Re: Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's

2019-07-06 Thread Richard Hector
On 2/07/19 7:18 PM, Stefan K wrote: > 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 target

Re: Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's

2019-07-02 Thread Stefan K
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 > sensi

Re: Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's

2019-07-01 Thread Dan Ritter
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? > >

Re: Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's

2019-07-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > 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? I guess you will have to find a place where big iron is more on topic. For us small iron owners there is still AMT if we want it scary:

Re: Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's

2019-07-01 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 09:48:50AM -0400, 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 AM

Re: Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's

2019-07-01 Thread rhkramer
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 hap

Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's

2019-07-01 Thread Stefan K
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