Server Management Guide

Baseboard Management Controller
Intel
®
Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide 9
Table 2. Key differences Between BMC features
Intel
®
S5000/S7000
Server Boards
Intel
®
S3200/X38ML
Server Boards
Intel
®
Server Board S5500BC
Intel
®
Server Boards
S5500HC/S5520SC/S
5520UR/SC5520WB/
S3420GP
Intel
®
Server
S1200/S1400/S1600
/S2400/S2600/S460
0 Product Families
IPMI
IPMI 2.0
IPMI 2.0
IPMI 2.0
IPMI 2.0
IPMI 2.0
Channels
7 defined
channels
2 NIC
1 serial
3 defined
channels
1 NIC
7 channels
2 NIC
1 Serial
1 USB
7 channels
2 NIC
1 Serial
1 USB
7 channels
2 NIC
1 Serial
1 USB
MAC
Dedicated MAC
for management
Dedicated MAC
for management
Dedicated MAC for
management
Dedicated MAC for
management
Dedicated MAC for
management
External
Connection
(Shared)
NIC1 and NIC2
NIC1
NIC2
NIC1
NIC1 and NIC2
Users
15 users
1 null
14 custom
15 users
1 null
4 predefined
10 custom
15 users
1 null
4 predefined
10 custom
15 users
1 null
4 predefined
10 custom
15 users
1 null
4 predefined
10 custom
IPMI
Sessions
5 simultaneous
sessions
4 simultaneous
sessions
IPMI-over-LAN – 5
sessions
WebServer – 4 sessions
KVM/Media redirect – 2
sessions
Serial – 1 session
IPMI-over-LAN – 5
sessions
WebServer – 4
sessions
KVM/Media redirect –
2 sessions
Serial – 1 session
IPMI-over-LAN – 4
sessions
WebServer – 2
sessions
KVM/Media
redirect – 2 sessions
Serial – 1 session
Management
Module
Intel
®
RMM2
No
Intel
®
RMM3
Intel
®
RMM3
Intel
®
RMM4
NOTE
IPMI LAN channel may be switched to either NIC depending on platform. For additional information,
refer to the Technical Product Specification (TPS) for individual products.
For a detailed comparison between ESB2 BMC and Integrated BMC based Intel
®
Servers, read through
sections 2.2 through section 2.5.
In Intel
®
E5-4600/2600/2400/1600/1400 Product Families, we support BMC LAN Failover between
LAN 1, LAN 2 and dedicated NIC LAN3.
2.2 BMC in Intel
®
S5000/S7000 server boards
2.2.1 LAN interface
Intel
®
S5000 server boards are embedded with ESB2 BMC that implements both the IPMI 1.5 and
IPMI 2.0 messaging models. These provide out-of-band local area network (LAN) communication