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other interfaces have not been tested. This time is an operation demonstration and will not be described in
detail.
7.3 Other ways to connect to IPMI
The AST2500 firmware complies with the IPMI 2.0 specification, so users can use the standard IPMI
driver assigned by the operating system.
7.3.1 IPMI driver
The AST2500 supports Intel-referenced drivers, available from:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html via Windows Server
2003 R2, Microsoft also An IPMI driver package is provided, you can also use the Open IPMI driver in the
system.
AST2500 supports Open IPMI driver for Linux kernel. Use the following command to load the IPMI
driver: "modprobe ipmi_devintf" "modprobe ipmi_si" If you are using an older version of the Linux kernel,
you need to replace the "ipmi_si" component with "ipmi_kcs".
7.3.2 IPMI tools and other open source software
AST2500 supports open source IPMI tools, you can also use other software, such as: Open IPMI, IPMI
Utility, etc.
The above files are designed to help you quickly understand and deploy the IPMI function of the
system. We will provide other help files for the detailed IPMI function operation manual.