Ipmi And Ws-Management; Ipmi And Ws-Management For The Hp Proliant 100 Series Servers - Compaq BL10e - HP ProLiant - 512 MB RAM Supported Configurations

Windows Server 2003 R2 offers a set of features intended to improve efficiency in the management
of server hardware. Utilizing the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) in conjunction with
the WS-Management protocol, Microsoft addresses the concerns of customers with regard to the high
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) associated with managing multiple disparate systems.

IPMI and WS-Management

Microsoft WS-Management is an extensible web-based standard management protocol for monitoring
system hardware. The following are key terms an administrator should be familiar with when working
with WS-Management:
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) – A set of common interfaces to computer
hardware that is used to monitor and manage system health.
• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) – A micro-controller that monitors the system and allows
for intelligent platform management.
• IPMI Driver – The driver that enables communication between the BMC device and the operating
system.
• IPMI Provider – As defined by Microsoft, it is a user-mode COM DLL that implements a high-level
abstraction of the IPMI data using the standard IPMI CIM profile.

IPMI and WS-Management for the HP ProLiant 100 Series Servers

The HP ProLiant 100 Series Servers listed in Table 1 contain a Baseboard Management Controller
(BMC).
Table 1. Supported ProLiant 100 Series Servers with Baseboard Management Controller
Server platform
ProLiant DL140 G2
ProLiant DL140 G3
ProLiant DL145 G2
ProLiant ML110 G3
ProLiant ML110 G4
ProLiant ML150 G2
ProLiant ML150 G3
Instructions for installing IPMI and WS-Management and creating the SMBIOS IPMI device for the HP
ProLiant 100 Series Servers are located in the section entitled "Part 2: Install Windows Server 2003
R2 CD-2 (optional)."
ROM family
DL140G2
DL140G3
DL145G2
ML110G3
ML110G4
ML150G2
ML150G3
ROM date (minimum)
10/27/05
06/18/06
05/05/05
10/05/05
06/05/06
10/28/05
05/30/06
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