IPMIä
IPMI, or Intelligent Platform Management Interface, is a standardized interface used by servers and embedded systems to monitor hardware health and perform out-of-band management independent of the host operating system. It provides access to sensors, event logs, power controls, and remote administration via a dedicated management controller known as the BMC.
Typically, the BMC is integrated on the motherboard or provided as an add-on card. The BMC collects
IPMI supports features including turning the system on or off, resetting, remotely accessing a console (Serial
Despite wide deployment, IPMI has well-documented security drawbacks, as default credentials and out-of-band access can present