. Note that lan2i means lan2 with intelplus. The default is to detect any available driver type and use it.
-J: Use the specified LanPlus cipher suite (0 thru 17): 0=none/none/none, 1=sha1/none/none, 2=sha1/sha1/none, 3=sha1/sha1/cbc128, 4=sha1/sha1/xrc4_128, 5=sha1/sha1/xrc4_40, 6=md5/none/none, ... 14=md5/md5/xrc4_40. Default is 3.
-T: Use a specified IPMI LAN Authentication Type: 0=None, 1=MD2, 2=MD5, 4=Straight Password, 5=OEM.
-V: Use a specified IPMI LAN privilege level. 1=Callback level, 2=User level, 3=Operator level, 4=Administrator level (default), 5=OEM level.
-Y: Yes, do prompt the user for the IPMI LAN remote password. Alternatives for the password are -E or -P.

Parameters

hpm parameters

check

Check the target information.

check filename

Display both the existing target version and image version on the screen.

download filename

Download specified firmware.

upgrade filename [all] [component x] [activate]

Upgrade the firmware using a valid HPM.1 image file. If no option is specified, the firmware versions are checked first and the firmware is upgraded only if they are different.

all: Upgrade all components even if the firmware versions are the same (use this only after using "check" command).
component x: Upgrade only given component from the given file.
component 0 - BOOT
component 1 - RTK
activate: Activate new firmware right away.

activate

Activate the newly uploaded firmware.

targetcap

Get the target upgrade capabilities.

compprop id opt

Get the specified component properties. Valid component id: 0-7. Opt can be one of following:
0 - General properties
1 - Current firmware version
2 - Description string
3 - Rollback firmware version
4 - Deferred firmware version

abort