Obtaining the IP address for the Web interface access

vPower/Reset control (power-on, hard and soft shut down, hard and soft reset, schedule power control)

vAlerts (in-band and out-of-band alerting, PET traps - IPMI style, SNMP, e-mail)

vOperating system failure blue screen capture

vCommand line interface

vConfiguration save and restore

vPCI configuration data

vBoot sequence manipulation

The IMM also provides the following remote server management capabilities:

vCommand-line interface (IPMI Shell)

The command-line interface provides direct access to server management functions through the IPMI 2.0 protocol. Use the command-line interface to issue commands to control the server power, view system information, and identify the server. You can also save one or more commands as a text file and run the file as a script.

vSerial over LAN

Establish a Serial over LAN (SOL) connection to manage servers from a remote location. You can remotely view and change the UEFI settings, restart the server, identify the server, and perform other management functions. Any standard Telnet client application can access the SOL connection.

Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture

The remote presence and blue-screen capture features are integrated functions of the integrated management module (IMM). These integrated functions allow you to remotely mount or unmount drives or images on the client system as well as accessing the Web interface.

The remote presence feature provides the following functions:

vRemotely viewing video with graphics resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 at 85 Hz, regardless of the system state

vRemotely accessing the server, using the keyboard and mouse from a remote client

vMapping the CD or DVD drive, diskette drive, and USB flash drive on a remote client, and mapping ISO and diskette image files as virtual drives that are available for use by the server

vUploading a diskette image to the IMM memory and mapping it to the server as a virtual drive

The blue-screen capture feature captures the video display contents before the IMM restarts the server when the IMM detects an operating-system hang condition. A system administrator can use the blue-screen capture to assist in determining the cause of the hang condition.