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FreeIPMI VS OpenBMC

Compare FreeIPMI VS OpenBMC and see what are their differences

FreeIPMI logo FreeIPMI

FreeIPMI provides in-band and out-of-band IPMI software based on the IPMI v1.5/2.0 specification.

OpenBMC logo OpenBMC

The OpenBMC Project community is supporting an open source BMC firmware stack that will
  • FreeIPMI Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-13
  • OpenBMC Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-12-29

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OpenBMC videos

OSFC 2018 - OpenBMC | Sai Dasari

More videos:

  • Review - OCPUS18 – Intel's Journey with OpenBMC
  • Review - OpenBMC: Boot your server with Python

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to FreeIPMI and OpenBMC)
Remote PC Access
41 41%
59% 59
Remote Desktop
41 41%
59% 59
Monitoring Tools
40 40%
60% 60
Remote Control
46 46%
54% 54

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Microsoft Remote Desktop - Once that's done, another computer or device with the right credentials, called the client, can connect to the host and control it. Don't let the technical aspects of remote desktop software scare you away.