FeatureFeature DescriptionDescription
Platform
management
Integrated BMC – this subsystem consists of communication buses, sensors, system BIOS, and server
management firmware; it supports standard IPMI features as well as OEM (supplemental) features
that are not part of IPMI
IPMI 2.0 feature support
Firmware update and maintenance
Fan monitoring
Hot-swap fan support
Integrated keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM)
KVM redirection
Power supply redundancy monitoring and support
Management support for Power Management Bus (PMBus) 1.2 compliant power supplies
Front panel management including system status LED and chassis ID LED (turned on/off using a
front panel button or command)
Embedded Web server UI
Enhancements to embedded Web server:
Human-readable SEL
Additional system configurability
Additional system monitoring capabilities
Acoustic management
Power Node Manager support
Thermal management support
BMC system management health monitoring
E-mail alerting
Integrated remote media redirection
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
System globally unique identifier (GUID) storage and retrieval
IPMI 2.0 features
IPMI watchdog timer
Messaging support, including command bridging and user/session support
Chassis device functionality, including power/reset control and BIOS boot flags support
System Event Log (SEL) device functionality
Access to system Sensor Data Records (SDRs)
Sensor device management and polling to monitor and report system health
Serial over LAN (SOL)
ACPI state synchronization to state changes provided by the BIOS
IPMI interfaces:
Host interfaces including system management software (SMS) with receive message queue support
and server management mode (SMM)
Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) interface
LAN interface that supports the IPMI over LAN protocol (RMCP, RMCP+)
Operating
system
Refer to Validated operating systems
Thermal
management
Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) for thermal management support
CPU thermal management
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