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XClarity Controller Standard level features

The following is a list of XClarity Controller Standard level features:

Industry Standard Management Interfaces

  • IPMI 2.0 Interface
  • Redfish
  • DCMI 1.5
  • SNMPv3

Other Management Interfaces

  • Web
  • SSH CLI
  • Front Panel USB - virtual operator panel via mobile device

Power / Reset Control

  • Power On
  • Hard/Soft Shutdown
  • Scheduled Power Control
  • System Reset
  • Boot Order Control

Event Logs

  • IPMI SEL
  • Human Readable Log
  • Audit Log
  • Mini-log

Environmental Monitoring

  • Agent Free Monitoring
  • Sensor Monitoring
  • Fan Control
  • LED Control
  • Chipset Errors (Caterr, IERR, etc.)
  • System Health Indication
  • OOB Performance Monitoring for I/O adapters
  • Inventory Display and Export

RAS

  • Virtual NMI
  • Automatic Firmware Recovery
  • Automated promotion of backup firmware
  • POST Watchdog
  • OS Loader Watchdog
  • OS Watchdog
  • Blue Screen Capture (OS Failure, in FFDC)
  • Embedded Diagnostic Tools
  • Call Home

Network Configuration

  • IPv4
  • IPv6
  • IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway
  • IP Address Assignment Modes
  • Host name
  • Programmable MAC address
  • Dual MAC Selection (if supported by server hardware)
  • Network Port Reassignments
  • VLAN Tagging

Network Protocols

  • DHCP
  • DNS
  • DDNS
  • HTTP/HTTPS
  • SNMPv3
  • SSL
  • SSH
  • SMTP
  • LDAP client
  • NTP
  • SSDP
  • LLDP

Alerts

  • PET Traps
  • SNMP v1, v2c and v3 TRAPs
  • E-mail
  • Redfish Notification Subscriptions

Remote Presence

  • Remote Disk On Card (RDOC)

Serial Redirection

  • IPMI SOL
  • Serial port configuration including authority and speed
  • Serial console buffer (120s)

Security

  • Non-host processor CRTM
  • Digitally signed firmware updates
  • Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Local User Accounts
  • LDAP/AD User Accounts
  • Secure Rollback of Firmware
  • NIST SP 800-131a
  • Chassis intrusion detection (if supported by server hardware)
  • Only secure, encrypted protocols enabled
  • Audit logging of configuration changes and server actions
  • Public-key (PK) Authentication
  • System Retire/Repurpose (RTD/ERTD)
  • PFR support
  • FIPS 140-3
  • Security Modes and Security Dashboard
  • Secure Password Storage

Power Management

  • Real time Power Meter

Features on Demand

  • Activation Key Repository

Deployment & Configuration

  • Remote Configuration
  • OS pass-through
  • Embedded Deployment & Configuration Tools and Driver Packs
  • Configuration Backup and Restore
  • Extended RDOC size (with MicroSD card)
  • Configurable thermal profiles

Firmware Updates

  • Agent Free Update
  • Remote Update