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BMC Settings
7.2
Software Interfaces
The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) offers remote management control for
server system status monitoring. It is an embedded system running independently of host
operation system which is able to perform a series of operations such as firmware
upgrade, management control, and device status checking even when the host is shut
down.
The BMC has the following features:
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Support IPMI 2.0, IPMI interfaces including 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 Log, System Event Log (SEL), Inspur Diagnostic Logs and One-key collection
log
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BMC hardware watchdog timer, if the BMC does not respond within four minutes,
the fan will reach full speed.
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Support 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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Firmware upgrade, BMC/BIOS/CPLD
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Device State Monitor and Diagnostic
7.2.1 IPMI 2.0
7.2.1.1 Channel ID Assignment for Each Interface
Table 7-1
Channel ID Assignment for Each Interface
Channel ID
Interface
Purpose
Support Sessions
0x00
Primary IPMB
Unused
No
0x06
Secondary IPMB
Access ME
No
0x0A
Third IPMB
Unused
No
0x01
Primary LAN
Dedicated management
interface
Yes
0x08
Secondary LAN
Shared management
interface
Yes
0x0F
KCS / SMS
In-band IPMI
communication
No