AMI Releases MegaRAC Community Edition 2.0 – An Advanced, Secure, and Stable OpenBMC Solution

AMI Releases MegaRAC Community Edition 2.0 – An Advanced, Secure, and Stable OpenBMC Solution

BMC, Tech Blog

AMI®, the premier provider of best-in-class boot and management (BMC) firmware, is excited to announce the release of MegaRAC Community Edition™ 2.0. Paired with the recent announcement highlighting AMI’s achievement in becoming OCP Security Appraisal Framework and Enablement (S.A.F.E.) certified on all open-source offerings (see blog here), this release demonstrates AMI’s long-standing commitment to fostering an open ecosystem and leading the open-source server management firmware space.

MegaRAC Community Edition 2.0 Packed with Cutting-edge Innovation

MegaRAC Community Edition 2.0 comes packed with cutting-edge innovation, improved reliability, and enterprise-grade validation and certification. This latest release delivers significant bug fixes, performance enhancements, and new enterprise-grade features that are not yet available in the other OpenBMC repositories.

Key improvements in this release include:

  • Expanded Platform & Hardware Support (ASPEED AST2700 Support)
  • Defragmented OpenBMC-based stack with support for the latest silicon vendors/generations and BMC technologies in a single code base
  • Improved Interconnect Performance and Lower Latency on Rack-scale Architectures
  • Stability and Quality Improvements (Major bug fixes across core services)
  • Enterprise-grade Security, Authentication, and Remote Management Capabilities
  • Advanced Platform Customization and Remote Management Features
  • Developer tool chains (OneTree Development Studio) to facilitate customization and platform porting

Why Explore MegaRAC Community Edition?

MegaRAC Community Edition is industry-aligned with Linux Foundation OpenBMC, guaranteeing developers code transparency and control of their firmware design. Furthermore, it comes with the added AMI benefits, enhancing firmware quality, security, configurability, and scalability.

Key advantages for enterprise customers and cloud vendors include:

  • No vendor lock-in
  • Improved Product Quality and Security
  • Faster Time-to-Market
  • Fast Issue Resolution Time
  • Industry and Regulatory Compliance

Join the Community Edition Revolution!

Explore the MegaRAC Community Edition codebase and let us know what you think! Get started today via this link to the repo: https://github.com/ocp-hm-openbmc-opf-ami

About AMI

AMI is Firmware Reimagined for modern computing. As a global leader in Dynamic Firmware for security, orchestration, and manageability solutions, AMI enables the world’s compute platforms from on-premises to the cloud to the edge. AMI’s industry-leading foundational technology and unwavering customer support have generated lasting partnerships and spurred innovation for some of the most prominent brands in the high-tech industry. 

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