Server Management Guide
Baseboard Management Controller
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CPU/memory register data useful for diagnosing the cause of the following system errors:
CATERR, ERR[2], SMI timeout, PERR, and SERR
- The debug data is saved and time-stamped for the last 3 occurrences of the error conditions.
a. PCI error registers
b. MSR registers
c. MCH registers
BMC configuration data
BMC FW debug log (that is, SysLog)
– Captures FW debug messages.
o SMBIOS table data. The entire SMBIOS table is captured from the current boot.
o PCI configuration data for on-board devices and add-in cards. The first 256 bytes of PCI
configuration data is captured for each device for each boot.
o System memory map. The system memory map is provided by BIOS on the current boot. This
includes the EFI memory map and the Legacy (E820) memory map depending on the current
boot.
Data Center Management Interface (DCMI)
The DCMI Specification is an emerging standard that is targeted to provide a simplified management
interface for Internet Portal Data Center (IPDC) customers. It is expected to become a requirement for
server platforms that are targeted for IPDCs. DCMI is an IPMI-based standard that builds upon a set of
required IPMI standard commands by adding a set of DCMI-specific IPMI OEM commands.
Lightweight Directory Authentication Protocol (LDAP)
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an application protocol supported by the BMC for
the purpose of authentication and authorization. The BMC user connects with an LDAP server for login
authentication. This is only supported for non-IPMI logins including the embedded web UI and SM-CLP.
IPMI users/passwords and sessions are not supported over LDAP.
LDAP can be configured (IP address of LDAP server, port, and so on) through the BMC’s Embedded
Web UI. LDAP authentication and authorization is supported over the any NIC configured for system
management. The BMC uses a standard Open LDAP implementation for Linux*. Only open LDAP is
supported by BMC. Microsoft Windows* and Novell* LDAP are not supported.
2.5.10 Intel
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Remote Management Module 4
The Intel
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RMM4 works as an integrated solution on your server system. Based on an embedded
operating system, the Intel
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RMM4 add-on card provides both exceptional stability and permanent
availability independent of the present state of the server’s operating system. As a system
administrator, you can use the Intel
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RMM4 to gain location-independent remote access to respond to