Supermicro Intelligent Management
On-board IPMI BMC Specification: [ Features ]
| Feature | Supermicro IPMI | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remote KVM (graphics) console | ✔ |
| 2 | Virtual Media and ISO images | ✔ |
| 3 | Remote Serial over LAN (text console) | ✔ |
| 4 | Overall health display on the main page | ✔ |
| 5 | Option to change LAN connection interface at Runtime | ✔ |
| 6 | Supports WSMAN as well as WS-CIM | ✔ |
| 7 | RADIUS authentication support | ✔ |
| 8 | Secure browser interface (Secure socket layer (SSL) support) | ✔ |
| 9 | Supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) | ✔ |
| 10 | Supports windows active directory | ✔ |
| 11 | DCMI 1.0 support | ✔ |
| 12 | Upnp Support | Optional (upon request) |
| 13 | Back up and restore configuration file | ✔ |
| 14 | Factory Defaults from Web | ✔ |
| 15 | Video quality settings | ✔ |
| 16 | Record video and play | ✔ |
| 17 | Server data / information (FRU) | ✔ |
| 18 | Preview of the remote screen on the main page | ✔ |
| 19 | OS independent | ✔ |
The Supermicro X12 platform's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is built on the ASPEED AST 2600 controller. The AST2600 is designed to dedicatedly support the PCI-E x1 bus interface. It supports 16x I²C/SMBUS devices.
The Supermicro X11 platform's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is built on the ASPEED AST 2500 controller. The AST2500 is designed to dedicatedly support the PCI-E x1 bus interface. It supports 14x I²C/SMBUS devices.
The Supermicro X10 platform's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is built on the ASPEED AST 2400 controller. The AST2400 is designed to dedicatedly support the PCI-E x1 bus interface. It supports 14x I²C/SMBUS devices.
| Aspeed (X10) | Aspeed (X11/H11/H12) | Aspeed (X12/H12) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | AST2400 | AST2500 | AST2600 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Memory | 1G DDR3 | 1G DDR4 | 2G DDR4 |
| Ethernet PHY | 1G | 1G | 1G |
| FW | INSYDE | INSYDE | INSYDE |
BMCs are ideal for server management and support:
- 2D/VGA-compatible graphics
- Multimedia virtualization and Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) Redirection functions
- Network access via an external Ethernet PHY module or shared NCSI connections
For configuring BMC securely in datacenters, please review our best practices guide.
Supermicro BMC Firmware is feature-rich and supports:
- IPMI 2.0 based management
- BMC stack with a full IPMI 2.0 implementation
- Hardware health monitor
- Remote power control
- Keyboard, Video & Mouse (KVM) Console Redirection with multi language support
- HTML5 web Console Redirection
- Serial over LAN (SOL)
- Media Redirection
- Simultaneous floppy and CD/ DVD redirection
- Efficient USB 2.0-based CD/DVD redirection, with typical speed greater than 15xCD
- Support for USB key
- VLAN support
- Event Log and Alerting
- Read Log events
- Full SMTP support
- Sensor readings
- SNMP trap
- Email alerts
- Sophisticated User Management
- IPMI based user management
- Added security with SSL (HTTPS)
- Multiple user permission level
- Multiple user profiles
- Active Directory/LDAP Client support
- Direct LDAP support from the device
- Windows Active Directory and Open-LDAP
- Common Information Model (CIM)
- CIM Object Manager (CIMOM)
- True Object Manager with CIM class handling
- Creating class, instance and working with the instances
- Core support for all DMTF profiles
- SMASH and CLP support
- SSH based SOL
- Power control of the server
- Support for all DMTF Profiles
- Complete command support
- WSMAN Support
- Supports WSMAN as well as WS-CIM
- Fully organically developed code as library
- LIGHTTPD
- HTTP and HTTPS support
- Complete WSMAN support - Discovery, Enumeration, Get, Put, Subscribe and Eventing
- Rich client library support (C, Java, JavaScript)
- Web Interface Multilanguage support
- Full Unicode support
- Multiple language support for multiple clients simultaneously
- Web based configuration
- Full configuration using web UI
- Firmware Firewall
- Watchdog Timer
- Fail-safe firmware upgrade
- Tools to flash firmware in DOS, Linux and Windows
