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•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)disablesafailingDIMMthatis
detectedduringPOST,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
EstablishaSerialoverLAN(SOL)connectiontomanageserversfromaremotelocation.Youcanremotely
viewandchangetheUEFIsettings,restarttheserver,identifytheserver,andperformothermanagement
functions.AnystandardTelnetclientapplicationcanaccesstheSOLconnection.
FormoreinformationaboutIMM,seetheIntegratedManagementModuleIIUser'sGuideat
www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5089484&brandind=5000008.
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