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•Alerts(in-bandandout-of-bandalerting,PETtraps-IPMIstyle,SNMP,e-mail)
•AutoBootFailureRecovery(ABR)
•Automaticmicroprocessordisableonfailureandrestartinatwo-microprocessorconfigurationwhenone
microprocessorsignalsaninternalerror.Whenoneofthemicroprocessorsfail,theserverwilldisablethe
failingmicroprocessorandrestartwiththeothermicroprocessor.
•AutomaticServerRestart(ASR)whenPOSTisnotcompleteortheoperatingsystemstopsresponding
andtheoperatingsystemwatchdogtimertimes-out.TheIMMmightbeconfiguredtowatchforthe
operatingsystemwatchdogtimerandrestartsthesystemafteratimeout,iftheASRfeatureisenabled.
Otherwise,theIMMallowstheadministratortogenerateanonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)bypressingthe
NMIbuttonforanoperating-systemmemorydump.ASRissupportedbyIPMI.
•Avirtualmediakey,whichenablesremotepresencesupport(remotevideo,remotekeyboard/mouse,
andremotestorage).
•Bootsequencemanipulation
•Command-lineinterface
•Configurationsaveandrestore
•DIMMerrorassistance
TheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)disablesafailingDIMMthatisdetectedduringPOST,
andtheIMMlightstheassociatedsystemerrorLEDandthefailingDIMMerrorLED.
•Environmentalmonitorwithfanspeedcontrolfortemperature,voltages,fanfailure,powersupplyfailure,
andpowerbackplanefailure.
•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)SpecificationV2.0andIntelligentPlatformManagement
Bus(IPMB)support.
•Invalidsystemconfiguration(CONFIG)LEDsupport
•Localfirmwarecodeflashupdate
•Nonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)detectionandreporting
•Operating-systemfailurebluescreencapture
•PCIconfigurationdata
•Power/resetcontrol(power-on,hardandsoftshutdown,hardandsoftreset,schedulepowercontrol)
•Querypower-supplyinputpower
•ROM-basedIMMfirmwareflashupdates
•SerialoverLAN(SOL)
•Serialportredirectionovertelnetorssh
•SMIhandling
•Systemeventlog(SEL)-userreadableeventlog
TheIMM2.1alsoprovidesthefollowingremoteservermanagementcapabilitiesthroughtheipmitool,
managementutilityprogram:
•Command-lineinterface(IPMIShell)
Thecommand-lineinterfaceprovidesdirectaccesstoservermanagementfunctionsthroughtheIPMI
2.0protocol.Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissuecommandstocontroltheserverpower,view
systeminformation,andidentifytheserver.Youcanalsosaveoneormorecommandsasatextfileand
runthefileasascript.
•SerialoverLAN
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