How To Install ipmctl on Fedora 34
ipmctl is Utility for managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmctl on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipmctl.
Install ipmctl on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ipmctl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ipmctl
ipmctl Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/ipmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/18b0d83c23e54e8dc3f4d1340bd23799f3124d
/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
/usr/bin/ipmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/4ded6aa42b520b07a15d55b37f1c7936cf1b27
/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
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmctl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.