Silicon Graphics Rackable C1110-RP6, User Manual

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System Overview
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IPMI
The IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) is a hardware-level interface specification
that provides remote access, monitoring and administration for the SGI Rackable C1110-RP6
system. IPMI allows server administrators to view a server’s hardware status remotely, receive an
alarm automatically if a failure occurs, and power cycle a system that is non-responsive.
Other Features
Other on-board features that promote system health include voltage monitors, auto-switching
voltage regulators, chassis and CPU overheat sensors, virus protection and BIOS rescue.
BMC Features
The baseboard management controller (BMC) has the following features:
• The platform management subsystem uses the BMC to communicate with buses, sensors,
system BIOS, and server management firmware via the Server Management Bus (SMBUS)
• Enables serial-over-LAN (SOL) functionality via serial port B only
• Supports serial-console redirection in BIOS
• The BMC LAN may be configured in BIOS or via ipmitool.
• The ipmitool command is used to communicate with the BMC via an SOL session or by
using the web-based BMC interface.