IPMCTL-SET-DIMM(1)

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💖 IPMCTL-SET-DIMM — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the ipmctl manual, section 1, and it's all about ipmctl-set-dimm 🎀 — the little command that changes the configurable settings on one or more PMem modules. yes, actual settings on actual hardware. main character energy fr fr. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ipmctl set [OPTIONS] -dimm [TARGETS] [PROPERTIES]

like… that's the whole shape of it. set, then some options, then -dimm, then who you're targeting, then what you're changing. slay. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It changes the configurable settings on one or more PMem modules. that's it, that's the vibe. you point it at some modules, you tell it what property to change, it goes and does the thing. ✨

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

  • -f, -force — ngl bestie, changing PMem module settings is a potentially destructive operation 😭 and by default it wants you to confirm, one module at a time, like a lil security checkpoint. This option suppresses the confirmation. no more "are you sure", it just sends it. use with intention, okay? 🫶
  • -h, -help — shows you the help for the command. the classic. the icon. 🌈
  • -o (text|nvmxml), -output (text|nvmxml) — changes the output format, bestie. pick one: "text" (that's the default, she's the standard 💅) or "nvmxml" (for when you want the XML girlies to eat). 🍓

🎀 TARGETS 🎀

  • -dimm (DimmIDs) — this is how you modify specific PMem modules: hand it one or more PMem module identifiers, comma separated. BUT. this is not recommended — like, the manual literally says it may put the system in an undesirable state 🙈. the default, and the safe lil vibe, is to modify all manageable PMem modules. don't be a hero. 🧚

💜 PROPERTIES 💜

  • AveragePowerReportingTimeConstant — the value, in milliseconds, used to determine the time constant for reporting the average power consumption measurements. can be set to anything between 100 and 12000, moving in increments of 100. the default value is 1000. periodt. ⭐

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Sets average power reporting time constant multiplier to 1 on all manageable PMem modules:

set -dimm AveragePowerReportingTimeConstant=1500

look at her go. 🌸

😭 LIMITATIONS 😭

okay so for this command to actually, y'know, work, two things gotta be true:

  • The caller must have the appropriate privileges. 👑 (no privileges, no party.)
  • The specified PMem modules must be manageable by the host software. 🫶

🌈 RETURN DATA 🌈

For each PMem module, the CLI will indicate the status of the operation — so you get a lil report card per module, cute.

BUT listen: if a failure occurs when modifying multiple PMem modules, the process will exit and will not continue modifying the remaining PMem modules. 💀 it stops dead. so one bad module can end the whole run, iykyk.

⭐ SAMPLE OUTPUT ⭐

Modify PMem module (DimmID): Success
Modify PMem module (DimmID): Error (Code) - (Description)

success on one, error on the next — you'll see it all laid out like this. 🙈

lowkey important: that -force flag is doing a LOT of heavy lifting. if you skip the confirmations, you own the consequences. no cap. 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie! this one came from the ipmctl manual, dated 2024-04-22, filed under IPMCTL-SET-DIMM(1). go forth and modify responsibly. mwah! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸🫶👑

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