How To Install ipmctl on CentOS 8

ipmctl is Utility for managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmctl on CentOS 8.

What is `ipmctl`

Utility for managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules Supports functionality to Discover DCPMMs on the platform. Provision the platform memory configuration. View and update the firmware on DCPMMs. Configure data-at-rest security on DCPMMs. Track health and performance of DCPMMs. Debug and troubleshoot DCPMMs.

We can use yum or dnf to install ipmctl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipmctl.

Install ipmctl on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ipmctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ipmctl

Install ipmctl on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ipmctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ipmctl

How To Uninstall ipmctl on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ipmctl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ipmctl

ipmctl Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/ipmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/40cf6a5d84ec824dc3372eafd1e0f4bdcf8ed2
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-change-preferences.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-change-sensor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-create-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-delete-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-delete-pcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-debug-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-support-data.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-help.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-inject-error.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-load-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-load-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-modify-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-acpi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-cap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-cel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-error-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-firmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-memory-resources.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-pcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-performance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-preferences.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-region.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-sensor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-socket.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-system-capabilities.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-topology.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-start-diagnostic.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-start-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-stop-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-update-firmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-version.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl.1.gz

References

ipmctl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmctl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.