ipmitool for windows

Question

ipmitool is used to configure ipmi driver which enables serial communication over LAN port. Is there any ipmitool for Windows? Can we download the ipmi source code and build it for Windows? Please share the instructions on how to build it Windows.

Answer 1

Building IPMI for Windows:

1. Install Cygwin onto your windows system: Cygwin

   While installing Cygwin, choose gcc and crypto packages in addition to default package.

2. Download the ipmitool source code from ipmitool

3. Unzip, configure and build ipmitool.

   cd ipmitool-1.8.12

   ./configure --enable-intf-lanplus

   make

4. Packaging IPMI binary and related dlls into a zip file.

   mkdir ipmitool

   cp ipmitool-1.8.12/src/.libs/ipmitool.exe ipmitool/

   cp /bin/cygwin1.dll ipmitool/

   cp /bin/ cygcrypto-1.0.0.dll ipmitool/

   cp /bin/cygz.dll ipmitool/

   cp /bin/cyggcc_s-1.dll ipmitool/

   tar -zcvf ipmitool.tar ipmitool

5. Unzip the file, ipmitool.tar in your destination host. Some of the sample commands:

   ipmitool.exe -I lan -U username -P password -H hosname sensor

   ipmitool.exe -I lanplus -U username -P password -H hosname -C 3 sol activate

Answer 2

You can use MobaXterm for Windows (alternative to Cygwin) and download the ipmitool plugin for it.

http://itsaboutlinux.blogspot.nl/2016/03/ipmitool-for-mobaxterm.html