New Supermicro IPMI Host Interface, what is it?
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From what I gather from various docs, it exposes a virtual ethernet interface to the host which is dedicated to host<->BMC communication.
Sources:
1. Virtual network interface enx of Supermicro Motherboards - Thomas-Krenn-Wiki-en
2. https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/IPMI/BMC_Server_Management_Feature_Guide.pdf
Sources:
1. Virtual network interface enx of Supermicro Motherboards - Thomas-Krenn-Wiki-en
2. https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/IPMI/BMC_Server_Management_Feature_Guide.pdf
This has been around for a while on Dell and Lenovo (and probably HPE) systems. I guess it's more flexible than the old-school LPC/ISA device method (can route stuff into a management VM, etc.) and it's super cheap to implement in the BMC because it's just a Linux virtual-ethernet-over-USB thing. Also, some newer platforms probably do away with the exposed LPC bus, not to mention the non-x86 world.
