Bastian, Having more than one IPMI package to cover different user-community preferences certainly has a number of precedents. Think of all the SMTP packages, for instance. I believe ipmiutil is better, as described below, but some may disagree. Nevertheless, giving users the choice is a good position, IMO.
IPMIUTIL OS Support: Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris Linux Distros: Fedora, RHEL6.3, Gentoo, RedFlag, MontaVista, openSUSE 11.4 Upstream site: http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net The ipmiutil package is an easy-to-use IPMI server management utility with an existing installed user community. It provides IPMI functionality similar to ipmitool and freeipmi but it has certain advantages and additional features: * automates common IPMI management functions * interprets more event data than other packages * includes a severity with each IPMI event * allows easier configuration of the IPMI LAN channel * supports various drivers and driverless mode also * supports other OSs, like Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc. * provides automated test cases The ipmiutil project has been released since 2001 (originally named panicsel), so it has more longevity than the others. The ipmiutil project is much more active than ipmitool, which has not had upstream developer activity since Feb 2009. It supports Windows servers, the others do not. So users who have mixed OS environments would prefer ipmiutil. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Bastian Blank [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:41 PM To: Andy Cress Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: ITP: ipmiutil -- Easy-to-use IPMI server management utilities On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:50:17AM -0800, Andy Cress wrote: > * Package name : ipmiutil We already have at least two full ipmi suites. Please describe why ipmiutil is better then freeipmi and ipmitool. Bastian -- Vulcans never bluff. -- Spock, "The Doomsday Machine", stardate 4202.1
