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FreeIPMI

FreeIPMI

FreeIPMI is an open source tool that provides IPMI software and utilities for managing and monitoring servers and hardware components. It supports Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 1.5/2.0.
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FreeIPMI: Open Source IPMI Tool

FreeIPMI is an open source tool that provides IPMI software and utilities for managing and monitoring servers and hardware components. It supports Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 1.5/2.0.

What is FreeIPMI?

FreeIPMI is an open source tool that provides IPMI software and utilities for managing and monitoring servers and hardware components. It supports Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 1.5/2.0.

Some key features of FreeIPMI include:

  • Monitoring sensors like temperature, voltage, fanspeed and chassis intrusion
  • Reading sensor data records like watchdog timers and platform event logs
  • Managing platform power and reset control
  • Remote KVM and serial-over-LAN control
  • LAN and LAN alerting features for monitoring thresholds
  • Support for IPMI over serial/modem (out-of-band) connections

FreeIPMI runs on Linux and provides both command line tools as well as a C library to develop custom IPMI applications. It aims to be a complete IPMI system with a focus on open standards and supporting a wide range of server hardware.

Overall, FreeIPMI is useful for low-level server monitoring and management in data centers and enterprises running Linux systems. It provides administrators fine-grained control over hardware components.

FreeIPMI Features

Features

  1. IPMI system management
  2. Sensor monitoring
  3. SEL management
  4. FRU inventory
  5. Remote KVM
  6. Power control

Pricing

  • Open Source

Pros

Open source

Cross-platform support

Feature rich

Active development

CLI and GUI options

Cons

Steep learning curve

Limited documentation

No official support

Official Links

Official Website
https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/

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