Overview
ATEN's Global BMC Management card provides
the easiest solution for platform management.
It is essentially your guardian for the
internal environment of your OS and hardware,
including Power, Temperature and Fan.
Targeted at systems with platforms which
require extreme security and stability,
the BMC card complies with the stringent
IPMI 2.0 compliant management standard.
ATEN is the only brand which supports firmware
AES encryption and virtual USB media. With
ATEN's Global BMC Management Module, customers
can obtain IPMI 2.0 capability with the
highest security level, the lowest cost,
and easiest integration with your existing
hardware.
What
is IPMI?
IPMI stands for Intelligent Platform Management
Interface. It defines a standardized, message-based
interface for easily management of a large
number of servers. It also defines standardized
records for describing platform management
devices and their characteristics.
IPMI provides an intelligent means for
extensive monitoring, control, and automatic
recovery of servers. The standard is applicable
across different server topologies and operating
systems, so it doesn't matter if you are
using Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac, or a
combination of these systems.
Also, because IPMI runs on different properties,
it still functions properly, even if the
server itself is running abnormally or out
of operation for any reason.
Benefits
of IPMI
In System
• Provides
the foundation for intelligent platform
management:
Autonomous
access, monitoring, logging and control
features that function independently from
the system processors.
• Provides
scalable support for entry to high-end systems
• Supports multi-chassis and modular
configuration
In Software
• Speeds
instrumentation software porting:
Makes
platform management features "self-descriptive"(Plug
'N Play).
Software
automatically configures to platform management
hardware
• Isolates
management software from hardware changes
• Enables cross-platform software:
Standardized
platform hardware interface enables management
software and driver to work on
multiple platforms
• Can be
used with any management software stack:
• Supports localization
In Hardware
• Preserves
ability to innovate hardware
• Provides
standardized interface for extending management
features:
IPMB:
for intra-chassis extensions and standardized
Emergency Management Card Access
• Facilitates
"out-of-band" secondary access:
Message
based interface supports bridging to secondary
management interfaces - NIC, RS-232,etc.
• Uses "off-the-shelf"
components
In
general, ATEN's IPMI solution has the following
advantages:
Remote Power
Control
ATEN's IPMI Firmware provide your system
an onboard chip solution.
ATEN's Global BMC Management card also provides
a simple way to control the server's power
status remotely. Manage the server's power
status with remote IPMI application with
no extra cost required. IPMI provides power
down, power up, power cycle and power reset
power management capabilities. With ATEN's
IPMI security algorithm, the power is yours
to control.
No Firmware Porting
Efforts
ATEN's Global BMC requires no firmware
porting overheads; one firmware image fits
all platforms. All that the platform vendors
need to do is to refer to our design guide,
follow the IPMI Global pin definition, then...Presto!
Your platforms are properly certified as
IPMI enabled.
Server Health Forecast
With ATEN's Global BMC Management card,
managing your servers is no longer a difficult
task.
The management controller monitors the
sensors inside your server and reports any
abnormal conditions regarding the health
of your machine.
You don't have to wait for your server
to crash to realize the CPU Fan inside is
broken. Replacing a CPU Fan only costs you
a fraction of the price of having a server
down for even a day or replacing the whole
board.
ATEN's IPMI Solution provides the customer
with state-of-the-art total IPMI solution.
With the IPMI alert system, MIS would know
if the server is going to have a problem
before the problem actually occurs.
Comprehensive Security
on the Net
ATEN's Global BMC Management card provides
the most secure way to manage your server.
In order to protect servers from hackers,
we provide numerous security algorithms
to protect your system, including MD2, MD5,
RAKP-HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA1-96, RAKP-HAMC-MD5,
HMAC-MD5-128, and AES-CBC-C-128 algorithms.
No Additional Hidden
Charges
ATEN's Global BMC doesn't charge any extra
costs on platform vendors. No minimal commitment
is required. It is simple and easy to calculate
your overall costs.
Immediate Alert
Messages
IPMI provides MIS an easy way to monitor
the servers remotely. MIS just needs to
setup the server alert table with ATEN's
IPMI software.
Then, you just sit back, relax and the
Management controller will routinely check
the sensor status every half a second and
send error reports to MIS immediately via
internet if it detects an abnormal situation.
MIS can receive the alert
message through email or SMS. No need to
constantly check up on your system, your
system is now set up to do that for you,
automatically.
Features
and Specifications
IPMI
1.5/2.0 Features:
•
Supports multi-channels (KCS, LAN, IPMB,
UART, ICMB)
•
Includes standard IPMI SDR, SEL and FRU
•
IPMI 2.0 Commands and IPMI 2.0 Firmware
AES.
•
Serial-over-LAN FUNCTION (remote Text KVM),
RMCP+.
•
All major side-band NIC support
•
Remote Power On/Off/Cycle.
•
DHCP support
•
Linux OpenIPMI compatible.
IPMI
Alert System:
•
Platform Event Filter
•
Platform Event Trap
IPMI
Security:
•
IPMI 2.0 Authentication (RAKP-HMAC-SHA1,
RAKP-HMAC-MD5)
•
IPMI 2.0 Integrity (HMAC-SHA1-96, HMAC-MD5-128)
•
IPMI 2.0 Confidentiality (AES-CBC-128)
•
IPMI 1.5 (MD2, MD5)
ATEN
Optional Features:
•
Command Line Protocol (CLP)
•
Supports virtual USB media/Disc over LAN
(USB Floppy, USB CD-R, etc...)
Complete
Solutions:
•
Schematic, Software, Firmware, Gerber, Daughter
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