[Freeipmi-devel] Input on new ipmiseld daemon

[Albert Chu]

Hey everyone,

The next big release of FreeIPMI will include a new daemon called
'ipmiseld'.  Similar to the ipmievd daemon w/ ipmitool, it monitors the
IPMI SEL and logs those messages to the syslog so that everything is in
one place.  It adds many FreeIPMI-isms as additional features,
including:

- One daemon can monitor & log multiple hosts w/ hostrange support
(presently tested up to ~140 nodes)

- Using the results from SEL event interpretations (i.e. is the SEL
event nominal, warning, or critical), events can be filtered out before
being logged.

- SEL logs can be automatically cleared when full.

- Log message formats are configurable using a printf-like style.

I'm sure there can be issues with certain motherboards, so I would
appreciate any input from anyone on this new tool/daemon.  Any input on
bugs, issues, or even better default values would be welcome.

The latest alpha release with this code can be found here:

http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.2.0.alpha1.tar.gz

Al

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Albert Chu
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Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory