IPMI: Difference between revisions

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Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a set of computer interface specifications for an autonomous computer subsystem that provides management and monitoring capabilities independently of the host system's CPU, firmware (BIOS or UEFI) and operating system.

Arch Linux has the following IPMI-related packages:

freeipmi — Sensor monitoring, system event monitoring, power control, and serial-over-LAN (SOL).

https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ || freeipmi

openipmi — Full-function IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) system.

http://openipmi.sourceforge.net/ || openipmi

ipmiutil — A simple program that lists results from the hardware detection library.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmiutil/ || ipmiutil^AUR

ipmitool — Command-line interface to IPMI-enabled devices.

https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool || ipmitool

ipmiview — Supermicro IPMI tool.

https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/ipmi.cfm || ipmiview^AUR

ipmicfg — Supermicro IPMI configuration tool.

https://www.supermicro.com/en/solutions/management-software/ipmi-utilities || ipmicfg^AUR

Firmware

To update the Baseboard Management Controller firmware on Supermicro servers, you can use supermicro-update-manager^AUR.

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 * {{App|ipmitool|Command-line interface to IPMI-enabled devices.|https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool|{{Pkg|ipmitool}}}}
 * {{App|ipmiview|Supermicro IPMI tool.|https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/ipmi.cfm|{{AUR|ipmiview}}}}
+* {{App|ipmicfg|Supermicro IPMI configuration tool.|https://www.supermicro.com/en/solutions/management-software/ipmi-utilities|{{AUR|ipmicfg}}}}
 == Firmware ==
-To update bmc firmware on Supermicro servers, you can use {{AUR|supermicro-update-manager}}.
+To update the [[Wikipedia:Baseboard Management Controller|Baseboard Management Controller]] firmware on Supermicro servers, you can use {{AUR|supermicro-update-manager}}.
 == See also ==
 * [[Wikipedia:out-of-band management]]