https://aalvrz.me/tags/ipmitool/ Recent content in ipmitool on Andrés Álvarez Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://aalvrz.me/posts/ipmi-baseboard-management-controllers/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://aalvrz.me/posts/ipmi-baseboard-management-controllers/ <p>An <strong>Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)</strong> is a set of interfaces that allow system administrators to manage and monitor systems, independently of the system's CPU, BIOS, and operating system.</p> <p>IPMI can also help manage computers that are unresponsive or powered off, by using a network connection to the <strong>hardware</strong>, rather than to a operating system or login shell.</p> <p>More specifically, IPMI can help us monitor, obtain data, and perform tasks such as:</p> <ul> <li>System temperature</li> <li>Voltages</li> <li>Fans</li> <li>Power supplies</li> <li>Chassis intrusion</li> <li>Perform recovery procedures</li> <li>System rebooting</li> <li>System powering</li> </ul> <p>An IPMI sub-system consists of a main controller, called the baseboard management controller (BMC) and other management controllers distributed among different system modules that are referred to as <em>satellite controllers</em>. The satellite controllers within the same chassis connect to the BMC via another system interface (not covered in this post) called Intelligent Platform Management Bus/Bridge (IPMB)</p>