BMC Unique Password Security Feature, November 2019 Supermicro implemented a new security feature for the BMC firmware stack on all new X10, X11, H11, H12, and all future generation Supermicro products. Supermicro introduced BMC unique password. Click “View Details” to obtain scripts for changing the password. View Details ›

Supermicro Intelligent Management

On-board IPMI BMC Specification: [ Features ]

Feature Supermicro IPMI 1 Remote KVM (graphics) console ✔ 2 Virtual Media and ISO images ✔ 3 Remote Serial over LAN (text console) ✔ 4 Overall health display on the main page ✔ 5 Option to change LAN connection interface at Runtime ✔ 6 Supports WSMAN as well as WS-CIM ✔ 7 RADIUS authentication support ✔ 8 Secure browser interface (Secure socket layer (SSL) support) ✔ 9 Supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) ✔ 10 Supports windows active directory ✔ 11 DCMI 1.0 support ✔ 12 Upnp Support Optional (upon request) 13 Back up and restore configuration file ✔ 14 Factory Defaults from Web ✔ 15 Video quality settings ✔ 16 Record video and play ✔ 17 Server data / information (FRU) ✔ 18 Preview of the remote screen on the main page ✔ 19 OS independent ✔

The Supermicro X11 platform's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is built on the ASPEED AST 2500 controller. The AST2500 is designed to dedicatedly support the PCI-E x1 bus interface. It supports 14x I²C/SMBUS devices.

The Supermicro X10 platform's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is built on the ASPEED AST 2400 controller. The AST2400 is designed to dedicatedly support the PCI-E x1 bus interface. It supports 14x I²C/SMBUS devices.

The Supermicro X9 platform's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is built on Nuvoton WPCM450 Controller. The WPCM450 communicates with onboard components via six SMBus interfaces, Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) buses, and General Purpose I/O ports.

Nuvoton/Renesas (X8/X9) Renesas (X8/X9) Aspeed (X10)

AST2400 Aspeed (X11/H11) Model WPCM450R +

Bridge Chip SH7757/7758 AST2400 AST2500 Resolution 1600 x 1200 1600 x 1200 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1200 Memory 1G DDR2 2G DDR3 1G DDR3 1G DDR4 Ethernet PHY 10/100M 1G 1G 1G FW AMI / ATEN AMI INSYDE INSYDE

BMCs are ideal for server management and support:

2D/VGA-compatible graphics

Multimedia virtualization and Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) Redirection functions

Network access via an external Ethernet PHY module or shared NCSI connections

For configuring BMC securely in datacenters, please review our best practices guide.

Supermicro BMC Firmware is feature-rich and supports: