IPMI Virtual Machine

santunezlenovo — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 19:21:48 GMT

Hello Guys

For testing I create 2 VM with Oracle Linux 8.6 and need to know if is possible enable IPMI on the Virtual Machine or simulate for example XCC, ILO, iDRAC.

I need simulate Oracle Linux Virtualization environment and the host need IPMILAN for Power Management and enable High Availability

Thanks for your help

Re: IPMI Virtual Machine

wila — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 22:14:29 GMT

Hi,

From a VM you can connect to hosts running IPMI/ILO/iDRAC etc..

Your VM itself does not provide IPMI/ILO/iDRAC.

Where IPMI is a server standard that is fairly common among server vendors, it is provided by a base band processor that handles things like power on. ILO/iDRAC are vendor specific versions that extend that functionality.

Virtual Machines do not have base band processors. I suppose that -in theory- one could provide this, it makes little sense to do so for VMware.
VMware has their own REST API that you can use to control a VM.

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Wil

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