Intelligent Platform Management Interface

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification defines a set of common interfaces to computer hardware and firmware which system administrators can utilize to monitor system health and manage the system.

IPMI operates independently of the operating system (OS) and allows administrators to manage a system remotely even in the absence of the OS or the system management software, or even if the monitored system has not powered on. IPMI can also function when the OS has started, and offers enhanced features when used with the system management software.

IPMI version 1.5 and later enables sending out alerts via a direct serial connection, a local area network (LAN) or a serial over LAN (SOL) connection to a remote client. System administrators can then use IPMI messaging to query platform status, to review hardware logs, or to issue other requests from a remote console through the same connections. The standard also defines an alerting mechanism for the system to send a simple network management protocol (SNMP) platform event trap (PET).

External links

*Intel Website (includes specification download)
*American Megatrends IPMI System Management
*OpenIPMI An IPMI client (open source)
*ipmitool Command-line interface to IPMI (open source)
*ipmiutil IPMI client-side utilities (open source)
*GNU Freeipmi

References

*Zhuo, Haihong, Yin, Jianwen, & Rao, Anil V. "Remote Management with the Baseboard Management Controller in Eighth-Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers". Dell. Retrieved Jun. 20, 2005.