User's Guide (1.0)

Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
The AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC is a highly efficient, highly compatible and
easy-to-use IPMI card that allows the user to take advantage of the BMC, a base-
board 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 Hitachi Renesas H8S
processor built-in, the AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC 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.
1-2 Features of IPMI Version 2.0 Software
The AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC supports the functionality of IPMI Version
2.0. The key features include the following:
Supports IPMI 2.0 (IPMI over LAN and serial over LAN)
Supports Emergency Management Port (EMP): LAN
Shares LAN controller with main board
Supports Hardware Health Monitoring via IPMI
Supports Event Log Information
Offers OS (Operating System) Independency
Provides Network Management Security via Remote Access/Console Redirec
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Supports the following management tools: IPMIView, CLI (Command Line
Interface)
Supports RMCP+ Protocols
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