NAME
openhpi - an implementation of the SA Forum’s Hardware Platform
Interface
DESCRIPTION
OpenHPI is an implementation of the SA Forum’s Hardware Platform
Interface, which provides a standard C library interface to manage,
monitor, and control hardware (both local and remote).
OpenHPI 2.x implements the HPI B.01.01 specification.
The OpenHPI client library (libopenhpi) provides all the connection
functionality needed by the client application to connect to the
OpenHPI daemon running on the local or remote server.
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
Some of OpenHPI’s functioning can be changed by setting environment
variables. This documents all client environmental settings.
OPENHPI_DAEMON_HOST=URL
URL for the host running the daemon. This can be "localhost"
(default) if the daemon is running on the local host or an ip
address.
OPENHPI_DAEMON_PORT=PORT_NUMBER
The port number the host is listening on for clent connections.
Default port is 4743.
HARDWARE SUPPORT
OpenHPI provides a number of plugins that talk to different hardware
types. The following is a list of tested plugins in OpenHPI 2.x.
ipmi
An IPMI plugin that can talk locally (via smi interface and
OpenIPMI device driver) or remotely (via IPMI over LAN). It
supports IPMI 1.5 for standard rackmount servers, and some of IPMI
2.0 for support of ATCA chassis.
IPMI plugin depends on libOpenIPMI version 1.4.x.
ipmidirect
An IPMI plugin designed specifically for ATCA chassis. It
implements IPMI commands directly in the plugin.
snmp_bc
An SNMP based plugin that can communicate with IBM BladeCenter, as
well as IBM xSeries servers with RSA 1 adapters.
SNMP_BC plugin depends on net-snmp > 5.0.7.
sysfs
Current status??
watchdog
Current status??
OTHER DOCUMENTATION
The definitive guide to HPI is the SA Forum specification at
http://saforum.org.
More info on OpenHPI can be found at our webpage (http://openhpi.org).
SEE ALSO
The following man pages may also be of interest
openhpid
The openhpi daemon, providing OpenHPI data as a system service.
AUTHORS
Authors of this man page:
Sean Dague (http://dague.net/sean)
Renier Morales (renier@openhpi.org)