IPMI Help to access Firmware Versions.
Hi All,
I am new to this list and do not know if this is the correct list to send my query. Please redirect me to the correct one if I am in the wrong list. I want to access the various firmware versions of devices like MP, BMC of the machine running Linux (64 Bit) etc. I have understood that this can be done using IPMI. I want to know if IPMI is implemented on Linux 64. If so how do I use it (IPMI) to get the information I need.
Any help / hints/ links/ pointers will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Kamesh.
Quoted 2 lines · Kamesh Reddy
I want to access the various firmware versions of devices like MP, BMC of the machine running Linux (64 Bit) etc.
EFI shell doesn't provide this?
Or you want to read this info programmatically while the OS is running? perhaps under /proc/ someplace?
I looked around a bit but didn't see aything obvious.
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I have understood that this can be done
using IPMI. I want to know if IPMI is implemented on Linux 64.
yes
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If so how do
I use it (IPMI) to get the information I need.
I'd like to know as well.
thanks
grant
Quoted 4 lines · Grant Grundler
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If so how do
I use it (IPMI) to get the information I need.I'd like to know as well.
In principle this should work with newer versions of lm_sensors. I've seen it running on IA32 but didn't try it myself. But in priciple this should also work for IA64. Try Google for
bmcsensors i2c-ipmi lm_sensors2 ...
Regards,
Erich