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@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@ + +IPMIUTIL PROJECT TODO LIST: + +IPV6: + . implement IPV6 for Windows + +SuperMicro Users: + . implement OEM cmd to set user privilege level + +SPD decoding: + . expose SPD decoding from file/buffer, not just FRU + c handle DDR3 SPD 1.0 format + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.9.1 + +Add additional IPMI 2.0 commands from addendum: + c Get/Set System Info + . Get/Set SEL UTC Offset (requested 4/22/13) + . Forwarded Command + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.8.1, adding Get/Set System Info functions + +Add DCMI 1.5 commands for NetFn 0x2C to ipmiutil + . Get/Set DCMI Configuration Parameters (DCMI 1.5) + . Get/Set Thermal Limit (DCMI 1.5) + +Add an option/variant of canonical output for CSV (delimiter = ',') + +Change ipmicmd.c to be thread-safe if accessing multiple nodes. + Currently is only conditionally safe, if threads access the same node. + Will require adding a context struct param to the ipmi_cmd*() funcs. + Probably need to add new thread-safe functions to retain back-compatibility. + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.9.0, multiple nodes in sequence is fixed + +Add support for MAC OSX AppleBMC.kext driver + not yet implemented, pending some documentation. + +More automated testing + Started this in ipmiutil-2.6.6 with testipmi.sh, but it could be + more extensive and be tested on more types of IPMI firmware. + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.6.6 with testipmi.sh + +Remove assert() calls from lanplus code + Need to improve error handling and remove all assert() calls from + the lib/lanplus/ code: lanplus.c lanplus_crypt.c lanplus_crypt_impl.c + This requires test cases for the assert instances. + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.4.0, removed 2 asserts from lanplus.c + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.7.0, removed 1 more assert from lanplus.c + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.8.8, more from lanplus_crypt.c/lanplus_crypt_impl.c + +Add a function to send ctl-alt-del through SOL console + Although this is seldom used in a serial console environment, it + could be useful. To do this, the one-character escape sequence + would need to be changed to a 2 character escape sequence. + Also need a method to insert the key sequence in the console. + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.5.0 includes the 2-character escape sequence + and a send_break function. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +IPMIUTIL COMPLETED TODO TASKS: + +Add support for a MAC OSX client + It should work with minor compile-time adjustments. + We need a system running OSX on which to build and test this. + Changes to compile on MACOS submitted to SVN on 04/12/2013 + Support for AppleBMC.kext not yet implemented, pending documentation. + COMPLETED in ipmiutil-2.9.1 + +Add snmptrap functionality to getevent -r example script + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.9.1 + +Add DCMI 1.1 commands for NetFn 0x2C to ipmiutil + (0xDC defines the body code) + The command codes under this NetFn are: + c Get DCMI Capabilities Info + c Get/Set Management Controller Identifier String + c Get/Set Asset Tag + c Get DCMI Sensor Info + c Get Temperature Readings + c Get Power Reading + c Get/Set Power Limit + The remainder DCMI specified commands are from the IPMI specification + IMPLEMENTED in ipmiutil-2.8.1 + COMPLETE (power options tested) in ipmiutil-2.8.4 + +Perform retries on retries for some get/set lan parameters + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.8.1 by using set_max_kcs_loops() + +Add an oem_hp.c module with decode_sensor_hp() to + interpret HP discrete sensors with analog readings + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.8.2 + +Add systemd scripts for ipmi_port, ipmiutil_evt, etc. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.8, not default but installed in /usr/share/ipmiutil + ipmi_port.service, ipmiutil_evt.service, + ipmiutil_asy.service, ipmiutil_wdt.service + +Add IPv6 support + There is at least one IPMI BMC that has added IPv6 support, so + it would be nice to include support for it in ipmiutil. + Need access to a BMC that supports IPv6 for testing, or + someone to help test it whose BMC supports IPv6. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.8, with contribution from Rajaganesh87 + +Add an option to 'ipmiutil fru' that discovers every child MC FRU also, +like the isensor.c code does for fchild. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.5 (ifru -e) + +Pass event severities to syslog, instead of just writing them as 'info'. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.5 + +Add OEM code for ekanalyzer + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.0 + +Add code for FRU multi-record area decoding and FRU PICMG records + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.0 + +Add OEM code for Sun + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.0 + +Add OEM code for Fujitsu + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.6.9 with iRMC S2 SEL decoding + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.7.0 with iRMC S2 LED routines + +Add SHA256 and Cipher Suite 17 support + Current max Cipher Suite ID is 14, but IPMI 2.0 Errata 4 and DCMI 1.1 + add these. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.6.9 + +Add OEM code for fwum, hpm, and oem_kontron features. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.6.9 + +Add more ATCA/picmg functionality. + Currently have std IPMI functions, plus fru and sensor and blue LED + capability for ATCA/picmg bladed systems. + Need to add some additional picmg-specific functionality, like: + properties - get PICMG properties + addrinfo - get address information + activate - activate a FRU + deactivate - deactivate a FRU + policy get - get the FRU activation policy + policy set - set the FRU activation policy + portstate get - get port state + portstate set - set port state + led prop - get led properties + led cap - get led color capabilities + led state get - get led state + led state set - set led state + power get - get power level info + power set - set power level + and firmware firewall functions + COMPLETE: added ipicmg.c and ifirewall.c in ipmiutil-2.6.5 + +Add older 1.5 SOL protocol capability + For ipmiutil sol with IPMI 1.5, the older (Intel-only) 1.5 SOL protocol + is implemented and will connect, but the 1.5 SOL data packets are not + right yet. This is in progress. Note that the standard IPMI 2.0 SOL + protocol is entirely separate and still works fine. + Lower priority right now. If you want to use this feature, email + ipmiutil-developers(at)lists.sourceforge.net + CANCELLED - Intel 1.5 SOL is too old to matter any more. It was + only supported on SE7501WV2 motherboards from <=2003. + +Fix the API interface to /dev/ipmi0 on FreeBSD + This FreeBSD ipmi driver is different than Linux. + We have support for ipmiutil driverless mode on FreeBSD. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.5.2, support ipmi driver and driverless w FreeBSD 7.x + +Add a delimeted-output option for all utilities + Would make parsing the output in scripts easier. + 08/25/08 added ':' delimiters to lan/serial config output in 2.2.0 + PARTIAL in ipmiutil-2.2.0 - added 'ipmiutil config' + DONE in ipmiutil-2.4.1 for sensor and lan canonical output with -c + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.5.0 added -c to bmchealth, fruconfig + +Add support for a DOS build + CANCELLED - use Linux boot media instead, DOS is not as good. + +Add detection for Windows SOL when Command Prompt window is >25 rows. + DONE with AnsiTerm.cpp in ipmiutil-2.5.0 + +Build a bootable Linux CD with ipmiutil for use with other random OSs. + Note that with ipmiutil-1.7.5, any bootable Linux CD will do, since + the direct I/Os no longer require an IPMI driver. + We may still want to build and supply an example (like TRB or SLAX). + 2/06/07 Built an initial SLAX CD as http://ipmiutil.sf.net/ipmiutil.iso. + This ISO is too big to remain posted on sourceforge.net, however. + Need documentation on how to build an ISO to finish this. + 11/21/08 posted SLAX ISO as http://ipmiutil.sf.net/FILES/newgrab.iso + COMPLETE + +Add Solaris support + Needed because configuring IPMI LAN and PEF with ipmitool is too + complicated. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.3.0 for Solaris 10 bmc driver + +Add output logging to ipmiutil sol + This is easy with stdio in Linux, but not possible in Windows without + adding a logging option in the code, since Windows uses the video + console buffer instead of stdio. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.2.2 + +Add support for Microsoft Windows IPMI driver + Currently only support Intel Windows imbdrv.sys driver. + Requires adding WMI infrastructure. + COMPLETED 09/12/08 in ipmiutil-2.2.1 for 32-bit Win2003R2 + +Add support for remote soft reset via OpenIPMI driver + Currently 'ipmiutil reset -o -N' requires 'getevent -a' and the imb driver. + Requires adding async callback for OpenIPMI driver to getevent.c + COMPLETED 09/12/08 in ipmiutil-2.2.1 + +Add a function to save/restore BMC IPMI settings + This would combine lan, serial, and fru parameters in a key-value-pair + file that could be restored automatically. + COMPLETED 08/25/08 in ipmiutil-2.2.0 + +Eliminate duplication in binaries + Build only one Meta-command for ipmiutil, with static libs if possible. + Existing other commands would be sym-links or shortcuts, e.g. + showsel [args] => ipmiutil sel [args] + COMPLETED 03/31/08 in ipmiutil-2.1.0 for Linux + +Handle Windows command prompt terminal emulation for SOL + The Windows isolconsole.exe works, but the terminal emulation logic is + not finished. It works ok to Linux command-line and vi, but looks + bad for BIOS/POST. This is in progress. There are other (non-open) + tools available for Windows (e.g. Intel dpccli) in the interim. + The Linux isolconsole works fine, since the terminal emulation is + handled by the Linux termio. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.0.0, no known issues + +Do an OS Agent for hwreset to do BMC LAN remote soft-shutdown. + Perhaps using an xinetd socket to not have a service always resident, + or sending a kill signal to init from the driver level would work. + i.e. kill(1,SIGINT); /*SIGINT==2*/ + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-2.0.0 with hwreset & "getevent -a" for IMB driver. + +Do a configure option with/without lanplus support, since this adds so +much size to the binary object code. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.8.2 + +Include IPMI v2.0 RMCP+ LAN protocol also. + (IPMI 2.0 commands were previously supported, however.) + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.8.0 + +Add more boot parameters to hwreset, for things like: + . hwreset: Set which device to boot from (CD, Disk, LAN/PXE, etc.) + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.7.0 + . Forcing the boot to continue (i.e. no POST pause) - BIOS setting + REJECTED - too platform specific for this project, see platform vendor + . Set which OS/Software version/target to be downloaded for PXE (?) + REJECTED - too platform specific for this project, see platform vendor + +Make a real-time sensor monitoring tool to monitor a specified SDR for +sensor readings every second. + . partially complete with sensor -i option + . sensor 1.39 has -L option for looping + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.7.3 (sensor 1.39) + +Add encrypt/decrypt options to pefconfig & tmconfig, using RSA or DSA public +keys, perhaps with the gnupg.org library. + There is some concern about increasing the size of the utilities for + encryption, when this functionality can be scripted instead. + POSTPONED - perhaps someone else would like to help? + COMPLETE - using -E to get password from IPMI_PASSWORD environment + variable works, and does not put the password in the + command line or script. + ADDED -Y option to allow user to enter password at prompt w ipmiutil-1.9.0 + +Improve BMC LAN functionality and diagnosis with some custom IPMI LAN logic. + The built-in IPMI LAN also makes the Windows version able to use it. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.7.0 with ipmilan.c + +pefconfig: Fix fSOL20 logic to work on supported platforms, currently + returns completion code 0x80. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.6.5 + +Update hpiutil source for 1.1.9 changes + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.6.3 + +Add pre-built Windows *.exe files to the ipmiutil.sf.net home page. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.6.3 + +sensor: Add an option to display timestamp for this run. Write it on each SDR line if -w is also specified. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.5.6 + +fruconfig: Get FRU data from all FRU devices, not just baseboard. + COMPLETE in ipmiutil-1.5.6 + +Add User settings, like tmconfig has, to pefconfig + - added more Get User Access messages to pefconfig v1.30 in ipmiutil 1.4.9 + - added -u option with ipmiutil 1.5.3 + COMPLETE + |