Appendix D. System management overview 517
System management functional comparison
Table 152. Functional Comparison
ISMP BMC RSA II RSAII SL
Feature/Function
Monitoring &
Alerting
In-band alerting yes
1
yes yes yes
Remote out-of-band
alerting
yes
2
yes yes yes
Out-of-band
environmental
monitoring
yes
2
yes yes yes
System voltage
monitoring
yes yes yes yes
Battery voltage
monitoring
no yes yes yes
System temperature
monitoring
yes yes yes yes
Fan speed monitoring yes yes yes yes
Fan speed control yes yes yes yes
Fan tachometer
monitoring
yes yes yes yes
Power good signal
monitor
yes yes yes yes
NMI detection yes yes yes yes
SMI detection and
generation
yes yes
3
yes yes
Auto server-restart
watchdog alert
yes yes yes yes
Management
System reset control yes yes yes yes
Remote system power
control
yes
2
yes yes yes
Text console
redirection
no yes yes yes
Remind button
detection
yes yes
3
yes yes
System LED control
(power, disk, alert)
yes yes yes yes
Lightpath LED
control
yes yes yes yes
Other
RS-485 Interconnect
network
yes no yes no