Section: System Manager Commands (8)Updated: 2011-04-04Local indexUp
NAME
rmcpping - send RMCP Ping to network hosts
SYNOPSIS
rmcpping
[OPTION...] destination
DESCRIPTION
rmcpping
uses the RMCP Ping request datagram to elicit an RMCP Pong response
from a remote host. The utility can be used to verify if a remote
host supports RMCP or IPMI. The initial starting sequence number will
be randomized.
rmcpping
will return 0 to the environment if it receives atleast 1 response
from the remote host. Otherwise, it exits with a value of 1.
OPTIONS
The following options are available
-h
Output help menu.
-V
Output version.
-c count
Stop after sending
count
packets.
-i interval
Wait
interval
seconds between sending each packet. The default is to wait for one
second between each packet.
-I interface address
Set source address to specified interface address. Argument may
be numeric IP address or name of device.
-t timeout
Time to wait for a response, in seconds. Default is five seconds.
-v
Verbose output.
-s num
Specify an initial starting sequence number. The default is to use a
random initial sequence number.
-d
Turn on debugging.
KNOWN ISSUES
It has been observed that some remote BMCs can get "confused" and
delay packet responses if duplicate packets (with duplicate sequence
numbers) are sent in succession very quickly. There is no known way
to cleanly deal with a "confused" BMC other than the wait awhile.
Unlike
ping(8),
local network devicess (i.e. 127.0.0.1) cannot be "pinged".
Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.