The need to reduce the complexity of IT infrastructure management remains a priority on every IT manager’s agenda. One of the most prominent open standards addressing that need, Intelligent Platform ...

When maintaining and operating a server, there are many situations where you want to turn on or off the power or display the console screen from a remote location. However, if the server is not ...

-- 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 ...

You spend thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to secure the data stored on the critical databases and application servers your organization relies on. But what if each of those systems ...

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation found in motherboards from server manufacturer Supermicro suffers from serious vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to ...

Earlier this month, I wrote about agent and agentless management approaches. That article elicited a few responses from readers, which I shared with you in a subsequent issue. I have just received ...

Noted researcher Dan Farmer published a paper on the depth and breadth of IPMI vulnerabilities in server Baseboard Management Controllers, and the news isn’t good. If enterprises are indeed moving ...

I should look into IPMI SOL in more detail; we have had trouble with it in the past, but we use and love physical serial consoles, they are rock solid and nothing beats being able to cut and paste ...

A ransomware called JungleSec is infecting victims through unsecured IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) cards since early November. When originally reported in early November, victims ...

Vulnerabilities in the IPMI protocol that describes how baseboard management controllers communicate on networks put thousands of servers at risk, particularly those at hosting providers. Baseboard ...

I run a home server that's tucked away in a closet, and even though I do have a variety of methods of managing the software through vsphere and Remote Access, it is sometimes necessary to be able to ...