investigate changing over to bmclib

[mmlb]

https://github.com/bmc-toolbox/bmclib

[mrmrcoleman]

Can we help here @mmlb ?

[mmlb]

@mrmrcoleman for sure, this is just a TODO type issue. Any one can pick up.

[joelrebel]

Hey! as one of the maintainers of the bmclib project, I'd be interested to help with this integration,
having run bmclib in production for a while, theres a few areas, where bmclib could improve and I'd be keen on fixing them, to name a few,

• Add Context support - various methods in the library block indefinitely until the HTTPS/SSH dialers/transport timeout
  https://github.com/bmc-toolbox/bmclib/blob/master/devices/interfaces.go#L10

• Less opinionated BMC methods - certain hardware actions were found to be more reliable over SSH, this can be changed to allow the caller to set the method of access (HTTPS/SSH/IPMI/Redfish)
  https://github.com/bmc-toolbox/bmclib/blob/master/providers/dell/idrac9/actions.go#L37

• The ScanAndConnect() method acts as an entry point to probe the vendor/model of hardware, although if the HTTPS interface is down for whatever reason (crappy BMCs) this method will fail, here the caller could be given the option to set the method of access - HTTPS/SSH/IPMI/Redfish
  https://github.com/bmc-toolbox/bmclib/blob/master/discover/discover.go#L26

Hopefully this gives you an idea of where the bmclib project needs work and saves some evaluation time,
it would be ideal to fix these before PBNJ integrates :)

[jacobweinstock]

going to close this as we have bmclib in full use now!