2025-10-09 –, SR2
This hands-on workshop guides attendees through running OpenBMC on a virtual Arm server using the Neoverse FVP. Participants will explore server manageability workflows—including telemetry, RAS logging, Redfish, and IPMI—via side-band, in-band, and out-of-band interfaces. Live demonstrations include sending telemetry over MCTP/PLDM and transferring binary logs using PLDM File I/O. The session also features execution of the SBMR Architecture Compliance Suite (SBMR-ACS) to validate manageability conformance in both virtual and hybrid environments.
This 60-minute workshop provides hands-on experience with OpenBMC running in a fully virtual Arm server environment using the Neoverse Fixed Virtual Platform (FVP). Co-developed by Arm and 9elements, the platform enables firmware development and standards validation well before physical hardware is available.
The session walks attendees through building and launching OpenBMC on a Base FVP (acting as the BMC) that communicates with a separate Neoverse FVP (representing the server host). The host platform includes a Manageability Control Processor (MCP), which acts as the Arm SBMR Satellite Management Controller (SatMC). These virtual systems communicate via simulated side-band and in-band channels using industry-standard interfaces.
This workshop focuses on developer workflows and testing, with minimal architectural deep dive.
Attendees will:
- Launch OpenBMC in a dual-FVP environment
- Explore telemetry and RAS logging over MCTP/PLDM
- Send live telemetry data to a Redfish client
- Use PLDM File I/O to transfer binary crash logs
- Exercise Redfish and IPMI interfaces from Linux and UEFI
- Run the SBMR-ACS to verify manageability compliance
Participants will leave with instructions and open source tools from gitlab.arm.com/server_management/PoCs/fvp-poc and github.com/ARM-software/sbmr-acs, ready to apply them in CI, bring-up, or testing pipelines.
If participants would like to run the demonstration independently, participants should either prepare a standard / high-performance Linux laptop, or remotely access their own powerful workstation. The recommended laptop configuration is provided below.
Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.02
Processor: Intel i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 (with H-series suffix)
Memory (RAM): 32 GB
A Principal System Architecture at Arm. Primary responsibility for Arm SBMR (Server Base Manageability Requirements) and SBMR Proof-of-concept development. Involved with OpenBMC and EDK2 development.