Server Management Guide
Baseboard Management Controller
Intel
®
Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide 7
2 Baseboard Management Controller
2.1 Feature comparison between different generation
Intel
®
server boards
Different generations of Intel
®
server boards have a different type of BMC integrated onto the server
boards. Also, different generations of Intel
®
server boards only support different types of add-on
remote management cards.
The level of monitoring and alerting features provided depend on the type of on-board BMC and add-
on remote management card.
The key differences between on-board BMC and add-on remote management card are remote media
and remote KVM functions.
This chapter describes these on-board and add-on remote management cards, including communication
methods, features, functionality, cabling, and configuration of each. The following are discussed here:
The ESB2 BMC used in Intel
®
S5000 series server boards and Intel
®
S7000 series server boards.
The Integrated BMC used in Intel
®
S5500 series server boards.
The Integrated BMC used in Intel
®
S1200BT series server boards.
The Integrated BMC used in Intel
®
E5-4600/2600/2400/1600 Product Family server boards.
The mini-BMC is found only in Intel
®
SE7520 server boards. For more information on this device,
refer to related documents on previous generations of Intel
®
server boards.
The following table shows the key differential on manageability features between different kinds of
BMC and add-on remote management cards:
Table 1. Feature Comparison
Manageability features
Intel
®
S5000/S7000
Server
Boards
Intel
®
S3200/X38ML
Server Boards
Intel
®
S5500/S3420
Server Boards
Intel
®
S1200BT
Server
Boards
Intel
®
E5-4600/2600/2
400/1600
Product
Families
IPMI Support
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
System Event log (3276 records)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Up to 3926
records
Up to 3926
records
Asset information (FRU
information)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sensor Monitoring: voltage,
temperature, fans, power supply
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Fan speed control
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes