On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 11:00 PM Al Chu <ch...@llnl.gov> wrote: > Hi, > > > Chassis Controller: This is the top level thing. Its got a web interface > and tells everything else when to power on/off, etc. > > I'm not 100% sure if this is a common term, but it could be. It need not > be a web interface in my opinion (there's no GUI in FreeIPMI). I think in > general > you're looking for a IPMI "client" where as the BMC is the "server". The > FreeIPMI tools implement the "client side". > > > 1) Does this seem like a reasonable setup? > > 2) Will I be able to use freeipmi for testing, (and hopefully automated > testing)? > > 1 & 2 seems reasonable and FreeIPMI commands should do the job. > > > 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? > > By "keep", do you mean "cache"? The tools ipmi-sel and ipmi-sensor do cache > the SDR it downloads from the BMC. > > > 4) Is it possible for freeipmi to act as a Chassis Controller (of any sort)? > > In the sense of "client side" tools, yes. > > > 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? > > Yes, ipmi-raw is perfect for that. > > Hope that helps, > > Al > > Thanks Al. This is good news. Yeah, I agree on the web interface, I was just trying to distinguish things. We are going to buy a chassis and it'll come with a chassis manager, here is a picture:
https://i.imgur.com/AsWqQNu.png I need to emulate the chassis manager. In this picture, I'm creating the FRU part. It's a plugin card (think large graphics card, but it can power itself on/off, has lots of sensors, etc, etc). This is a video I watched about SOSA standards: https://youtu.be/WleNs9ON6Ws?si=r4lMLeWMstK_Vd9t&t=422 It might help explain where I'm comming from. Another question for you about the bmc-info command. There are two command line options: --driver-address=DRIVER-ADDRESS --target-slave-address=SLAVE-ADDRESSFR I'm guessing target-slave-address is the address I've assigned to my custom hardware, so what is driver-address? Thanks for all the help, -Andy _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list Freeipmi-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
