Gigabyte GA-7PXSL1 Manual - Page 12

IPMI Serial, Connection Mode Settings, Baud Rate, Control, Channel Privilege Level Limit

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IPMI This screen contains two sections: IPMI Serial and IPMI Settings. IPMI Serial There are four serial configuration in IPMI Serial: Connection Mode Settings, Baud Rate, Flow Control, and Channel Privilege Level Limit. The Connection Mode Settings allows user to select the Console redirection type and to manage the system from a remote location. Once the connection mode is set, select the Baud Rate and Flow Control from the drop-down list. With Channel Privilege Level Limit, users can be configured to operate with a particular maximum Privilege Level. Privilege levels tell the BMC which commands are allowed to be executed. The following table shows the Channel Privilege Level. Users This may be considered the lowest privilege level. Operator All BMC commands are allowed, except for configuration commands that can change the behavior of the out-of-band interfaces. For example, Operator privilege does not allow the capability to disable individual channels, or change user access privileges. Administrator All BMC commands are allowed, including configuration commands. An Administrator can even execute configuration commands that would disable the channel that the Administrator is communicating over. 11

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IPMI
This screen contains two sections: IPMI Serial and IPMI Settings.
IPMI Serial
There are four serial configuration in IPMI Serial:
Connection Mode Settings
,
Baud Rate
,
Flow
Control
, and
Channel Privilege Level Limit
.
The Connection Mode Settings allows user to select the Console redirection type and to manage
the system from a remote location.
Once the connection mode is set, select the Baud Rate and Flow Control from the drop-down list.
With Channel Privilege Level Limit, users can be configured to operate with a particular
maximum Privilege Level. Privilege levels tell the BMC which commands are allowed to be
executed. The following table shows the Channel Privilege Level.
Users
This may be considered the lowest privilege level.
Operator
All BMC commands are allowed, except for configuration
commands that can change the behavior of the out-of-band
interfaces. For example, Operator privilege does not allow the
capability to disable individual channels, or change user
access privileges.
Administrator
All BMC commands are allowed, including configuration
commands. An Administrator can even execute configuration
commands that would disable the channel that the
Administrator is communicating over.