OpenBMC Alternatives

OpenBMC is described as 'The OpenBMC Project community is supporting an open source BMC firmware stack that will work across heterogeneous systems, including enterprise, HPC, telco, and cloud-scale data centers' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are six alternatives to OpenBMC for Windows, Self-Hosted, Linux, Web-based and MS-DOS. The best OpenBMC alternative is MeshCommander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenBMC are iDRAC, IPMIView, FreeIPMI and IPMICFG.

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  1. MeshCommander icon
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    In an effort to make Intel® AMT easier to use, to support cross platform and over the Internet usages, we are building a new version of the MDTK that is fully written in JavaScript. There are many advantages in doing this, but above all, it just makes a lot of sense.

    4 MeshCommander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • MeshCommander is the most popular Windows alternative to OpenBMC.

    • MeshCommander is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OpenBMC.

    • MeshCommander is Free and Open SourceOpenBMC is also Free and Open Source
  2. iDRAC icon
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    The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) with Lifecycle Controller is embedded within every Dell EMC PowerEdge server and provides functionality that helps IT administrators deploy, update, monitor, and maintain servers out of the box.

    4 iDRAC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • iDRAC is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to OpenBMC.

    • iDRAC is Freemium and ProprietaryOpenBMC is Free and Open Source
  3. IPMIView icon
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    IPMIView is a GUI-based software application that allows administrators to manage multiple target systems through BMC. IPMIView V2.0 supports Supermicro’s BMCs that adheres to either IPMI v1.5 or v2.0.

    6 IPMIView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • IPMIView is the most popular Linux alternative to OpenBMC.

    • IPMIView is Free and ProprietaryOpenBMC is Free and Open Source
  4. FreeIPMI icon
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    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 and is implemented by a number vendors for system management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. IPMICFG icon
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    IPMICFG is a command line tool that let user set IPMI command through keyboard controller style (KCS) to the device that support Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0 specifications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
     
  6. HP iLO icon
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    Server management software that enables you to configure, monitor and update your HPE servers seamlessly, from anywhere in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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