Hello, a BMC or IPMI interface is a controller which is described here [1]
> But apparently you can replace BMC's 'firmware' with your own, something > that OpenBMC tries to achieve. Main problem is - there are many > BMC/ILOM/ILO, and OpenBMC targets a few of them. I'd give my hand for a > sensible replacement of Sun's ILOM 'firmware', but I'm not aware of any. Yes, but in this post i talk about Supermicro servers/mainboards and I try to find something for Aspeed AST2500 chips, but there is nothing :-( But thanks, it looks like that the author made a mistake, maybe.. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface#IPMI_components On Monday, July 1, 2019 3:48:50 PM CEST rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I don't know how many people are aware of what the BMC is / does -- after a > little googling, my tentative understanding is that this is the "extra" > miroprocessor that is now included in some (Intel and maybe AMD?) CPUs? > > What are you trying to do with it? > > If you're setting up a computer that happens to have one of those, can you > just ignore it, or must it do something to allow the main CPU to run? > > On Monday, July 01, 2019 04:27:48 AM Stefan K wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > So I don't get any answers from the debian-user-german mailinglist I ask > > you ;) > > > > short question: when I read [1] (sorry just in german), it says that > > several vendors install their own BMC software up there. So I ask myself > > which one? OpenBMC doesn't really seem to work yet and I can't think of > > anything else. I've already written to the author (several times) but > > without reaction. :( Do you have any idea what alternatives there are > > (ideally which ones work)? > > > > [1] > > https://www.golem.de/news/pantsdown-fehler-in-server-firmware-ermoeglicht- > > rootkit-1901-138956.html > > > > best regards > > Stefan > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > Subject: alternative Firmware für BMC's > > Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 3:21:03 PM CEST > > From: Stefan K <shado...@gmx.net> > > To: debian-user-ger...@lists.debian.org > > > > Hallo in die Runde, > > > > kurze Frage: wenn ich [1] lese, steht dort dass diverse Anbieter ihre > > eigene BMC-Software rauf klatschen. Da stellt sich mir die Frage welche > > denn? OpenBMC scheint noch nicht wirklich zu gehen und ansonsten fällt mir > > da nichts ein. Ich hab auch schon den Autor angeschrieben (mehrmals) > > jedoch ohne Reaktion. :( Habt ihr denn dazu eine Idee was es da denn an > > Alternativen gibt (idealerweise welche die auch funktionieren)? > > > > [1] > > https://www.golem.de/news/pantsdown-fehler-in-server-firmware-ermoeglicht- > > rootkit-1901-138956.html > > > > MfG > > Stefan > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- >
