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title: OpenPOWER Foundation to showcase LibreBMC, a fully open-source POWER-based BMC at OCP Global Summit
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categories:
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- blogs
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tags:
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- openpower
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- openpower-foundation
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- linux-foundation
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- open-source
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- cloud
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- open-source-hardware
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- member
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date: 2022-10-18
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OpenPOWER Foundation to showcase _LibreBMC_, a fully open-source POWER-based BMC at OCP Global Summit.
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SAN JOSE, CA — Oct. 18, 2022 — [OpenPOWER Foundation](https://openpowerfoundation.org),
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an open developer community for the POWER ISA, will demonstrate a full demo of LibreBMC,
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an open source baseboard management controller (BMC) solution at the [2022 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit](https://www.opencompute.org/summit/global-summit).
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This follows on from the project’s [announcement](https://openpowerfoundation.org/blog/openpower-foundation-announces-librebmc-a-power-based-fully-open-source-bmc/) at last year's OCP Global Summit.
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BMCs enable remote monitoring and access to servers.
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They underpin the ability for hyperscalers and enterprise data centers to efficiently manage their fleet of servers safely and securely.
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Historically, BMCs are built using legacy proprietary and closed architectures.
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The OpenPOWER Foundation is pleased to showcase a full [demo](https://youtu.be/YYNegXDsRoU) of the LibreBMC project,
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a BMC solution with a completely open source stack of hardware, software, specifications, and tooling.
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The solution as shown uses a processor called [Microwatt](https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt),
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a community developed softcore based on the fully open [POWER ISA](https://openpowerfoundation.org/specifications/isa/).
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It runs the [OpenBMC](https://www.openbmc.org/) firmware, a [Linux Foundation](https://linuxfoundation.org) project,
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and the platform adheres to the [Open Compute Project’s](https://www.opencompute.org/) [DC-SCM specification](https://www.opencompute.org/documents/ocp-dc-scm-spec-rev-1-0-pdf).
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LibreBMC was built using open-source tooling and with open source peripheral IP such as [LiteX](https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litex).
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[LibreBMC](https://openpowerfoundation.org/groups/librebmc/) is an open-source community project guided by the OPF Special Integration Group of the same name.
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The project details, including links to all source code and documentation, can be found [here](https://git.openpower.foundation/librebmc/librebmc).
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It also has inspired [Axiado Corporation](https://axiado.com/), an AI-enhanced hardware security company,
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and [new OpenPOWER Foundation Silver member](https://openpowerfoundation.org/blog/axiado-joins-openpower/),
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to develop their own datacenter-ready secure control module (DC-SCM), Smart SCM solution, utilizing both the POWER ISA and OpenBMC firmware.
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Axiado will also be demoing their solution at the OpenPOWER booth.
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Axiado’s President and CEO [Gopi Sirineni](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopisirineni/) added,
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“_This is an important milestone for Axiado as it highlights our commitment to the Foundation and greater technical collaboration.
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Open ecosystem design has empowered start-ups such as Axiado to innovate with next generation capabilities previously not possible.
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Our demonstration illustrates what’s possible with open collaboration and how our Smart SCM, powered by TCU, can be used to enhance server security._”
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“_The community-driven LibreBMC solution demonstrates the kind and pace of innovation that occurs when open collaboration is placed front and center_,”
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said [James Kulina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-kulina/), executive director, OpenPOWER Foundation.
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“_LibreBMC proves that for a critical infrastructure component such as the baseboard management controller,
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an open platform supported by an active community enables improved performance, reliability, customization, and security._”
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Bijan Nowroozi, Chief Technology Officer for the [Open Compute Project Foundation](https://www.opencompute.org/),
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said "_Speaking on behalf of the OCP Community, we are excited to see the progress of OpenPOWER’s LibreBMC project,
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which utilizes OCP's DC-SCM standard that provides a wonderful open interface for platform resilience, management and orchestration capability,
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and enables OpenPOWER’s LibreBMC, to increase security and transparency for a next level BMC that supports POWER, ARM and x86 based systems._"
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If you have any questions or feedback, you can also [join our Slack workspace](https://join.slack.com/t/openpowerfoundation/shared_invite/zt-9l4fabj6-C55eMvBqAPTbzlDS1b7bzQ),
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or find us on [Twitter at @openpowerorg](https://twitter.com/openpowerorg)!
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## About the OpenPOWER Foundation ##
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The OpenPOWER Foundation is the open steward for the open-source POWER ISA microprocessor architecture.
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The Foundation has 350+ members across software, hardware, and systems developing advanced microprocessors, servers, networking, storage and GPU-acceleration technology
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aimed at delivering more choice, control and flexibility to developers of next-generation, cloud, edge, and HPC data centers.
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## About Axiado ##
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Axiado Corporation is a security processor company redefining hardware root of trust with hardware-based security technologies, including trusted control/compute unit (TCU) processor with a per-system AI. With its Zero-Trust Secure Vault™ boot and authentication core and Secure AI™ engines, the TCU eliminates breaches at the perimeter of existing cloud infrastructures, 5G base stations, networks, and IoT devices. Company was founded in San José, California, in 2017 with a mission to protect the users of everyday technologies from digital threats. For more information about Axiado, please visit axiado.com or follow @AxiadoCorp.
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## About Open Compute Project ##
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The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) was initiated by Facebook in 2011 with a mission to apply the benefits of open source and open collaboration to hardware and
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rapidly increase the pace of innovation in, near and around the data center’s networking equipment, general purpose and GPU servers, storage devices and appliances, and scalable rack designs.
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OCP’s collaboration model is being applied beyond the data center, helping to advance the telecom industry & EDGE infrastructure.
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