ASUS IPMI Expansion Card
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After some back and forth with ASUS I was able to get them to send me the (google drive!) link to the x670e UEFI with the IPMI enabled. With this installed I get all of the missing BMC integration (I was correct in my guess that the unlabelled header is in fact the BMC header). I'm still having some issues getting the in-band IPMI connection working on Linux (there is an issue with some of the memory space getting allocated to the ACPI handle for the IPMI device and the rest of it getting allocated to the PCI handle). But out of band works fine.
Comparing the UEFI capsules of the stock board file versus the IPMI enabled file, there are substantial changes to a couple of firmware components that would make trying to retrofit IPMI support into other AM5 boards challenging even if they did come with the proper headers. I would guess that the feature set that I had before installing the IPMI UEFI version (ie KVM, OOB power control, web interfact) would still be accessible on any other AM5 boards.
Comparing the UEFI capsules of the stock board file versus the IPMI enabled file, there are substantial changes to a couple of firmware components that would make trying to retrofit IPMI support into other AM5 boards challenging even if they did come with the proper headers. I would guess that the feature set that I had before installing the IPMI UEFI version (ie KVM, OOB power control, web interfact) would still be accessible on any other AM5 boards.
Fascinating stuff.
Yeah, that one should work in basically any system, since to the host it's just a PCIe video adapter and a few USB devices.
Yup. That part turned out to be redundant in my case, as the card was smart enough to get a DHCP assigned address even without any bios integration. Here's the link I got from ASUS: ProArt-X670E-CREATOR-WIFI-ASUS-IPMI-2204.7zGreat news! So you are now able to config IPMI network from BIOS? Do you mind sharing the file with the community by any chance?
I've been having issues getting the in-band KCS driver to work with the card. It looks like there is a bug in the ACPI tables that the UEFI ships with, where the hardcoded addresses for the IPMI device collide with memory that it specifies as one of the PCI host bridge windows. The practical upshot of this is that the PCI subsystem reassigns the PCI window, and you need to manually connect to the KCS driver with the following:
sudo modprobe -r ipmi_si
sudo modprobe ipmi_si trypci=0 tryacpi=0 addrs=0x84140e88 regspacings=4So skimming the thread it seems that the KVM function works without mobo being on the support list (but no other monitoring info from the mobo) - is this confirmed? A few of the early posts reporting no video give me pause, but they may just be user error.
I've got an ASUS board I'd like to use it on but it's not on the compatibility list, and it makes sense that if it comes up as a regular PCIe graphics card (and BIOS is set for PCIe GPU as primary video) that it should work as a basic KVM.
On another note, can anyone tell me if ASPM works on the card? (
I've got an ASUS board I'd like to use it on but it's not on the compatibility list, and it makes sense that if it comes up as a regular PCIe graphics card (and BIOS is set for PCIe GPU as primary video) that it should work as a basic KVM.
On another note, can anyone tell me if ASPM works on the card? (
lspci -vv on linux will say if it's disabled or whether L0/L1 ASPM is enabled, though the output is very spammy). Cheers!It's a PCIe video card that provides basic display output functionality and USB mouse and keyboard under a trenchcoat with a camera placed in front. It would take a miracle for it not to work.So skimming the thread it seems that the KVM function works without mobo being on the support list (but no other monitoring info from the mobo) - is this confirmed?
Sorry to necro this old thread, but is there any chance you could say which header it is on the x670 ProArt you used? Is it the one under the last PCIe slot, or the one hear the CMOS battery?After some back and forth with ASUS I was able to get them to send me the (google drive!) link to the x670e UEFI with the IPMI enabled. With this installed I get all of the missing BMC integration (I was correct in my guess that the unlabelled header is in fact the BMC header).
the card comes with own BMC LAN port. (see pictures of it)hello , i have basic x670 motherboard from ASUS, but it has only one Network port; will this card be compatible or would i need to buy an additional network card to get it function? thanks.
but your motherboard needs a BMC header. if your board is not mentioned to support the IPMI i doubt you can use it.