| Management Feature |
Onboard Platform Instrumentation (mBMC) |
Intel® Management Module (IMM) Professional Edition |
Intel® Management Module (IMM) Advanced Edition |
| Access modes |
LAN |
LAN, Serial, Modem |
LAN, Serial, Modem |
| Console redirection |
Text-based (vt100) |
SOL (VT-UTF8) |
KVM, SOL (VT-UTF8) |
| System event log (SEL) |
92 entries |
3276 entries |
3276 entries |
| Sensor support |
Max of 32 |
Max of 256 |
Max of 256 |
| IPMI support |
1.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
| SNMP support |
PET traps |
PET traps |
PET traps |
| Out-Of-Band to BMC |
PET traps |
PET traps |
PET traps |
| Out-Of-Band management NIC |
NIC TCO Port |
NIC TCO Port |
NIC TCO Port + Dedicated NIC |
| Command line interface (DPCCLI) |
Yes (Reduced Feature Set, All SOL command can not be used) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web management console |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SNMP baseboard agent |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SCSI/RAID instrumentation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IPMI messaging, commands, and abstractions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Baseboard management controller |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Autonomous event logging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| DPC - IPMI messaging over LAN (available via both on-board NIC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| LAN alerting using PET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Platform event filtering (PEF) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Sensor data records (SDRs) & SDR repository |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
| FRU Information |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
| BMC watchdog timer, covering BIOS and run-time software |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
| IPMI channels and sessions |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fault resilient booting (FRB) |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
| BIOS logging of POST progress and POST errors |
Errors Only |
Yes |
Yes |
| ICMB |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| PCI hot-plug |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Power management instrumentation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| EMP (emergency management Port) - IPMI messaging over serial/modem. This feature is also referred to as DPC (direct platform control) over serial/modem |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Serial/modem paging |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Serial/modem alerting over PPP using platform event trap (PET) format |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| ICMB (intelligent chassis management bus) - IPMI messaging between chassis |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| PCI SMBus support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integration with BIOS console redirection via IPMI v2.0 serial port sharing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Telnet access |
No |
No |
Yes |
| DNS support |
No |
No |
Yes |
| DHCP support (dedicated NIC only) |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Out-of-band (OOB) email alerting |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Embedded web-server |
No |
No |
Yes |
| KVM remote viewer |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Voltage sensors |
|
| Baseboard voltage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Processor voltage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SCSI terminator voltage |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Power supply voltages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Processor sensors |
|
| CPU thermal trip |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU IERR |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Configuration error |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU fan/liquid cooler |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Proc hot |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU temperature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU FRB1-FRB2-FRB3 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Present-disabled |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Missing CPU |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU thermal control |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| (Proc hot) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Power unit sensors |
|
| Soft fail (didn't turn on) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Failure |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| AC lost |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Predictive fail |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Redundancy |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| 240VA overload |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Power nozzle |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| (DC output current) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Power supply sensors |
|
| Power gauge (AC input current) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Power nozzle |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| (DC output current) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Presence/absence |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Predictive fail |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Failure |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| AC lost |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Memory sensors |
|
| DIMM presence |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| DIMM failure |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| DIMM misconfigured |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| DIMM mirrored |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| DIMM spared |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Memory board missing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Correctable memory error |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Uncorrectable memory error |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Miscellaneous sensors |
|
| Baseboard temperature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Critical interrupt |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Chassis intrusion |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| LAN leash lost |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Password violation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Watchdog timer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Event logging disabled |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Front-panel button |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| System event |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACPI power state |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sensor (I2C bus) failure |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fan redundancy |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hot swap fans |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Uncorrectable bus error |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| POST codes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hot plug PCI slot |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Session audit |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| SMI timeout |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hot swap controller (HSC) sensors |
|
| Drive status |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Drive presence/absence |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| HSC temperature |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| HSC fan(s) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
