Server Management Guide
Baseboard Management Controller
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2.5.9 New Features of BMC
Compared to Intel
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S5500 series server boards, in the current generation of servers, new features have
been added to BMC (Even with no Intel
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RMM4 module installed), they are:
Embedded Web Server
BMC Base manageability provides an embedded web server and an OEM-customizable web GUI which
exposes the manageability features of the BMC base feature set. It is supported over all on-board NICs
that have management connectivity to the BMC as well as an optional dedicated add-in management NIC.
At least two concurrent web sessions from up to two different users is supported.
Figure 8. System Information Window
The GUI presented by the embedded web server authenticates the user before allowing a web session to
initiate. It presents all functions to all users but grays-out those functions that the user does not have
privilege to execute. (For example, if a user does not have privilege to power control, then the item is
displayed in grey-out font in that user’s UI display). The web GUI also provides a launch point for some
of the advanced features, such as KVM and media redirection. These features are grayed out in the GUI
unless the system has been updated to support these advanced features.