Intel
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Server Board S2600CP and Server System P4000CP TPS
Intel® Server Board S2600CP and Intel® Server System P4000CP Platform Management
Revision 1.1
Intel order number G26942-003
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6.4.3.20 Data Center Management Interface (DCMI)
The DCMI specification is an emerging standard that is targeted to provide a simplified
management interface for Internet Portal Data Center (IPDC) customers. It is expected to
become a requirement for server platforms which are targeted for IPDCs. DCMI is an IPMI-
based standard that builds upon a set of required IPMI standard commands by adding a set of
DCMI-specific IPMI OEM commands. Intel
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Server Platforms will be implementing the
mandatory DCMI features in the BMC firmware (DCMI 1.1 Errata 1 compliance). Please refer to
DCMI 1.1 errata 1 spec for details. Only mandatory commands will be supported. No support for
optional DCMI commands. Optional power management and SEL roll over feature is not
supported. DCMI Asset tag will be independent of baseboard FRU asset Tag. Please refer table
DCMI Group Extension Commands for more details on DCMI commands.
6.4.3.21 Lightweight Directory Authentication Protocol (LDAP)
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an application protocol supported by the
BMC for the purpose of authentication and authorization. The BMC user connects with an LDAP
server for login authentication. This is only supported for non-IPMI logins including the
embedded web UI and SM-CLP. IPMI users/passwords and sessions are not supported over
LDAP.
LDAP can be configured (IP address of LDAP server, port, and so on) by the BMC’s Embedded
Web UI. LDAP authentication and authorization is supported over the any NIC configured for
system management. The BMC uses a standard Open LDAP implementation for Linux.
Only open LDAP is supported by BMC. Windows and Novel LDAP are not supported.
6.5 Advanced Management Feature Support
This section explains the advanced management features supported by the BMC firmware.
6.5.1 Enabling Advanced Management Features
The Advanced management features are to be delivered as part of the BMC FW image. The
BMC’s baseboard SPI flash contains code/data for both the Basic and Advanced features. An
optional add-in card Intel
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RMM4 lite is used as the activation mechanism. When the BMC FW
initializes, it attempts to access the Intel
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RMM4 lite. If the attempt to access Intel
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RMM4 lite is
successful, then the BMC activates the Advanced features.
Advanced manageability features are supported over all NIC ports enabled for server
manageability. This includes baseboard NICs as well as the LAN channel provided by the
optional Dedicated NIC add-in card.
RMM4 is comprised of two boards – RMM4 lite and the optional Dedicated Server Management
NIC (DMN). If the optional Dedicated Server Management NIC is not used then the traffic can
only go through the onboard Integrated BMC-shared NIC and share network bandwidth with the
host system.
Table 25. Enabling Advanced Management Features
Manageability Hardware Benefits
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