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4.1.1.3 New Manageability Features
Intel® S2600CP Server Platforms offer a number of changes and additions to the manageability
features that are supported on the previous generation of servers. The following is a list of the
more significant changes that are characteristic to this generation of Integrated BMC based Intel®
Server boards:
Sensor and SEL logging additions/enhancements (For example, additional thermal
monitoring capability)
SEL Severity Tracking and the Extended SEL
Embedded platform debug feature allows capture of detailed data for later analysis.
Provisioning and inventory enhancements:
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Inventory data/system information export (partial SMBIOS table)
Fan speed control enhancements
DCMI 1.1 compliance (product-specific)
Support for embedded web server UI in Basic Manageability feature set.
Embedded web server enhancements:
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Human-readable SEL
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Additional system configurability
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Additional system monitoring capability
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Enhanced on-line help
KVM redirection enhancements:
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Support for higher resolution
Support for EU Lot6 compliance
Management support for PMBus* rev1.2 compliant power supplies
BMC Data Repository (Managed Data Region Feature)
Local Control Display Panel
System Airflow Monitoring
Exit Air Temperature Monitoring
Ethernet Controller Thermal Monitoring
Global Aggregate Temperature Margin Sensor
Memory Thermal Management
Power Supply Fan Sensors
Energy Star Server Support
Smart Ride Through (SmaRT)/Closed Loop System Throttling (CLST)
Power Supply Cold Redundancy
Power Supply FW Update
Power Supply Compatibility Check
BMC FW reliability enhancements:
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Redundant BMC boot blocks to avoid possibility of a corrupted boot block resulting in a
scenario that prevents a user from updating the BMC.
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BMC System Management Health Monitoring