Baseboard Management Control

August 21, 2022

Baseboard Management Controller is implemented on “enterprise” systems and along with several satellite controllers facilitates access via a platform management system. IPMI is a set of specifications for interacting with these systems. Typically the BMC provides a web interface, but there is also ipmitool which facilitates access over an ssh server running on the BMC. There are “taps” in place to allow for serial based interaction between the BMC and the primary host metal. ...