OpenBMC
 | |
| Developer(s) | OpenBMC community |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 3 November 2015 |
| Stable release | 2.6
/ 11 February 2019 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C++, Python |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | www |
The OpenBMC project is a Linux Foundation collaborative open-source project whose goal is to produce an open source implementation of the Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC) Firmware Stack.[1][2][3] OpenBMC is a Linux distribution for BMCs meant to work across heterogeneous systems that include enterprise, high-performance computing (HPC), telecommunications, and cloud-scale data centers.[3][4]
History
In 2014, four Facebook programmers at a Facebook hackathon event created a prototype open-source BMC firmware stack named OpenBMC.[5] In 2015, IBM collaborated with Rackspace on an open-source BMC firmware stack also named OpenBMC. These projects were similar in name and concept only.[6] In March 2018, OpenBMC became a Linux Foundation project and converged on the IBM stack. Founding organizations of the OpenBMC project are Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Google, and Facebook.[7][3]
Features
OpenBMC uses the Yocto Project as the underlying building and distribution generation framework.[8] OpenBMC uses D-Bus as an inter-process communication (IPC).[9][10] OpenBMC includes a web application for interacting with the firmware stack.[11]
Systems
- Google/Rackspace partnership
- Barreleye G2 / Zaius—two-socket server platform using POWER9 processors.[12][13]
- IBM
- Power Systems AC922 also "Witherspoon" or "Newell"—two-socket, 2U Accelerated Computing (AC) node using POWER9 processors with up to 6 Nvidia Volta GPUs.[14][15] AC922 was used in the U.S. Department of Energy's Sierra and Summit supercomputers.[16][17]
- Raptor Computing Systems / Raptor Engineering
- Talos II—two-socket workstation and development platform; available as 4U server, tower, or EATX mainboard.[18][19]
u-bmc
u-bmc is a project which is developed parallel to OpenBMC but uses gRPC instead of IPMI.[20]
References
- ^ "Projects - The Linux Foundation". The Linux Foundation. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Power of Open(Source)BMC - OpenPOWER". OpenPOWER. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ a b c "OpenBMC Project Community Comes Together at The Linux Foundation to Define Open Source Implementation of BMC Firmware Stack - The Linux Foundation". The Linux Foundation. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "The Firmware Stack Opens Up". EnterpriseTech. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ "Introducing "OpenBMC": an open software framework for next-generation system management". Facebook Code. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ "Differences between facebook/openbmc and openbmc/openbmc · Issue #589 · openbmc/openbmc". GitHub. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "Home - OpenBMC". OpenBMC. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ Wang, Xo (2017-05-22). "Developing on OpenBMC Under the hood with BitBake" (PDF). openpowerfoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
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- ^ Open Compute Project (2017-03-14), The OpenBMC Project, retrieved 2018-01-09
- ^ Reference WebUI for managing OpenBMC systems. Contribute to openbmc/phosphor-webui development by creating an account on GitHub, openbmc, 2019-02-19, retrieved 2019-02-21
- ^ "Introducing Zaius, Google and Rackspace's open server running IBM POWER9". Google Cloud Platform Blog. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ PyCon Australia (2016-08-15), OpenBMC: Boot your server with Python, retrieved 2018-01-09
- ^ "IBM Power System AC922 - Details - United States". www.ibm.com. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ Bader, David (2017-11-15). "The @IBM Power9 "Newell" compute node is the world's most accelerated node with next-gen NVLink to @NVIDIA #GPUs". @Prof_DavidBader. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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- ^ "The Roadmap Ahead For Exascale HPC In The US". The Next Platform. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ GmbH, finanzen.net. "A High Performance, Open, and Secure Alternative to X86 Computing". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ 2018, (c) Raptor Engineering, LLC 2009 -. "Raptor Computing Systems::TL2WK2 Intro". www.raptorcs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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