Re: Fwd: alternative Firmware for BMC's
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 rhkramer@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 <shadow_7@gmx.net>
> > To: debian-user-german@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
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
>
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