Purpose of IPMI setting in FreeNAS?

[-fun-]

My server has a remote console (HP iLO) which I accessed the first time today. This includes a remove KVM console based on java. I could access the console and FreeNAS menu there. Very cool.

I stumbled across the IPMI setting in the FreeNAS network setting. In the documentation I found that this would enable a remote console access to the server. Well, this is what I have without FreeNAS anyway. There must be some added value to this feature within FreeNAS which I must be missing and which is not mentioned in the FreeNAS guide.

Is there any good reason why I should configure IPMI settings in FreeNAS?

 

[pirateghost]

If you have ILO enabled and configured, there is nothing you need to configure from freenas

 

[danb35]

See also:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/ipmi-web-interface.40133/
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/what-does-ipmi-configuration-in-webgui-do.21607/

 

[-fun-]

Ah I see. So I keep it the way it is. Thank you!