Dell is working pretty hard to replace IPMI with Redfish these days. Redfish is an out of band management protocol like IPMI, but using an HTTP/JSON REST API that doesn't assume a secure management network.
OpenStack Ironic (ironicbaremetal.org) now ships a redfish driver that we have tested working on:
- Dell machines
- HPE machines (ilo 5 and 6)
- SuperMicro
- Most generic redfish endpoints as deployed by bulk "off label" server places
A lot of folks in the provisioning automation space worked hard to try and enhance the state of the art (including some folks at Dell who were great :D) and get redfish accepted.
It's a bit weird seeing this post; from our perspective, IPMI is a dangerous, attractive nuisance: it's nearly impossible to properly secure and has a lot more bad failure scenarios than a protocol built on http, that most of the time can support TLS with custom CAs and similar.
jayofdoom|1 year ago
OpenStack Ironic (ironicbaremetal.org) now ships a redfish driver that we have tested working on: - Dell machines - HPE machines (ilo 5 and 6) - SuperMicro - Most generic redfish endpoints as deployed by bulk "off label" server places
A lot of folks in the provisioning automation space worked hard to try and enhance the state of the art (including some folks at Dell who were great :D) and get redfish accepted.
It's a bit weird seeing this post; from our perspective, IPMI is a dangerous, attractive nuisance: it's nearly impossible to properly secure and has a lot more bad failure scenarios than a protocol built on http, that most of the time can support TLS with custom CAs and similar.