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A Command reference
Power Management commands
This reference section contains detailed descriptions of the Insight Control power management commands.
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ipm(1M) - Insight Control Power Management Command Line Tools
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ipmexport(1M) - Insight Control Power Management database to text conversion tool
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ipmimport(1M) - Insight Control Power Management Topology Data Command Line Import Tool
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ipmtab2txt(1M) - Insight Control Power Management spreadsheet table to text conversion tool
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ipmtxt2tab(1M) - Insight Control Power Management text to table conversion tool
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ipmvis2txt(1M) - Insight Control Power Management visual xls to text conversion tool
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ipmtxt2vis(1M) - Insight Control Power Management text to visual xls conversion tool
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ipmxml2txt(1M) - Insight Control Power Management XML to text conversion tool
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ipmtxt2xml(1M) - Insight Control Power Management text to XML conversion tool
ipm(1M)
NAME
ipm - Insight Control Power Management Command Line Tools
SYNOPSIS
/opt/ipm/bin/ipminitconfig
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmimport input_text_file
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmtxt2xml input_text_file
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmtxt2tab input_text_file output_xls_file
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmtxt2vis input_text_file output_xls_file
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmexport
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmtab2txt input_xls_file
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmxml2txt input_xml_file
/opt/ipm/bin/ipmvis2txt input_xls_file
DESCRIPTION
HP Insight Control power management (IPM) is tightly integrated with other HP products like the Systems
Insight Manager (HPSIM). IPM has comprehensive graphical user interfaces for describing, monitoring, and
controlling data center power infrastructure. In addition, several command line tools may be used during
the initial installation and configuration stages of the product. See the IPM User Guide for complete
information, but a brief overview will be presented below.
GUI ACCESS
Use of any commands or graphic user interface assumes that HPSIM is installed on a Central Management
Server (CMS) and Discovery has been run. Follow the "Getting Started" section in the IPM Users Guide to
enable IPM and license systems for IPM. To log on to HPSIM, type the URL "http://cmsHostName:280/"
into the navigation bar. Then enter the administrator's user name (usually root or Administrator) and password
on the sign-in screen. Clicking "All Systems" or "All Racks" on the left shows the currently configured hierarchy.
To get to the graphical rack editor, pick an existing rack from a list on the left, click the Power/Thermal tab,
and then click Edit Rack. To create a new rack through the GUI, use the menu "Tools->Integrated
Consoles->Power Management" then click "Define Rack/Power".
CONVERSION TOOLS
All data center administrators store information about their power and server infrastructures in slightly different
formats. All of these models share two critical common elements: the unique name of each node (also known
as a Configuration Item), and how it is related spatially or electrically to other nodes (also known as a
topology). One topology traces the rack and row of every device in the data center. Another topology traces
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