Adding a detailed physical model to bmcweb

[Richard Hanley]

>Right, so where we have shared interest I think is how this service works
>and exports its information to _any_ BMC service (not just bmcweb -
>exporting the mapping information via external interfaces is less of a
>priority over here).  Can you say any more about this service?

I'm not sure at the moment.  Google has some software that runs on the host
machine to build a physical model.  I'll check in with the developers to
see if what they are doing is applicable to a BMC.  I'll follow up once I
get a better idea on how this service could be constructed.

Thanks,
Richard

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 8:45 AM Brad Bishop <bradleyb at fuzziesquirrel.com>
wrote:

> at 5:22 PM, Richard Hanley <rhanley at google.com> wrote:
>
> > One of the requirements we have for our data center management software
> > is that we need to be able to map resources (e.g. actions, telemetry,
> and
> > assemblies) directly to the physical component that it originated from
> as
> > well as how those components are physically connected.
> >
> > Historically this mapping was done through a custom protocol on the
> host,
> > and we would like to move this to a Redfish service on the BMC.
>
> Hi Richard.  We (IBM) also have a need for the same detailed mapping
> information but from other services on the BMC.
>
> > Let's just say for the moment that we get a service that collects this
> > information
>
>
> Right, so where we have shared interest I think is how this service works
> and exports its information to _any_ BMC service (not just bmcweb -
> exporting the mapping information via external interfaces is less of a
> priority over here).  Can you say any more about this service?
>
> thanks!
>
> -brad
>
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