User's Guide (1.0a)

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 About this Manual
This user's guide is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable
PC users who intend to integrate Supermicro's unique IPMI 2.0 Management Utility with
support of KVM-over-LAN into their systems. It provides detailed information for the
application and use of the AOC-SIMBL add-on card that supports remote access for
system monitoring, diagnosis and management. With the most advanced technologies
built-in, the AOC-SIMBL add-on card offers a complete, efficient, and cost-effective
remote server management.
1-2 Overview
The AOC-SIMBL add-on card is a highly efficient, highly compatible and easy-to-use
IPMI card that allows the user to take advantage of the BMC, a baseboard management
controller installed on a server motherboard and the IPMIView, an IPMI-compliant
management application software loaded in a PC, to provide serial links between the
main processor and other system components, allowing for network interfacing via
remote access. With an independent Raritan KIRA100 processor built-in, the
AOC-SIMBL add-on card provides the user with a solution to ease the complex and
expensive systems, allowing an administrator to access, monitor, diagnose and manage
network interfacing anywhere, anytime.
IPMI Version 2.0
The AOC-SIMBL add-on card supports the functionality of IPMI Version 2.0. The key
features include the following:
• Supports IPMI 2.0
• Supports serial over LAN
• Supports KVM over LAN
• Supports LAN alerting-SNMP trap
• Supports an event log
• Offers OS (Operating System) independency Operating Systems Supported
Remote Hardware Health Monitoring
The AOC-SIMBL add-on card provides remote hardware health monitoring via IPMI.
Key features include the following:
• Temperature monitoring
• Fan speed monitoring
• Voltage monitoring