User`s guide

REFERENCE INFORMATION
manage a management module, review the following settings. After changing any of these
settings, restart the MM to ensure that the new settings are in effect.
• The DNS protocol must be enabled on the MM. On the web interface for the MM,
make sure that DNS is enabled and that a valid DNS server IP address is referenced. On
the MM’s web interface, click MM Control | Network Protocols | Domain Name System
(DNS) to make this change.
• There must be one available SNMP community name on the MM. Management
modules are typically configured with one unassigned community name, but if you have
changed this configuration Intel Server Manager may be unable to assign a community
name for its own use. On the MM’s web interface, click MM Control | Network
Protocols | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to verify this setting.
• SNMP access must be unrestricted across the network. If the MM is behind a router,
make sure there is no SNMP filter on the router. (See your router documentation for
more information.)
IPMI
Intel Server Manager includes support for Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). IPMI
is a specification developed by Intel,
* H-P,* NEC,* and Dell* to define the message and system
interface for management-enabled hardware. IPMI contains monitoring and recovery features that
let you access many features regardless of whether the machine is turned on or not, or what state
the OS may be in. For an overview of IPMI from Intel, see the
IPMI Overview Guide.
IPMI monitoring is based on the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller). The BMC operates
on standby power and autonomously polls system health status. If the BMC detects that any
elements are out of range, you can configure the resulting actions IPMI can take, such as logging
the event, generating alerts, or performing automatic recovery actions such as system power-
down or reset.
You must have SMBIOS 2.3.1 or higher installed in order for the BMC to be detected on the
system. If the BMC is not detected, you may not see some IPMI information in reports, exports,
and so forth.
IPMI defines common interfaces to the hardware used to monitor server physical health
characteristics, such as temperature, voltage, fans, power supplies, and chassis intrusion. In
addition to health monitoring, IPMI includes other system management capabilities including
automatic alerting, automatic system shutdown and restart, remote restart and power control
capabilities, and asset tracking.
Intel Server Manager supports IPMI versions 1.5 and 2.0 (which is backward-compatible with
version 1.5). New features in version 2.0 include integrated Serial Over LAN management (SOL)
and serial redirection over LAN, enhanced RMCP+ packet formats (authentication and encryption
algorithms), enhanced discovery and support for new OEM payload types, firmware firewall
(which restricts the execution of certain commands from a given interface), and continued support
for OEM value-added feature integration.
The Intel Server Manager menu choices vary slightly for an IPMI-enabled system, depending on
the state of the operating system.
Management features for IPMI-enabled systems
Monitoring capabilities depend on what has been installed on the server being monitored. Any
IPMI-enabled system with a baseboard management controller (BMC) can be monitored by the
administrator console in limited ways. Additional monitoring features are added when the Intel
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