Intel SE8500HW4 5.Server Management

Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Server Management

5.Server Management

Intel server management consists of many embedded technologies that consist of a combination of board instrumentation, sensors, interconnects, server management controllers, firmware algorithms, and the system BIOS. The Intel Server Management (ISM) 8.x application provides a systems management application for monitoring server hardware and operating system performance and health. The Intel Server Deployment Toolkit provides utilities that help integrate server building blocks for optimal operation. This toolkit includes tools for configuring FRU, SDR, firmware and BIOS; viewing the SEL; and capturing personality (settings) of one server and transferring the personality to another identical server.

The Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 platform management system is based on the IPMI

v2.0 Specification and includes the following major elements:

ƒBaseboard Management Controller (BMC)

ƒIPMI messaging, commands, and abstractions

ƒSensors for status, voltage, temperature and fan speed

ƒSensor Data Records (SDRs) and SDR repository

ƒField Replaceable Unit (FRU) information and System Globally Unique ID (GUID)

ƒAutonomous event logging

ƒSystem Event Log (SEL) [3276 events]

ƒBMC watchdog timer, covering the BIOS and run-time software

ƒIPMI channels, sessions, and users

ƒEMP (Emergency Management Port): IPMI messaging over serial/modem. This feature is also referred to as Direct Platform Control (DPC) over serial/modem.

ƒSerial/modem paging

ƒSerial/modem/LAN alerting using the Platform Event Trap (PET) format

ƒDPC (Direct Platform Control): IPMI messaging over LAN (available via on-board network controllers)

ƒPlatform Event Filtering (PEF)

ƒICMB (Intelligent Chassis Management Bus) - IPMI messaging between chassis

ƒIPMI Terminal Mode support

ƒPCI SMBus support

ƒFault Resilient Booting (FRB)

ƒMagic Packet* and Wake On LAN (WOL) / Power On LAN support

ƒBIOS logging of POST progress and POST errors

ƒIntegration with the BIOS console redirection via IPMI v1.5 serial port sharing

ƒSerial Over LAN (SOL) support

ƒWake On Ring (WOR) support

Figure 7 shows a logical block diagram of the server management for the Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 and both the Intel® Server Platform SR4850HW4 and Intel® Server Platform SR6850HW4.

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