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9 BMC Settings
9.1 Introduction
This section describes the functional specifications for the Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC). It also describes the features’ detail information.
This document is written for software developers, system integrators, testers and server
management users.
9.2 Server System Overview
BMC is an independent system of host server system. This independent system has its
own processor and memory; the host system can be managed by BMC system even if host
hardware or OS hang or went down.
9.2.1 Main Features
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Support IPMI 2.0, IPMI interfaces include KCS, Lan and IPMB
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Management Protocol, IPMI2.0, HTTPS, SNMP, Smash CLI
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Web GUI
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Redfish
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Management Network Interface, Dedicated/NCSI
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Console Redirection (KVM) and Virtual Media
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Serial Over Lan (SOL)
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Diagnostic Logs, System Event Log (SEL), Blackbox Log, Audit Log
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Hardware watchdog timer; if the BMC does not respond within four minutes, the fan will
reach full speed.
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Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager 4.0
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Event Alert, SNMP Trap (v1/v2c/v3), Email Alert and Syslog
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Dual BMC firmware image
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Storage, Monitor RAID Controller/HDD/Virtual HDD
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Firmware update, BMC/BIOS/CPLD
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Device State Monitor and Diagnostic
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RAID Monitor/Configure