openipmigui(1) GUI interface to an IPMI system openipmigui(1)
NAME
openipmigui - GUI interface to an IPMI system
SYNOPSIS
openipmigui [--dmsg] [--drawmsg] [--glib12] [--trace] [--logstderr]
[-n] [-p preffile]
DESCRIPTION
openipmigui is a GUI interface using the OpenIPMI library. It provides
a tree-structured view of the IPMI domains it connected to.
By default openipmigui starts up with no connections or anything of
that nature. You must open connection to domains yourself. However,
you may save your current configuration and the current domains and
some GUI settings; these will be automatically restored at startup.
The main window has a tree on the left and a log window on the right.
The log window captures informational and error logs from OpenIPMI.
Note that events are not reported in the log window, you must open an
SEL window for a domain to view the events.
OPTIONS
--dmsg Turn on message debugging, this will dump all messages to debug
log output.
--drawmsg
Turn on raw message debugging, this will dump all low-level mes-
sages to debug log output. This differes from normal message
debugging in that all protocol messages are also dumped, not
just IPMI messages.
--dmem Turn on memory debugging, this will cause memory allocation and
deallocations to be checked. When the program terminates, it
will dump all memory that was not properly freed (leaked), and
overruns, writing of freed memory, or other types of memory er-
rors.
--logstderr
Send all logs to standard error output as well as the GUI con-
sole.
--trace
Turn on python tracing so that all python procedure calls en-
tered and exited will be printed out.
-n Turn off reading of the preferences file at startup.
-p preffile
Use preffile as the name of the preferences file instead of
$HOME/.openipmigui.startup.
MENU BAR
The main menu bar contains two pull-down menus: File and View.
The File menu contains Exit, Open Domain, and Save Prefs commands. The
Exit command does as described, and it does not prompt to be sure you
want to exit. The Open Domain command is how you establish a connec-
tion to an IPMI system. The Save Prefs command will store the current
domains and the configuration of the main GUI window. These settings
will be restored at startup. The settings are stored in $HOME/.openip-
migui.startup; this file may be removed to clear all the settings.
The View menu contains commands to expand and contract the entire tree.
TREE VIEW
The tree window has a top-level list of all the domains for which
OpenIPMI has connections (or pending connection). Each domain exapands
into domain-specific information and a list of entities and Management
Controllers (MCs) for that domain.
Right click drives most of the operations in the tree window. Many
tree elements have pull-down menus driven by a right mouse button
click. When in doubt, click.
Color is used in the GUI to denote error status, and shading is used to
denote availability. If a sensor has an error, the tree entry for that
sensor will change colors. Black means no error, yellow means warning,
red means critical, and blue means non-recoverable. These errors
propigate up, so the entity containing that sensor will be the same
color as the most critical error for the sensors underneath it. The
same goes for domain, it will be the same color as the most critical
error for the entities underneath it. This way, if you watch the do-
main, you can determine if a system is in trouble with just the top-
level view, and you can drill down to find the problem.
If a tree entry is shaded, it means that the entry has information
identifying it but does not exist. For instance, a domain with no con-
nection, an entity that is not present, or an MC that is not present.
Note that all information visible in the tree is polled. Only visible
information is polled, so if you expose something via expanding a tree
element or scrolling, it may be a few seconds before the data is up-
dated.
DOMAINS
The domains contain various high-level information and an aggregation
of all the System Event Logs (SELs) contained within it. The SEL Res-
can Time and IPMB Rescan Time are settable via right-click; these val-
ues are remembered when saved and restored. (Note that these values in
the MC-specific entries are not saved and restore, only the domain
level ones). Right clicking on the domain gives a set of operations,
including the ability to view the SEL.
ENTITIES
The Entities element under the domain element contains a list of the
entities discovered for that domain. This is only the top-level enti-
ties (ones not contained in other entities); entities contained in
other entities are listed under their parent entity. This keeps the
clutter down for very complicated systems, like ATCA.
If the entity is hot-swappable, hot-swap activation and deactivation
commands are available via right-click on the entity. If the entity has
FRU information, you can view that via a right-click command, too.
The information under an entity also contains a sensors and controls
list for the entity.
SENSORS
Sensors are available under the entity they belong to. Sensor informa-
tion is beyond the scope of this document, as IPMI sensors are very
complex. See the IPMI document from OpenIPMI for information about
sensors.
As expected, right-clicking on a sensor gives operations available on
that sensor.
CONTROLS
Controls are available under the entity they belong to. control infor-
mation is beyond the scope of this document, as IPMI controls are very
complex. See the IPMI document from OpenIPMI for information about
controls.
As expected, right-clicking on a control gives operations available on
that control.
MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS (MCs)
An MC is the intelligent node in an IPMI system. It is not generally
required to know about MCs for normal IPMI sensor and control opera-
tions. You do need access to MCs, though, for system configuration.
An MC contains a lot of information about itself and its capabilities;
this is generally automatically interpreted by OpenIPMI, but the infor-
mation is available for view. For instance, if an MC contains an SEL
device, OpenIPMI will automatically handle getting events from it, but
you can also view this setting under the MC information.
A number of operations are available under the right-click menu on the
MC; most of these are self-explanatory. The MC is generally configured
via the Channel Info command under this.
CONNECTIONS
A set of connections for the domain is listed under the domain. Each
connection has one or more ports. The state of these ports may be
viewed by color; if a port is yellow (warning), it is down. If a con-
nection is red (severe), then all its ports are down. If all connec-
tions are down, the "Connections" tree item turns blue (critical).
CHANNEL INFO
If you right click on an MC, it will show a Channel Info entry. This
is used to configure the LAN and channel information for the MC. If
you select this, it will pull up a list of channels in a tree view.
Note that unlike the main tree, this information is not dynamically up-
dated; it will not change if the underlying data changes.
To configure individual channels, expand them. The Info settings are
read only and cannot be changed. The User Access settings can be
changed by right-clicking on them. Note that the change is not immedi-
ate, you must use the Save button at the bottom of the window to save
the changes you have made. Also, there are two versions of the User
Access settings. One is volatile, and will update the current settings
for the MC, but if the MC restart the non-volatile settings will be re-
stored. Setting the non-volatile settings will not cause an immediate
change, but those changes will be restored on the next MC restart.
Some channels have user information; you can configure these by select-
ing that command in the right-click menu of a channel.
LAN channels also have LAN configuration; you can configure these by
selecting that command in the right-click menu of a channel.
USER INFO
IPMI systems with remote access have users that can be used to log in.
These users are configured by the User Info command in the channel
listing. Note that some user setting (the name and password) are
global to all channels on the MC.
Due to the IPMI spec and some unfortunate implementation bugs, some
wierd issues exist with this information. The user has an Enabled
value that tells whether the user is enabled or not. When initially
displayed, this field shows as a "?" because this field is not read-
able. It will displayed as the actual value when it is modified, but
will not be changed otherwise.
There is also a session limit field that gives the maximum number of
sessions a user is allowed to make. This field is also not readable
and displays as a "?" when first displayed. This field is marked as
optional in the IPMI spec, which means the field does not have to be
supplied. Some implementations, however, require this field to be set.
If you get a DataLenInv error back from your system when setting some-
thing, you must set the field to something for any value to be set.
Generally, setting it to zero disables the field and is the right thing
to do.
LANPARMS
In the channel display on a 8023_LAN channel, a LANPARM configuration
command is available. This pulls up all the parameters for the LAN and
allows them to be set. Right-clicking on an item allows it to be
changed.
PEFPARMS
If an MC support PEF, it will have a "PEF Parms" menu item in the pull-
down menu for the MC. This pulls up all the parameters for the PEF and
allows them to be set. Right-clicking on an item allows it to be
changed.
SOLPARMS
In the channel display on a 8023_LAN channel, a LANPARM configuration
command is available if the MC supporte SOL (Serial Over LAN). This
pulls up all the parameters for the LAN and allows them to be set.
Right-clicking on an item allows it to be changed.
SOL
On a connection, an "Open SOL" menu item is present. If the BMC on the
far end of the connection has SOL (Serial Over LAN) support, then you
can establish a serial connection with the BMC, assuming it is config-
ured properly and you have the proper rights.
When you choose this, you will get a new connection with a VT100/ANSI
terminal emulator. The connection will not yet be opened, you must
open it (under the "File") to establish the connection. When the sta-
tus at the bottom right says "connected", you are ready to type. If
something goes wrong, the connection may drop and you will have to re-
open it. You can also close the connection from the file menu, or quit
the emulator.
The "Controls" menu for the SOL connection contains a large number of
settings for SOL. These allow you to manipulate various value on the
remote side of the connection. These are:
Accept Input
If disabled, this will cause data from the BMC to be refused,
effectively flow-controlling the data (assuming that the BMC ac-
tually supports this properly, some don't)
Use Encryption
Encrypt the data on the LAN using RMCP+ encryption negotiated
for the connection. Only available when the connection is
closed, this cannot be changed dynamically.
Use Authentication
Authenticate the data on the LAN using RMCP+ authentication ne-
gotiated for the connection. Only available when the connection
is closed, this cannot be changed dynamically.
Deassert CTS/DCD/DSR on connect
Don't raise the lines when a connection is made; this allows
things like baud rate to be set before the device on the far end
of the serial port knows there is a connection.
CTS Assertable
If set, the BMC has control over the CTS line. Otherwise, the
CTS line is deasserted.
DCD/DSR Asserted
Set the DCD and DSR lines.
RI Asserted
Assert the Ring Indicator line, can be used for remote wakeup on
some systems (though, with IPMI, you have to wonder why you
wouldn't use IPMI for this).
Set Ack Timeout
Sets the timeout waiting for an ACK from the BMC.
Set Ack Retries
Sets the number of times a packet is retried before the connec-
tion is closed.
Send Break
Send a 300ms break signal to the remote serial port.
Serial Rate
Sets the bitrate on the serial port. Not all systems support
this. Some, in fact, completely ignore this setting and use
19.2K. Note that this is only the volatile rate. The non-
volatile rate setting is done with SOLPARM.
Serial Alert Behavior
This sets what to do when an IPMI alert occurs and is going out
the serial port somehow. If set to "succeed", the SoL session
will be disconnected when an alert comes out.
Queue Flush
Allows various queues to be flushed.
SEE ALSO
ipmish(1), IPMI document from OpenIPMI
KNOWN PROBLEMS
Some of missing functionality. See the list in the swig/python/openip-
migui/TODO if you want to work on something.
AUTHOR
Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
OpenIPMI 05/13/03 openipmigui(1)
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