Congatec conga-HPC/uATX-Server User Manual page 49

6 BMC Overview
BMCs are used in servers for remote administration, thereby reducing the need for onsite administration of the servers. Some of the more
common use cases are:
• power cycling a server
• monitoring fan speeds and component temperatures
• monitoring hardware failures
The BMC (Aspeed AST2600) on the conga-HPC/uATX-Server is for proof of concept only. Carrier board designers can use it as a hardware
design guide or to test the physical interfaces of system firmware (BIOS) or remote system management software. The BMC functionality is
application-specific and not part of the COM-HPC specification.
The conga-HPC/uATX-Server supports HTML5-based browsers for remote monitoring.
6.1 Firmware
Some of the features the BMC firmware support are:
• KVM/media redirection support via BMC's video and USB
– redirection with H5View
• media redirection
– CD redirection
– secure authentication and encryption for remote KVM or H5Viewer
• remote server power control
– server's power status report
– support for server power-up, power-down, power cycle, reset and ACPI shutdown
• IPMI message interface via communication interfaces such as:
– Keyboard Controller Style (KCS)
– LAN (IPMI over LAN)
– serial interface (access through a serial port. Supports basic and terminal connection modes)
• dedicated gigabit network controller
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