OpenPOWER

Open source software has proven itself in enterprise use over the last two decades. Operating systems, virtualization solutions and critical enterprise applications like databases benefit from the open development model and the transparency it brings.

OpenPOWER systems now bring these advantages to the hardware side in the form of powerful servers. The open source developed OpenPOWER firmware is available for download on GitHub – meaning that the source code can be analyzed and viewed by independent parties.  
 

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Open source firmware

In the 2U OpenPOWER single-CPU RP2112 server, open source is part of the firmware. This means that you benefit from the transparency of open source software from the moment you turn on the machine. Starting with the first CPU command and the initialization of the processor, RAM and PCIe bus to the loading of the bootloader and the start-up of the Linux operating system, the IBM POWER8 processor is running nothing but open source code. The source code of the firmware is public and available on Github. The firmware also contains a lightweight Linux bootloader: Petitboot. With it, you can directly start installing Ubuntu 16.04 via network – installation DVDs and USB sticks are therefore no longer necessary.
 
 

Thomas-Krenn.AG is a member of the OpenPOWER Foundation.
Further information is available at: www.openpowerfoundation.org
 
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