diff --git a/command/channel_auth.cpp b/command/channel_auth.cpp
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+++ b/command/channel_auth.cpp
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+#include "channel_auth.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <host-ipmid/ipmid-api.h>
+
+namespace command
+{
+
+std::vector<uint8_t> GetChannelCapabilities(std::vector<uint8_t>& inPayload,
+                                            const message::Handler& handler)
+{
+    std::cout << ">> GetChannelCapabilities\n";
+
+    std::vector<uint8_t> outPayload(sizeof(GetChannelCapabilitiesResp));
+    auto response = reinterpret_cast<GetChannelCapabilitiesResp*>
+                    (outPayload.data());
+
+    // A canned response, since there is no user and channel management.
+    response->completionCode = IPMI_CC_OK ;
+
+    // Channel Number 1 is arbitarily applied to primary LAN channel;
+    response->channelNumber = 1;
+
+    response->ipmiVersion = 1 ;     //IPMI v2.0 extended capabilities available.
+    response->reserved1 = 0;
+    response->oem = 0;
+    response->straightKey = 0;
+    response->reserved2 = 0;
+    response->md5 = 0;
+    response->md2 = 0;
+
+
+    response->reserved3 = 0;
+    response->KGStatus = 0;         //KG is set to default
+    response->perMessageAuth = 0;   //Per-message Authentication is enabled
+    response->userAuth = 0;         //User Level Authentication is enabled
+    response->nonNullUsers = 1;     //Non-null usernames enabled
+    response->nullUsers = 1;        //Null usernames enabled
+    response->anonymousLogin = 0;   //Anonymous Login disabled
+
+    response->reserved4 = 0;
+    response->extCapabilities = 0x2;    //Channel supports IPMI v2.0 connections
+
+    response->oemID[0] = 0;
+    response->oemID[1] = 0;
+    response->oemID[2] = 0;
+    response->oemAuxillary = 0;
+
+    std::cout << "<< GetChannelCapabilities\n";
+    return outPayload;
+}
+
+} // namespace command