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AIINFRA-004 in progress P0 curriculum openbmc Effort XL

Continue the existing whole-machine course from its first lesson through host management and fleet operations.

Depends on: AIINFRA-002

Outcome

The existing OpenBMC and UEFI course becomes the management-controller and host-boot backbone of the specialization.

Why it matters

This track establishes the control plane for power, boot, sensors, inventory, recovery, and external management. Later security and fleet lessons depend on a precise model of the BMC/host boundary.

Deliverables

  • Continue the current curriculum in prerequisite order.
  • Cover power and reset ownership, UEFI phases, OpenBMC Linux, Yocto, D-Bus, IPMI/KCS, MCTP/PLDM, Redfish, updates, and recovery.
  • Add source-reading and simulated-platform labs.
  • Tie protocol explanations to observable commands, logs, and state transitions.

Acceptance criteria

  • Each lesson has a focused system trace and an interactive knowledge check.
  • Protocol layers are distinguished from physical bindings and implementation services.
  • Labs can be completed without requiring access to a production server fleet.
  • The track feeds the security, assurance, and capstone work without duplicating them.

Notes

The first lesson, Server Firmware as a System, is already published.