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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: python-ipmi
+Version: 0.6.1
+Summary: Pure python IPMI library
+Home-page: https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi
+Download-URL: https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/tarball/0.6.1
+Author: Michael Walle, Heiko Thiery
+Author-email: michael.walle@kontron.com, heiko.thiery@kontron.com
+License: LGPLv2+
+Platform: any
+Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
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+Classifier: Natural Language :: English
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+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+License-File: COPYING
+License-File: AUTHORS
+Provides-Extra: rmcpplus
+Requires-Dist: cryptography; extra == "rmcpplus"
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+
+# Pure Python IPMI Library
+
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/actions/workflows/test.yml)
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+
+## Features
+
+* RMCP interface
+  * native
+  * legacy using [ipmitool] as backend
+* RMCP+ interface
+  * native
+  * legacy using [ipmitool] as backend
+* system interface
+  * native (KCS, SMIC, BT, SSIF) using the IPMI driver on Linux
+  * legacy using [ipmitool] as backend
+* IPMB interface
+  * using the [Total Phase] Aardvark
+  * using ipmb-dev driver on Linux
+
+## Tested Devices
+
+* Kontron
+  * mTCA Carrier Manager
+  * CompactPCI boards
+  * VPX boards
+* Pigeon Point Shelf Manager
+* HPE iLO3/iLO4
+* N.A.T. NAT-MCH
+* DESY MMC STAMP & related AMCs (DAMC-FMC2ZUP, DAMC-FMC1Z7IO)
+* Supermicro
+
+## Requirements
+
+For IPMB interface a [Total Phase] Aardvark is needed.
+Another option is to use ipmb-dev driver on Linux with an I2C bus, driver of which supports slave mode:
+https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/ipmb.html
+
+For the native system interface the Linux IPMI driver is needed
+(`ipmi_devintf` and e.g. `ipmi_si` or `ipmi_ssif`), which provides
+`/dev/ipmi0`:
+https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/ipmi.html
+
+For legacy RMCP, RMCP+ and system interface (KCS) using ipmitool as backend
+the installation of ipmitool is required. Any ipmitool 1.8.x works; the
+serial interface (`serial-terminal`) needs at least version 1.8.13.
+
+The native RMCP+ interface needs the [cryptography] package for
+encrypted sessions (AES-CBC-128, cipher suites 3 and 17):
+
+```shell
+pip install python-ipmi[rmcpplus]
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+### Using `pip`
+
+The recommended installation method is using [pip](https://pip.pypa.io):
+
+```shell
+pip install python-ipmi
+```
+
+### Manual installation
+
+Download the source distribution package for the library. Extract the package to
+a temporary location and install:
+
+```shell
+python setup.py install
+```
+
+### Running from the source tree
+
+To work on the library or to use it directly from a git checkout, create a
+virtual environment and install the checkout in editable mode. Changes to the
+source are then active without reinstalling:
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi.git
+cd python-ipmi
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e '.[rmcpplus]'
+```
+
+This also installs the `ipmitool.py` command line tool and generates
+`pyipmi/version.py` with the version from `git describe`. Install the
+optional packages for the interfaces you need: `pyserial` for the
+openipmblink interface and `pyaardvark` for the Aardvark IPMB interface.
+
+To run the tests:
+
+```shell
+pip install pytest
+pytest
+```
+
+The CI also runs the linter [ruff], the type checker mypy and the spell
+checker codespell. They are configured in `ruff.toml` and `setup.cfg`, so
+they run without arguments. Use the versions pinned in
+`.github/workflows/lint.yml` to get the same results as the CI:
+
+```shell
+pip install ruff==0.16.10 mypy==2.4.0 codespell
+ruff check .
+mypy
+codespell
+```
+
+`ruff check --fix .` fixes many of the reported issues automatically.
+
+Alternatively, the checkout can be used without installing by adding its top
+directory to `PYTHONPATH`. Then `pyipmi` can be imported from any directory,
+e.g. by your own scripts or the ones in `examples/`, and the tool is started
+with `python3 -m pyipmi.ipmitool`:
+
+```shell
+export PYTHONPATH=/path/to/python-ipmi
+python3 -m pyipmi.ipmitool -V
+```
+
+The optional packages have to be installed separately then, e.g.
+`pip install cryptography` for encrypted RMCP+ sessions. The version is shown
+as `dev` as long as `pyipmi/version.py` has not been generated, e.g. by
+`python3 setup.py --version`.
+
+### Package version
+
+The version of the package is taken from, in this order:
+
+1. `git describe --tags` in a git checkout, e.g. `0.5.8.dev77+g7c853b0`
+   for the 77th commit after the tag `0.5.8`
+2. `pyipmi/version.py`, which is generated by `setup.py` and is part of the
+   source distribution on PyPI
+3. `version_archive.txt`, which `git archive` fills in with the tag. This
+   makes the tarballs of the GitHub releases build with the right version,
+   e.g. for distribution packages.
+
+If none of them is available, the version is `0+unknown`. The installed
+version is available as `pyipmi.__version__` and with `ipmitool.py -V`.
+
+## Documentation
+
+You can find the most up to date documentation at:
+http://python-ipmi.rtfd.org
+
+## Example
+
+The examples below talk to the BMC of a server, which has the IPMB address
+`0x20`. Set a routing only for targets behind the BMC, see
+[Bridged targets](#bridged-targets).
+
+Example with the native RMCP+ interface (IPMI v2.0, like `ipmitool -I lanplus`):
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+# without cipher_suite the cipher suites 17 and 3 are tried
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('rmcpplus', cipher_suite=3)
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x20)
+connection.session.set_session_type_rmcp('10.0.0.1', port=623)
+connection.session.set_auth_type_user('admin', 'admin')
+connection.session.set_priv_level('ADMINISTRATOR')
+
+connection.open()
+connection.get_device_id()
+connection.close()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I lanplus -C 3 -H 10.0.0.1 -p 623 -U admin -P admin -L ADMINISTRATOR -t 0x20 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Example using the [ipmitool] as backend with the lan interface:
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+# Supported interface_types for ipmitool are: 'lan' , 'lanplus', and 'serial-terminal'
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('ipmitool', interface_type='lan')
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x20)
+
+connection.session.set_session_type_rmcp('10.0.0.1', port=623)
+connection.session.set_auth_type_user('admin', 'admin')
+connection.session.set_priv_level("ADMINISTRATOR")
+connection.session.establish()
+
+connection.get_device_id()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I lan -H 10.0.0.1 -p 623 -L "ADMINISTRATOR" -U "admin" -P "admin" raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Example with serial interface:
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('ipmitool', interface_type='serial-terminal')
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0xb2)
+
+# set_session_type_serial(port, baudrate)
+connection.session.set_session_type_serial('/dev/tty2', 115200)
+connection.session.establish()
+
+connection.get_device_id()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I serial-terminal -D /dev/tty2:115200 -t 0xb2 -l 0 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Example with the system interface using the Linux IPMI driver:
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('ipmidev', port='/dev/ipmi0')
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x20)
+
+connection.open()
+connection.get_device_id()
+connection.close()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I open -t 0x20 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+### Bridged targets
+
+In ATCA and MicroTCA systems the controllers of blades and AMCs are not
+reachable directly but only through the shelf manager or MCH, which forwards
+(bridges) the requests on IPMB. For these targets set the IPMB address of the
+target and the routing to it. A routing is a list of
+`(requester address, responder address, channel)` tuples, one per hop.
+
+Example for an ATCA blade with IPMB address `0x82` behind the shelf manager:
+
+```python
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x82)
+connection.target.set_routing([(0x81, 0x20, 0), (0x20, 0x82, None)])
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I lan -H 10.0.0.1 -p 623 -L "ADMINISTRATOR" -U "admin" -P "admin" -t 0x82 -b 0 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Do not set a routing to talk to the BMC of a server itself, the bridged
+request fails then (e.g. with completion code `0x83`, NAK on write).
+
+Some shelf managers and carrier managers do not return the sequence number
+of a bridged request in their response. If requests time out although the
+device answers (the debug log shows `discarding message that does not match
+the request`), create the native interface with
+`quirks_cfg={'rmcp_ignore_rq_seq': True}`. With the ipmitool backend the
+routing needs the bridge channel of every hop except the last one.
+See the [documentation](https://python-ipmi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick_start.html)
+for more routing examples.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+Python >= 3.10 is currently supported. Python 2.x is deprecated.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are always welcome. You may send patches directly (eg. `git
+send-email`), do a github pull request or just file an issue.
+
+* respect the coding style (eg. PEP8),
+* provide well-formed commit message (see [this blog post](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html)),
+* add a Signed-off-by line (eg. `git commit -s`)
+
+## License
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
+License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+[Total Phase]: http://www.totalphase.com
+[ipmitool]: https://codeberg.org/IPMITool/ipmitool
+[cryptography]: https://pypi.org/project/cryptography/
+[ruff]: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/

python_ipmi-0.6.1/README.md

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+# Pure Python IPMI Library
+
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+[![Lint](https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/actions/workflows/lint.yml)
+[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/python-ipmi.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/python-ipmi/)
+[![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/python-ipmi/badge/?version=latest)](https://python-ipmi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
+[![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/python-ipmi.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/python-ipmi/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/python-ipmi.svg)](https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi/blob/master/COPYING)
+[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/python-ipmi.svg)](https://pypistats.org/packages/python-ipmi)
+[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/kontron/python-ipmi/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/kontron/python-ipmi?branch=master)
+[![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/kontron/python-ipmi/badges/gpa.svg)](http://codeclimate.com/github/kontron/python-ipmi)
+[![Codacy Badge](https://app.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/068eca4b1e784425aa46ae0b06aeaf37)](https://www.codacy.com/gh/kontron/python-ipmi/dashboard?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=kontron/python-ipmi&utm_campaign=Badge_Grade)
+
+## Features
+
+* RMCP interface
+  * native
+  * legacy using [ipmitool] as backend
+* RMCP+ interface
+  * native
+  * legacy using [ipmitool] as backend
+* system interface
+  * native (KCS, SMIC, BT, SSIF) using the IPMI driver on Linux
+  * legacy using [ipmitool] as backend
+* IPMB interface
+  * using the [Total Phase] Aardvark
+  * using ipmb-dev driver on Linux
+
+## Tested Devices
+
+* Kontron
+  * mTCA Carrier Manager
+  * CompactPCI boards
+  * VPX boards
+* Pigeon Point Shelf Manager
+* HPE iLO3/iLO4
+* N.A.T. NAT-MCH
+* DESY MMC STAMP & related AMCs (DAMC-FMC2ZUP, DAMC-FMC1Z7IO)
+* Supermicro
+
+## Requirements
+
+For IPMB interface a [Total Phase] Aardvark is needed.
+Another option is to use ipmb-dev driver on Linux with an I2C bus, driver of which supports slave mode:
+https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/ipmb.html
+
+For the native system interface the Linux IPMI driver is needed
+(`ipmi_devintf` and e.g. `ipmi_si` or `ipmi_ssif`), which provides
+`/dev/ipmi0`:
+https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/ipmi.html
+
+For legacy RMCP, RMCP+ and system interface (KCS) using ipmitool as backend
+the installation of ipmitool is required. Any ipmitool 1.8.x works; the
+serial interface (`serial-terminal`) needs at least version 1.8.13.
+
+The native RMCP+ interface needs the [cryptography] package for
+encrypted sessions (AES-CBC-128, cipher suites 3 and 17):
+
+```shell
+pip install python-ipmi[rmcpplus]
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+### Using `pip`
+
+The recommended installation method is using [pip](https://pip.pypa.io):
+
+```shell
+pip install python-ipmi
+```
+
+### Manual installation
+
+Download the source distribution package for the library. Extract the package to
+a temporary location and install:
+
+```shell
+python setup.py install
+```
+
+### Running from the source tree
+
+To work on the library or to use it directly from a git checkout, create a
+virtual environment and install the checkout in editable mode. Changes to the
+source are then active without reinstalling:
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi.git
+cd python-ipmi
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e '.[rmcpplus]'
+```
+
+This also installs the `ipmitool.py` command line tool and generates
+`pyipmi/version.py` with the version from `git describe`. Install the
+optional packages for the interfaces you need: `pyserial` for the
+openipmblink interface and `pyaardvark` for the Aardvark IPMB interface.
+
+To run the tests:
+
+```shell
+pip install pytest
+pytest
+```
+
+The CI also runs the linter [ruff], the type checker mypy and the spell
+checker codespell. They are configured in `ruff.toml` and `setup.cfg`, so
+they run without arguments. Use the versions pinned in
+`.github/workflows/lint.yml` to get the same results as the CI:
+
+```shell
+pip install ruff==0.16.10 mypy==2.4.0 codespell
+ruff check .
+mypy
+codespell
+```
+
+`ruff check --fix .` fixes many of the reported issues automatically.
+
+Alternatively, the checkout can be used without installing by adding its top
+directory to `PYTHONPATH`. Then `pyipmi` can be imported from any directory,
+e.g. by your own scripts or the ones in `examples/`, and the tool is started
+with `python3 -m pyipmi.ipmitool`:
+
+```shell
+export PYTHONPATH=/path/to/python-ipmi
+python3 -m pyipmi.ipmitool -V
+```
+
+The optional packages have to be installed separately then, e.g.
+`pip install cryptography` for encrypted RMCP+ sessions. The version is shown
+as `dev` as long as `pyipmi/version.py` has not been generated, e.g. by
+`python3 setup.py --version`.
+
+### Package version
+
+The version of the package is taken from, in this order:
+
+1. `git describe --tags` in a git checkout, e.g. `0.5.8.dev77+g7c853b0`
+   for the 77th commit after the tag `0.5.8`
+2. `pyipmi/version.py`, which is generated by `setup.py` and is part of the
+   source distribution on PyPI
+3. `version_archive.txt`, which `git archive` fills in with the tag. This
+   makes the tarballs of the GitHub releases build with the right version,
+   e.g. for distribution packages.
+
+If none of them is available, the version is `0+unknown`. The installed
+version is available as `pyipmi.__version__` and with `ipmitool.py -V`.
+
+## Documentation
+
+You can find the most up to date documentation at:
+http://python-ipmi.rtfd.org
+
+## Example
+
+The examples below talk to the BMC of a server, which has the IPMB address
+`0x20`. Set a routing only for targets behind the BMC, see
+[Bridged targets](#bridged-targets).
+
+Example with the native RMCP+ interface (IPMI v2.0, like `ipmitool -I lanplus`):
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+# without cipher_suite the cipher suites 17 and 3 are tried
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('rmcpplus', cipher_suite=3)
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x20)
+connection.session.set_session_type_rmcp('10.0.0.1', port=623)
+connection.session.set_auth_type_user('admin', 'admin')
+connection.session.set_priv_level('ADMINISTRATOR')
+
+connection.open()
+connection.get_device_id()
+connection.close()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I lanplus -C 3 -H 10.0.0.1 -p 623 -U admin -P admin -L ADMINISTRATOR -t 0x20 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Example using the [ipmitool] as backend with the lan interface:
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+# Supported interface_types for ipmitool are: 'lan' , 'lanplus', and 'serial-terminal'
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('ipmitool', interface_type='lan')
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x20)
+
+connection.session.set_session_type_rmcp('10.0.0.1', port=623)
+connection.session.set_auth_type_user('admin', 'admin')
+connection.session.set_priv_level("ADMINISTRATOR")
+connection.session.establish()
+
+connection.get_device_id()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I lan -H 10.0.0.1 -p 623 -L "ADMINISTRATOR" -U "admin" -P "admin" raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Example with serial interface:
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('ipmitool', interface_type='serial-terminal')
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0xb2)
+
+# set_session_type_serial(port, baudrate)
+connection.session.set_session_type_serial('/dev/tty2', 115200)
+connection.session.establish()
+
+connection.get_device_id()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I serial-terminal -D /dev/tty2:115200 -t 0xb2 -l 0 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Example with the system interface using the Linux IPMI driver:
+
+```python
+import pyipmi
+import pyipmi.interfaces
+
+interface = pyipmi.interfaces.create_interface('ipmidev', port='/dev/ipmi0')
+
+connection = pyipmi.create_connection(interface)
+
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x20)
+
+connection.open()
+connection.get_device_id()
+connection.close()
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I open -t 0x20 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+### Bridged targets
+
+In ATCA and MicroTCA systems the controllers of blades and AMCs are not
+reachable directly but only through the shelf manager or MCH, which forwards
+(bridges) the requests on IPMB. For these targets set the IPMB address of the
+target and the routing to it. A routing is a list of
+`(requester address, responder address, channel)` tuples, one per hop.
+
+Example for an ATCA blade with IPMB address `0x82` behind the shelf manager:
+
+```python
+connection.target = pyipmi.Target(0x82)
+connection.target.set_routing([(0x81, 0x20, 0), (0x20, 0x82, None)])
+```
+
+ipmitool command:
+
+```shell
+ipmitool -I lan -H 10.0.0.1 -p 623 -L "ADMINISTRATOR" -U "admin" -P "admin" -t 0x82 -b 0 raw 0x06 0x01
+```
+
+Do not set a routing to talk to the BMC of a server itself, the bridged
+request fails then (e.g. with completion code `0x83`, NAK on write).
+
+Some shelf managers and carrier managers do not return the sequence number
+of a bridged request in their response. If requests time out although the
+device answers (the debug log shows `discarding message that does not match
+the request`), create the native interface with
+`quirks_cfg={'rmcp_ignore_rq_seq': True}`. With the ipmitool backend the
+routing needs the bridge channel of every hop except the last one.
+See the [documentation](https://python-ipmi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick_start.html)
+for more routing examples.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+Python >= 3.10 is currently supported. Python 2.x is deprecated.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are always welcome. You may send patches directly (eg. `git
+send-email`), do a github pull request or just file an issue.
+
+* respect the coding style (eg. PEP8),
+* provide well-formed commit message (see [this blog post](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html)),
+* add a Signed-off-by line (eg. `git commit -s`)
+
+## License
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
+License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+[Total Phase]: http://www.totalphase.com
+[ipmitool]: https://codeberg.org/IPMITool/ipmitool
+[cryptography]: https://pypi.org/project/cryptography/
+[ruff]: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/