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RMCPING(8)		     System Manager Commands		      RMCPING(8)

NAME
     rmcpping - send RMCP Ping to network hosts

SYNOPSIS
     rmcpping [OPTION...] destination

DESCRIPTION
     rmcpping  uses  the  RMCP	Ping request datagram to elicit an RMCP Pong re-
     sponse from a remote host. The utility can be used to verify  if  a  remote
     host  supports  RMCP  or IPMI. The initial starting sequence number will be
     randomized.

     rmcpping will return 0 to the environment if it receives atleast 1 response
     from the remote host. Otherwise, it exits with a value of 1.

OPTIONS
     The following options are available

     -h     Output help menu.

     -V     Output version.

     -c count
	    Stop after sending count packets.

     -i interval
	    Wait interval seconds between sending each packet. The default is to
	    wait for one second between each packet.

     -I interface address
	    Set source address to specified interface address. Argument  may  be
	    numeric IP address or name of device.

     -t timeout
	    Time to wait for a response, in seconds. Default is five seconds.

     -v     Verbose output.

     -s num
	    Specify an initial starting sequence number. The default is to use a
	    random initial sequence number.

     -d     Turn on debugging.

KNOWN ISSUES
     It  has  been  observed  that some remote BMCs can get "confused" and delay
     packet responses if duplicate packets (with duplicate sequence numbers) are
     sent in succession very quickly. There is no known way to cleanly deal with
     a "confused" BMC other than the wait awhile.

     Unlike ping(8), local network devices (e.g. 127.0.0.1) cannot be "pinged".

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <freeipmi-users@gnu.org> or <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
     Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Regents of the University of California.

     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it un-
     der the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the  Free
     Software  Foundation;  either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
     any later version.

ORIGIN
     Command and manpage based off ping(8).

SEE ALSO
     freeipmi(7), ping(8), ipmiping(8)

     http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/

rmcpping 1.6.18 		   2026-06-02			      RMCPING(8)
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