AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.), one of the original PC BIOS vendors, just joined the OpenPOWER Foundation. AMI’s “MegaRAC SP-X for POWER8” product was launched in support of TYAN’s first non-IBM branded OpenPOWER commercial server, which they’re demoing at COMPUTEX TAIPEI this week. MegaRAC SP-X for POWER8 includes server firmware technology. Excerpts from their PR:
“AMI joins a growing roster of technology organizations working collaboratively to build advanced server, networking, storage and acceleration technology as well as industry-leading open source software aimed at delivering more choice, control and flexibility to developers of next-generation, hyperscale and cloud data centers. The group makes POWER hardware and software available to open development for the first time, as well as making POWER intellectual property licensable to others, greatly expanding the ecosystem of innovators on the platform. AMI has been working with IBM and other OpenPOWER Foundation members like Tyan to develop enterprise server and networking solutions for next-generation data centers that integrate IBM POWER CPUs and AMI MegaRAC(R) Remote Management Firmware / Software Solutions. “
“MegaRAC(R) SP-X for POWER8 is a powerful development framework for server management solutions composed of firmware and software components, based on industry standards like IPMI 2.0, SMASH, Serial over LAN (SOL) and key serviceability features like remote presence, CIM profiles and advanced automation. MegaRAC SP-X features a high level of modularity, with the ability to easily configure and build the firmware image by selecting features using an intuitive graphical development tool chain. These features are available in independently maintained packages, for superior manageability of the firmware stack.”
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