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diff --git a/system/freeipmi/README b/system/freeipmi/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5805f45eac --- /dev/null +++ b/system/freeipmi/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +FreeIPMI provides in-band and out-of-band IPMI software based on the +IPMI v1.5/2.0 specification. + +The IPMI specification defines a set of interfaces for platform +management. It is utilized by a wide variety of vendors for system +management on motherboards. The features of IPMI that most users will +be interested in are sensor monitoring, remote power control, +serial-over-LAN (SOL), and system debugging. The FreeIPMI tools and +libraries in this package should provide users with the ability to +access and utilize these features. |