ipmicli is a IPMI command line interface program for Linux. The following describes how to use this program.

1. ./ipmicli h
   display help

2. ./ipmicli 127.0.0.1
   run this program with ip address

3. ./ipmicli
   run this program and specify the ip address with open command

4. ./ipmicli 127.0.0.1 batchfile
   run this program with ip address and batch file arguments. The batch file will contain cmd to direct how to run this program. The output will display on stdout.

e.g. batchfile

#do power down
powerdown

#sleep 3sec
sleep 3

#do power up
powerup

#sleep 30sec
sleep 30

#read sensor
sensor
sleep 3

#read system event log
sel

goto try2
powerdown
try2:
    for i = 0 to 3
       sensor
       sleep 2
       for j = 0 to 2
          sel
          sleep 3
       loop
loop

#close the session
close

The explaination for the commands are as follow:
# 		---- start of comment line
sleep x		---- wait for x seconds
goto label	---- go to the label
label:		---- label name which ends with colon
for i = 1 to 10 ---- for loop (must have a space between each argument)
loop		---- loop 

IPMI cmd:
powerdown	---- power down the system
powerup		---- power up the system
reset		---- reset the system
sensor		---- read the sensors
sel		---- read the system event log
close		---- close the session
console		---- Text Remote Console Redirection
Usage:
 console [UDPPort] [IP] (Text Remote Console Redirection)
   Note: For some network environment, Remote Console data can not be sent back
   to this ipmicli, please fill in the IP and UDP port that can be reached.
   "console"                  uses local IP and unspecified UDP port.
   "console 6666"             uses local IP and UDP port 6666.
   "console 6666 12.34.56.78" uses IP 12.34.56.78 and UDP port 6666.
   Press Ctrl-B to terminate Text Remote Console Redirection.

5. ./ipmicli 127.0.0.1 batchfile outputfile
   run this program with ip address, batch file arguments and output file The batch file will contain cmd to direct how to run this program. The output will be in outputfile.

6. ./ipmicli 127.0.0.1 username password batchfile
   run this program with ip address, username, password and batch file arguments. The batch file will contain cmd to direct how to run this program. The output will be stdout.

7. ./ipmicli 127.0.0.1 username password batchfile outputfile
   run this program with ip address, username, password, batch file arguments and output file. The batch file will contain cmd to direct how to run this program. The output will be in outputfile.