Intel S2600CO series, User Manual

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Platform Management Functional Overview Intel® Server Board S2600CO Family TPS
54 Revision 1.4
Intel order number G42278-004
6.1.3 New Manageability Features
Intel
®
S2600CO 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 common to this generation Integrated BMC based on Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processors E5 2600 Families:

Sensor and SEL logging additions/enhancements (for example, additional thermal
monitoring capability)
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SEL Severity Tracking and the Extended SEL
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Embedded platform debug feature which allows capture of detailed data for later
analysis.

Provisioning and inventory enhancements:
o
Inventory data/system information export (partial SMBIOS table)

Enhancements to fan speed control.
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DCMI 1.1 compliance (product-specific).
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Support for embedded web server UI in
Basic Manageability
feature set.
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Enhancements to embedded web server
o
Human-readable SEL
o
Additional system configurability
o
Additional system monitoring capability
o
Enhanced on-line help
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Enhancements to KVM redirection
o
Support for higher resolution
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Support for EU Lot6 compliance
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Management support for PMBus* rev1.2 compliant power supplies
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BMC Data Repository (Managed Data Region Feature)
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Local Control Display Panel
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System Airflow Monitoring
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Exit Air Temperature Monitoring
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Ethernet Controller Thermal Monitoring
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Global Aggregate Temperature Margin Sensor
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Memory Thermal Management
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Power Supply Fan Sensors
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Energy Star Server Support
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Smart Ride Through (SmaRT)/Closed Loop System Throttling (CLST)
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Power Supply Cold Redundancy
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Power Supply FW Update
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Power Supply Compatibility Check
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BMC FW reliability enhancements:
o
Redundant BMC boot blocks to avoid possibility of a corrupted boot block resulting
in a scenario that prevents a user from updating the BMC.