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I need to test some ipmitool commands. I dont have a server with ILO/IDRAC installed. Is there a simulator which can mimic as the IPMI server?(or) Can I use any virtual box/Qemu/KVM virtual machines to implement the IPMI drivers and test them over LAN? Are there any documentation of such kind? Please suggest. Thanks.
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It is possible to do some IPMI test without real IPMI hardware. The OpenIPMI library provides a simple IPMI simulator that allows LAN access. Download OpenIPMI library and read the ./OpenIPMI-2.0.21/lanserv/README.vm.
It is not possible to emulate exactly a real BMC like iLO or DRAC. Nevertheless it is sufficient for the first round testing of software with IPMI support.
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And I'll put my two cents in as well. Today I was looked for the answer to the same question regarding IPMI functionality in Oracle VirtualBox and found this project in github: Provisioning Emulator with simulated BMC and Virtualbox
One more solution: Virtualbox OpenStack Driver
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No there is not a simulator for ILO. There are many different versions of the ILO and you must first choose which version(bugs and features) that you want to simulate. Hank JBlade
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