rmcp_ping(1)

rmcp_ping1

Ipmi rmcp ping program

Usage

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

Overview

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)

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0–8
  3. 9–Arch

Author

Corey Minyard <[email protected]>

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