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events for sensors and shared access to management ports. Also, simultaneous power control of
multiple servers boosts the already existing power management capabilities of service processors,
including graceful shutdown support for IPMI.
With multiple Ethernet ports, the MergePoint SP5324/SP5340 appliances connect point-to-point
with Ethernet-based service processors. By isolating and protecting the connected service
processors from the external production network, the MergePoint SP5324/SP5340 appliances
provide secure and efficient rack-level management with seamless integration into the management
infrastructure.

Supported Target Devices

The MergePoint SP manager supports target devices with a variety of service processors, including:
• IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) 1.5 and 2.0
NOTE: The IPMI service processor is also referred to as a baseboard management controller (BMC).
• Dell DRAC (Dell Remote Access Card) 3, 4 and 5
• Dell 10G
• Dell DRAC/MC (Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis)
• Hewlett Packard (HP) iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) and iLO 2
• HP IPMI
• HP BladeSystem c-Class
• IBM BladeCenter E Chassis
• IBM BladeCenter H Chassis
• IBM RSA (Remote Supervisor Adapter) II
• Sun ILOM (Integrated Lights Out Management)
• Sun ALOM (Advanced Lights Out Management)
• FSC iRMC (Fujitsu-Siemens Corp integrated Remote Management Card)
Additionally, administrators can configure new target devices or modify existing target device
types for service processors not included in the previous list. For a complete list of supported
service processors, see the MergePoint SP manager release notes.