On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 08:45 -0700, David A. Ranch wrote: > I'm curious what Intel thinks of proprietary extensions from vendors > such as Supermicro, Dell, etc. that gives a video or "KVM" transport > over IPMI? I personally use Linux so the standard text "sol" transport > is fine but for heavy Windows environments, you really need a GUI > "console" to be able to get the job done.
I heard a talk from Tom Slaight (primary IPMI spec writer I think) awhile back where he suggested that KVM would be in a future IPMI spec. Of course, that was 3+ years ago and it was only a suggestion ... Al > --David > > > Holger, > > > > Good question, but I don't know the answer. > > Perhaps someone directly involved in the planning for IPMI spec updates > > can answer. > > Try http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/feedback.htm > > > > Andy > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Liebig, Holger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:23 AM > > To: Cress, Andrew R > > Cc: ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: RE: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] IPMI SOL failed on Intel Harwich > > > > > > Andy, > > ________________________________ > > > > > > IPMI is for server platforms, and has tremendous momentum and > > support across the industry. IPMI supports more server features than > > AMT. IPMI is a strategic standard for Intel. Intel server customers > > would go elsewhere if we moved from IPMI to AMT. There are no near-term > > plans for an IPMI 3.0. Intel will continue to ship IPMI BMCs > > indefinitely on all server platforms. > > See http://telcoserv.so.intel.com/mgt/ipmifunc.htm > > <http://telcoserv.so.intel.com/mgt/ipmifunc.htm> for an overview of > > IPMI functions. > > > > [Liebig, Holger] Thanks for sharing. Are there any plans to > > extend/update IPMI to IPv6? > > > > Thanks, > > Holger > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Ipmitool-devel mailing list > Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel -- Albert Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 925-422-5311 Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
