DMTF’s innovative Redfish standard continues its fast progression, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Scalable Platforms Management Forum (SPMF). To date, Redfish has focused on defining a TCP/IP-based out-of-band interface between a client and a management controller. Today, the newly available Redfish Host Interface Specification expands these capabilities to allow applications and tools running on an Operating System - including in the pre-boot (firmware) stage – to communicate with the Redfish management service.
Every device exposes an interface to the host software (Operating System or Hypervisor). Management controllers are no different, and this standard modernizes this interface to equalize the capabilities of “in-band” or “host-based” applications with remote applications using Redfish.
To learn more about Redfish or to download the Redfish Host Interface specification, please visit http://www.dmtf.org/standards/redfish. Developers can also visit the Redfish Developer Hub, a one-stop, in-depth technical resource with all the files, tools, community support and education you may need to help you use Redfish. To participate in the Host Interface Task Force, please join the DMTF’s SPMF.