User Guide

Intel® BMC And RMM4 User Guide Intel® Remote Management Module 4 Overview
Revision 2.8 Intel order number H54847-001 7
2. Intel
®
Remote Management Module 4 Overview
This section gives you an overview of the Intel
®
RMM4 and highlights significant benefits of its
features.
2.1 Intel
®
RMM4 Lite and Intel
®
Dedicated Server Management NIC
2.1.1 Intel
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Server Boards and Systems Based on Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor E5-4600/2600/2400/1600/1400 (V1&V2),
S1200V3RP and S1200BTL Product Families
The Intel
®
RMM4 is comprised of up to two boards – Intel
®
RMM4 Lite and the optional Intel
®
Dedicated Server Management NIC (DMN).
The Intel
®
RMM4 Lite is a small board that unlocks advanced KVM and remote media
management features on the RGMII interface when installed on Intel
®
Server Boards. It
provides an increased level of manageability over the basic server management available to
the server board. It works as an integrated solution on your server system.
After the Intel
®
RMM4 Lite has been installed, the advanced management features are
available through both the optional Intel
®
Dedicated Server Management NIC, if installed, and
all of the on-board Integrated BMC-shared NIC ports.
If the optional Intel
®
Dedicated Server Management NIC is installed, the NIC is dedicated to the
Intel
®
RMM4 advanced management features traffic along with all other standard server
management traffic. The host system is unaware of this NIC.
If the optional Intel
®
Dedicated Server Management NIC is not used, the traffic can go through
any of the on-board Integrated BMC-shared NIC ports and will share network bandwidth with
the host system.
Figure 1: Intel
®
RMM4 Lite