Metolious specification provides a flexible management interface abstraction.
It provides a basic interface that is suited for all desktop, mobile, and workstation platforms. It also provides an extended interface, that is specifically targeted towards server platforms. The Metolious specification is complementary to the IPMI Specification. Although the Metolious extended interface is targeted to all server platforms, it is specifically optimized for IPMI-based management hardware. Further, implementing to the Metolious extended interface for non-IPMI server platforms provides the platform vendor with a convenient transition path for migrating to IPMI in the future.