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Intel® Server Board S2600CP and Intel® Server System P4000CP Platform Management Intel® Server Board S2600CP and Server System P4000CP TPS 6.4 Channel Management This section describes the supported BMC communication interfaces: Host SMS interface by means of low pin count (LPC)/keyboard controller style (KCS) interface Host SMM interface by means of low pin count (LPC)/keyboard controller style (KCS) interface Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) I2C interface LAN interface using the IPMI-over-LAN protocols 6.4.1 Channel Management Every messaging interface is assigned an IPMI channel ID by IPMI 2.0. Commands are provided to configure each channel for privilege levels and access modes. Table 21 shows the standard channel assignments: Channel ID 0 Primary IPMB 1 LAN 1 Table 21. Standard Channel Assignments Interface Supports Sessions No Yes 2 LAN 2 Yes 3 LAN3 1 Yes (Provided by the Intel® Dedicated Server Management NIC) 4 Reserved Yes 5 USB No 6 Secondary IPMB No 7 SMM No 8 - 0Dh Reserved - 0Eh Self 2 - 0Fh SMS/Receive Message Queue No Notes: 1. Optional hardware supported by the server system. 2. Refers to the actual channel used to send the request. 6.4.2 User Model The BMC supports the IPMI 2.0 user model. 15 user IDs are supported. These 15 users can be assigned to any channel. The following restrictions are placed on user-related operations: 1. User names for User IDs 1 and 2 cannot be changed. These are always "" (Null/blank) and "root" respectively. 72 Revision 1.2 Intel order number G26942-003