IPMI

1. Our requirements for an IPMI solution
2. Implementations we've tried
3. References documentation

Our Requirements

• Remote power off
• Remote power on
• Remote system (re)boot
• Remote motherboard BIOS settings manipulation
• Viewing serial console boot and runtime input/output from a remote management location

Implementations

Tyan M3289 SMDC

• Overview, how Paul thinks it works.
• Our attempts at making the M3289 work.
• M3289 Manual V1.04 stored locally.
• BMCutil provided by Tyan. This is a linux binary for configuring a local BMC.
• Broadcomm firmware flashing utility, acquired from Tyan to upgrade NIC firmware on our Tyan 2881 motherboard.

SuperMicro 1UIPMI-B

• Overview, how Paul thinks it works.
• Our attempts at making the 1UIPMI-B work.

Reference Docs

• IPMI docs and specs, hosted at intel.com
• OpenIPMI home page
• IPMItool home page
• Installing on Debian example (orginally found at http://buttersideup.com/docs/howto/IPMI_on_Debian.html)
• IPMItool manpage