> May I ask if your tool suit, Free IPMI, has the capability of modifying a BMC > Firmware Binary File, prior to flashing on a chip such that the the final > firmware modifications will have the end user's MAC Address information > embedded thereby avoiding the above nightmare scenario?
No. We leave firmware flashing to the motherboard manufacturer. FreeIPMI is predominantly for end users. > If this is not possible, do you know of any open source software to > accomplish this? I'm not aware of anything. Al On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Mark Bennette <mbennett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sir or Madam; > > I work at the TSD of a Server Motherboard Manufacturer/Reseller. We often > run into issues where end customers, corrupt, or alter, the BMC CHIP > Firmware, e.g. forgotten password, MAC Address issues, such that they end up > requesting that we send them another BMC chip, with their board's MAC > Addresses, pre-configured in the CHIP. This is a laborious task, first > having to download the firmware, flashing the chip, via EPROM device, then > installing the chip in a compatible machine, then resetting the info in the > chip to factory defaults and finally confirming via router DHCP Table the > validity of the process, e.g. MAC Addresses displayed. > > May I ask if your tool suit, Free IPMI, has the capability of modifying a > BMC Firmware Binary File, prior to flashing on a chip such that the the > final firmware modifications will have the end user's MAC Address > information embedded thereby avoiding the above nightmare scenario? > > If this is not possible, do you know of any open source software to > accomplish this? > > -- > > Thanks, > > Mark Bennette > > > _______________________________________________ > Freeipmi-devel mailing list > Freeipmi-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-devel > _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-devel mailing list Freeipmi-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-devel
