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Auto Boot Failure Recovery.
v A virtual media key, which enables full systems-management support (remote
video, remote keyboard/mouse, and remote storage).
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When one of the two microprocessors reports an internal error, the server
disables the defective microprocessor and restarts with the one good
microprocessor.
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NMI detection and reporting.
v Automatic Server Restart (ASR) when POST is not complete or the operating
system hangs and the OS watchdog timer times out. The IMM might be
configured to watch for the OS watchdog timer and restart the server after a
timeout, if the ASR feature is enabled. Otherwise, the IMM allows the
administrator to generate an NMI by pressing an NMI button on the rear of the
server for an operating-system memory dump. ASR is supported by IPMI.
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Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification V2.0 and
Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) support.
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Serial redirect.
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Serial over LAN (SOL).
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Active Energy Manager.
v Query power-supply input power.
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PECI 2 support.
v Power/reset control (power-on, hard and soft shutdown, hard and soft reset,
schedule power control).
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Alerts (in-band and out-of-band alerting, PET traps - IPMI style, SNMP, e-mail).
v Operating-system failure blue screen capture.
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Command-line interface.
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Configuration save and restore.
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PCI configuration data.
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Boot sequence manipulation.
The IMM also provides the following remote server management capabilities
through the OSA SMBridge management utility program:
v Command-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.
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Serial over LAN
Establish a Serial over LAN (SOL) connection to manage servers from a remote
location. You can remotely view and change the server firmware 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). When an optional virtual media key is
installed in the server, it activates full systems-management functions. The virtual
media key is required to enable the integrated remote presence and blue-screen
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