IFRU(8)

💖 IFRU(8) — ipmiutil_fru, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk: this is the ipmiutil_fru page from the System Manager's Manual section 8, and it's about showing you your Field Replaceable Unit config data. Fru. Like the vibe of your hardware, written down. Let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ipmiutil_fru — show Field Replaceable Unit configuration data 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ipmiutil fru [-abcdeikmsvx -N node -U user -P/-R pswd -EFJTVYZ]

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So ipmiutil fru is a program that uses IPMI commands to show FRU configuration data, and optionally write an asset tag string into the FRU data. No cap.

The asset tag thing? That's a function you can use to uniquely identify the unit, even if the storage devices get removed or changed. It's giving "my identity is not my hard drive" energy. Iconic fr fr 👑

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. So many doors, all leading to the same FRU 🚪✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

Command line options are described below. Buckle up bestie, there's a bunch.

• -a asset_string — This option specifies an asset tag string to be written to the baseboard FRU Product area. The asset tag length is limited by the existing FRU Product data, but is usually allowed up to 16 characters. The default is to not modify this FRU field. So like, if you don't ask, she won't touch it 🫶
• -b — Only show the Baseboard FRU data. The default behavior is to also scan for any SDR FRU data or DIMM SPD data referenced by the SDRs. Basically: -b says "just the baseboard, thanks" and the default says "gimme everything, I'm nosy" 🙈
• -c — Show FRU output in a canonical format, with a default delimiter of '|'. Very structured, very demure, very parseable 🎀
• -d file — Dump binary FRU data to the specified file. Binary! Raw! Unfiltered! 💀
• -e — Show Every FRU output in a bladed chassis, including those under child MCs. The default is to show FRUs referred to by just the target MC. So -e is the "and also her cousins" option 🌈
• -i 00 — This option specifies a specific FRU ID to show. The input value should be in hex (0b, 1a, etc.), as shown from the sensor SDR output. By default, all FRU IDs that are specified in the FRU locator SDRs are shown. Hex, bestie. HEX. Don't come at her with decimal 🔢
• -k <setsn | setmfgdate | nextboot> — These Kontron OEM functions set FRU data based on existing data stored elsewhere. The setsn option sets the FRU Board and Product serial number, and the setmfgdate option sets the FRU Board Mfg DateTime. The nextboot option specifies the boot device for the next boot: BIOS, FDD, HDD, CDROM, or network. These options are only supported on Kontron ATCA boards which have this functionality. If you're not on one of those, this is not for you, and that's okay 🧚
• -m 002000 — Show FRU for 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. That last char is doing so much heavy lifting, lowkey 💅
• -s serial_num — This option specifies a serial number string to be written to the baseboard FRU Product area. The serial number can be any string up to 16 characters. The default is to not modify this FRU field. Write your own serial, main character energy ✨
• -v prod_ver — This option specifies a product version number string to be written to the baseboard FRU Product area. The version number can be any string up to 16 characters. The default is to not modify this FRU field. Version strings, but make it yours 🎀
• -x — Causes eXtra debug messages to be displayed. The X is right there in the word, iykyk 🔥
• -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. Remote bestie or local bestie, your choice 🫶
• -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. Environment variables: the quiet overachievers of auth 🌸
• -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. (Yes, the original says "followng" — we keep it exactly, typos are part of the lore 💀)
• -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. That's a lot of cipher suites and yes, the ... is doing numbers, but that's what the page says 🧚
• -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. Capital-V on this page means privilege, not version. Sneaky 💅
• -Y — Yes, do prompt the user for the IPMI LAN remote password. Alternatives for the password are -E or -P. Consent-based auth, we love to see it 🙈
• -Z — Set the slave address for a local MC.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go read these too, bestie, they're all in the same friend group:

ipmiutil(8) ialarms(8) iconfig(8) icmd(8) idiscover(8) ievents(8) igetevent(8) ihealth(8) ilan(8) ireset(8) isel(8) isensor(8) iserial(8) isol(8) iwdt(8)

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⚠️ WARNINGS ⚠️

See http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version of ipmiutil and any bug fix list. Yes, a link. Yes, this is a terminal. We're doing it anyway 🫶

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2009 Kontron America, Inc.

See the file COPYING in the distribution for more details regarding redistribution.

This utility is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. Read that again. No warranty. She said what she said 💀

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Andy Cress <arcress at users.sourceforge.net>

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That's the whole page, and you ate it, fr fr. This was Version 1.4: 09 Sep 2010 from the ipmiutil source, and honestly, she's still serving 🎀✨🦋