Hi all. I'm a beginner with IPMI and IPMB, so I may not be asking the right questions, or using the right terminology. So first off, terminology: Chassis Controller: This is the top level thing. Its got a web interface and tells everything else when to power on/off, etc. Board Management Controller (BMC): Is a sub level controller. There can be several of these in a Chassis. IPMB: IPMI over I2C.
I'm creating a BMC and currently I don't have a Chassis Controller to test with. I'm hoping the bmc-info, bmc-device, etc will be something I can use to test my BMC. I have a Raspberry Pi and have connected it via I2C to my custom device. At some point I'll take my custom device and plug it into a Chassis and hope that the Chassis Controller will power me on/off, etc. My questions: 1) Does this seem like a reasonable setup? 2) Will I be able to use freeipmi for testing, (and hopefully automated testing)? 3) I'm assuming the Chassis Controller keeps the SEL and SDR? If so then I wont be able to test either of those until I get a Chassis Controller, right? 4) Is it possible for freeipmi to act as a Chassis Controller (of any sort)? 5) If I find some command thats not supported (say a device command that bmc-device doesnt have an option for), would ipmi-raw be something I can turn to? Is there a better option? I appreciate your time, -Andy _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list Freeipmi-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
