Using the integrated management module
The integrated management module (IMM) is a second generation of the functions
that were formerly provided by the baseboard management controller hardware. It
combines service processor functions, video controller, and remote presence
function in a single chip.
The IMM supports the following basic systems-management features:
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Active Energy Manager.
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Alerts (in-band and out-of-band alerting, PET traps - IPMI style, SNMP, e-mail).
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Auto Boot Failure Recovery (ABR).
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Automatic microprocessor disable on failure and restart in a two-microprocessor
configuration when one microprocessor signals an internal error. When one of
the microprocessors fail, the server will disable the failing microprocessor and
restart with the other microprocessor.
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Automatic Server Restart (ASR) when POST is not complete or the operating
system hangs and the operating system watchdog timer times-out. The IMM
might be configured to watch for the operating system watchdog timer and
reboot the system after a timeout, if the ASR feature is enabled. Otherwise, the
IMM allows the administrator to generate a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) by
pressing an NMI button on the light path diagnostics panel for an
operating-system memory dump. ASR is supported by IPMI.
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A virtual media key, which enables remote presence support (remote video,
remote keyboard/mouse, and remote storage).
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Boot sequence manipulation.
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Command-line interface.
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Configuration save and restore.
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DIMM error assistance. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
disables a failing DIMM that is detected during POST, and the IMM lights the
associated system error LED and the failing DIMM error LED.
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Environmental monitor with fan speed control for temperature, voltages, fan
failure, power supply failure, and power backplane failure.
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Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification V2.0 and
Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) support.
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Invalid system configuration (CONFIG) LED support.
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Light path diagnostics LEDs indicators to report errors that occur with fans,
power supplies, microprocessor, hard disk drives, and system errors.
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Local firmware code flash update
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Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) detection and reporting.
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Operating-system failure blue screen capture.
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PCI configuration data.
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Power/reset control (power-on, hard and soft shutdown, hard and soft reset,
schedule power control).
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Query power-supply input power.
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ROM-based IMM firmware flash updates.
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Serial over LAN (SOL).
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Serial port redirection over telnet or ssh.
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SMI handling
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System event log (SEL) - user readable event log.
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