Server Management Guide

ManualsBrandsIntel ManualsOtherIntel Server Board S5520HC

Revision History

Intel

Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide iii

Table of Contents

1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Industry standards .................................................................................................................... 1

1.1.1 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) ................................................. 1

1.1.2 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) ............................................................ 2

1.1.3 Add-on Management Module (RMM) advanced features ...................................... 2

1.2 Management features supported in Intel

server boards ......................................................... 2

1.3 Advanced Management features of Intel

RMM2/RMM3/RMM4 solutions ......................... 6

2 Baseboard Management Controller ................................................................................................ 7

2.1 Feature comparison between different generation Intel

server boards .................................. 7

2.2 BMC in Intel

S5000/S7000 server boards ............................................................................. 9

2.2.1 LAN interface .......................................................................................................... 9

2.2.2 ESB2 Embedded LAN Channels........................................................................... 10

2.2.3 IPMI 2.0 Channel Management ............................................................................ 10

2.2.4 Dedicated MAC Address ....................................................................................... 11

2.2.5 BMC IP Address and external connection ............................................................ 11

2.2.6 BMC Users ............................................................................................................ 12

2.2.7 Session Support ..................................................................................................... 13

2.2.8 Intel

Remote Management Module 2 .................................................................. 13

2.2.9 Access BMC through Intel

RMM2 ..................................................................... 14

2.3 BMC in Intel

S3200/X38ML server boards......................................................................... 16

2.3.1 LAN interface ........................................................................................................ 16

2.3.2 IPMI 2.0 Channel Management ............................................................................ 17

2.3.3 Dedicated MAC Address ....................................................................................... 17

2.3.4 BMC IP Address and external connection ............................................................ 17

2.3.5 BMC Users ............................................................................................................ 18

2.3.6 Session Support ..................................................................................................... 19

2.4 BMC in Intel

S5500/S3420 server boards ........................................................................... 19

2.4.1 LAN interface ........................................................................................................ 19

2.4.2 BMC Embedded LAN Channels ........................................................................... 19

2.4.3 IPMI 2.0 Channel Management ............................................................................ 20

2.4.4 BMC IP Address and external connection ............................................................ 20

2.4.5 Secure Shell (SSH) ................................................................................................ 21

2.4.6 BMC Users ............................................................................................................ 22

2.4.7 Session Support ..................................................................................................... 22

2.4.8 Intel

Remote Management Module 3 (RMM3) ................................................... 22

2.4.9 Access BMC through Intel

RMM3 ..................................................................... 23

2.5 BMC in Intel

Server S1200BT Series Boards ..................................................................... 23

2.5.1 LAN interface ........................................................................................................ 23

2.5.2 BMC Embedded LAN Channels ........................................................................... 23

2.5.3 Dedicated MAC Address ....................................................................................... 24