OpenQA uses the VNC protocol to interface with a test system. This limits test systems to be virtualized. Bare metal (physical) systems do not provide VNC out-of-the-box.
However, many systems have baseboard management controllers (BMCs) capable of VNC-redirecting the BIOS console via network.
I want to explore the BMC network API to create a VNC console and connect it to OpenQA.
BMCs considered * HP iLO * DELL (i)DRAC * Intel AMT
I will focus on Intel AMT first because all Lenovo Laptops have this integrated.
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over 9 years ago by ancorgs | Reply
Looks very similar to this other project. Look my comment there. There is already an openQA backend for IPMI and, as far as I understand, AMT and IPMI are kind of similar.
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over 9 years ago by algraf | Reply
It's similar, but not identical. This project is about leveraging built-in remote access solutions (which is smart). My project idea is about enabling machines that don't have it. Both make a lot of sense in their own court - if there is hardware support for remote access it's definitely cheaper to just use it rather than hack up frame grabbers ;).
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over 9 years ago by hreinecke | Reply
I would rather start with IPMI; most of the machines controller by orthos have it already. So you'd have a far larger playground to test things out. And it would be immediately useful for openQA, as I don't suppose you'd be wanting to have openQA run on your laptop...
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