Building a sustainable management infrastructure with open source firmware.pdf

1、Enhancing the firmware stack management with OpenBMCBuilding a sustainable management infrastructure with open source firmware Jean-Marie Verdun,HPE,Distinguished TechnologistDamien Lagneux,OVHcloud,Software EngineerBuilding a sustainable management infrastructure with open-source firmwareEMEA DEPLO

2、YMENTSOPEN SYS FWOVHcloud,largest CSP in EMEA with worldwide presence44 Points of Presencewith a 100 Tb/s Network2 900 EmployeesworldwideBare metal-based solutions represent 70%of OVHcloud businessremaining 30%are public cloud and web1.6 Million Customersacross 140 countries450K Physical Serversin o

3、ur data centers1 Million+Serversproduced since 199944 Datacentersin 9 countries60 Local Zonesor collocated datacentersThe originHPE seeking partners to test its OpenBMC solution on Proliant Gen11 serversOVHcloud looking for partners to ramp up on OpenBMCHow we collaborate?HPE provided OVHcloud with

4、a DL385 serverJean-Marie visit to Lyon officeIM collaboration:many Discord messagesWorking togetherWhat are the limitations?Firmware lifecycle is strongly dependent on suppliers:security/bug fixes,release lifecycle,end of supportLegacy firmware is a black box:hard to debug,not easily modifiedStandar

5、dized APIs are not compatible between vendorsHeterogeneous features across vendorsLegacy firmware is based on standardized APIs which arent compatible with later technologiesUpdate processes do not scale,and we are always running outdated versionsNew feature development limited by the flash memory s

6、izePOC to address legacy firmware challengesWhat is important?Breaking the supplier/consumer dependencyZero-touch provisioningDeployment efficiencySeamless update processReliable firmware bootBuilding innovations with OpenBMCUse case:A brand new server is delivered in Tokyo datacenter while manageme