Information about the package, openhpi32, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openhpi32 package is designed for, Hardware Platform Interface library and tools.
Package Name:
openhpi32
Summary:
Hardware Platform Interface library and tools
Description:
OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI). HPI provides an abstracted interface to managing computer hardware, typically for chassis and rack based servers. HPI includes resource modeling; access to and control over sensor, control, watchdog, and inventory data associated with resources; abstracted System Event Log interfaces; hardware events and alerts; and a managed hot swap interface. OpenHPI provides a modular mechanism for adding new hardware and device support easily. Many plug-ins exist in the OpenHPI source tree to provide access to various types of hardware. This includes, but is not limited to, IPMI based servers, Blade Center, and machines which export data via sysfs.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.4.0
Release:
2.el6
Size:
2.5 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the openhpi32 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openhpi32
This command will install openhpi32 on the server.
yum remove openhpi32
This command will un-install openhpi32 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openhpi32, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openhpi32
This command will un-install openhpi32 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove openhpi32 when using the -y flag.
yum update openhpi32
This command will update openhpi32 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openhpi32, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openhpi32
This command will update openhpi32 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove openhpi32 when using the -y flag.
yum info openhpi32
This command will show you core information about the openhpi32 package.
yum deplist openhpi32
This command will show you the dependencies for openhpi32. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update openhpi32
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openhpi32. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.