About ILOM and IPMI

ILOM supports the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), which enables you to use a command-line interface to monitor and control your server platform, as well as to retrieve information about your server platform. ILOM is compliant with IPMI v1.5 and v2.0.

IPMI functionality includes field-replaceable unit (FRU) inventory reporting, system monitoring, logging of system events, system recovery (including local and remote system resets and power on and power off capabilities), and alerting. IPMI functions independently of the main processor and operating system.

The service processors (SPs) on your server or blades are IPMI v2.0 compliant. You can acess IPMI functionality through the command line using the IPMItool utility either in-band or out-of-band. Additionally, you can generate IPMI-specific traps from the ILOM web interface, or manage the SP’s IPMI functions from any external management solution that is IPMI v1.5 or v2.0 compliant.

For more information about IPMI functionaliy in ILOM, see the following topics:

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