How to use ipmitool on Mac OS

Purpose:

IPMI is an open standard for monitoring, logging, recovery, inventory, and control of hardware that is implemented independent of the main CPU, BIOS, and OS.

This article aims to guide you on how to install this tool under Mac OS.

Audience:

All users with Unix operating system experience.

Prerequisites:

Install MacPorts

Steps:

1- Open an OS X terminal session (window)

2- Install ipmitool by running the following command line

sudo port install ipmitool

• To see what files were installed by ipmitool, run:
  

  port contents ipmitool

• To later upgrade ipmitool, run:
  

  sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade ipmitool

3- Execute the following command line to ensure ipmitool has been successfully installed.

ouedraogoabdoulm.@OUEDRAOGOs-MacBook-Pro ~ % ipmitool -V                                                                  
ipmitool version 1.8.18

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