XClarity Controller Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise Level features

With the XClarity Controller, Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise levels of XClarity Controller functionality are
offered. See the documentation for your server for more information about the level of XClarity Controller
installed in your server. All levels provide the following:
• Around-the-clock remote access and management of your server
• Remote management independent of the status of the managed server
• Remote control of hardware and operating systems

Note: Some features might not apply to Flex system servers.

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

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
• CIM-XML
• DCMI 1.5
• SNMPv3
• SNMPv1 ( Traps Only ) requires minimum v2.10 or v2.12 XCC Firmware updates depending on server
type. See XCC Firmware update Change file for details.

Other Management Interfaces

• Web
• Legacy 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

Environmental Monitoring
• Agent Free Monitoring
• Sensor Monitoring

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• 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
• Blue Screen Capture (OS Failure)
• Embedded Diagnostic Tools

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
• SNMPv1 (Traps only)
• SSL
• SSH
• SMTP
• LDAP client
• NTP
• SLP
• SSDP

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Alerts
• PET Traps
• CIM Indication
• SNMP TRAPs
• E-mail
• Redfish events

Serial Redirection
• IPMI SOL
• Serial port configuration

Security
• XClarity Controller Core Root of Trust for Measurement (CRTM)
• Digitally signed firmware updates
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Local User Accounts
• LDAP/AD User Accounts
• Secure Rollback of Firmware
• Chassis intrusion detection (only available on some server models)
• XCC remote assertion of UEFI TPM Physical Presence
• Audit logging of configuration changes and server actions
• Public-key (PK) Authentication
• System Retire/Repurpose

Remote Presence
• Remote Disk on Card (RDOC): Virtual Media mounting of remote ISO/IMG files via CIFS, NFS, HTTP,
HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, and LOCAL

Power Management
• Real time Power Meter

License Management
• Activation Key Validation and Repository

Deployment & Configuration

• Remote Configuration
• Deployment & Configuration Tools and Driver Packs using the embedded XClarity Provisioning Manager
• Configuration Backup and Restore

Firmware Updates
• Agent Free Update
• Remote Update

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XClarity Controller Advanced Level features
The following is a list of XClarity Controller Advanced Level features:

All of the XClarity Controller Standard Level features plus:

Alerts
• Syslog

Remote Presence
• Remote KVM

Serial Redirection
• Serial Redirection via SSH

Security
• Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM)
• IP address blocking

Power Management
• Real time Power Graphics
• Historical Power Counters
• Temperature Graphics

Deployment & Configuration

• Remote OS Deployment using the embedded XClarity Provisioning Manager with the XClarity Controller
Remote KVM feature

XClarity Controller Enterprise Level features

The following is a list of XClarity Controller Enterprise Level features:

All of the XClarity Controller Standard and Advanced Level features plus:

RAS
• Boot Capture

Remote Presence
• Quality/Bandwidth Control
• Virtual Console Collaboration (six users)
• Virtual Console Chat
• Virtual Media
– Mounting of remote ISO/IMG files via remote console
– Mounting file from Network: - Mount an ISO or IMG image file from a file server ( HTTPS, CIFS, NFS ) to
the host as a DVD or USB drive

Power Management
• Power Capping

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