IPMI - because ACPI and UEFI weren’t terrifying enough

Matthew Garrett ACPI was dreadful and scary, and it’s still scary but at least it mostly works now. UEFI jeopardised the interests of our entire tribe, but we got through it. How could any other four letter specification worry us? Meet IPMI - the Intelligent Platform Management Interface. A protocol that allows admins to power machines on and off remotely. A protocol that permits remote querying and reporting of hardware errors, fan speeds, temperatur