American Megatrends Supports IPMI v2.0 Standard for Complete Server and Embedded Management
Tuesday: March 2, 2004
Editorial Summary:
- AMI supports the new IPMI 2.0 specification by offering building blocks and a complete solution for platform management
- IPMI provides high server availability, configurable policy-based failure recovery, easy identification of failed components and remote server access even when the system is in an unresponsive state
- AMI's IPMI firmware and software is backed by 20 years of firmware experience and features a first-class graphical firmware-porting environment
ATLANTA (Tuesday, March 2, 2004) American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a leading provider of storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced its platform management firmware and software will support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0 specification, which was unveiled at this week's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco.
“AMI began development of the IPMI 2.0 draft specification features released last September at Fall IDF, and is well ahead in providing our IPMI partners with an IPMI 2.0 compliant management solution. We have worked with leading server and embedded motherboard vendors that implement IPMI 1.5 and continue to work with those vendors who will support IPMI 2.0,” said Bill Clark, AMI software sales manager. “AMI recognizes the importance of IPMI 2.0 to enable its customers with
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