12Sep/110
Installing and using the IPMI tool
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a standardized computer system interface used by system administrators to manage a computer system and monitor its operation.
The development of this interface specification was led by Intel Corporation and is supported by more than two hundred computer systems vendors including Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and NEC Corporation.
1. Install the ipmitool which is used to send commands and receive information from the management interface.
apt-get install ipmitool