Which two statements are true about the use of Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) on an X5 or X6 Database Machine? 

Answer options:

A. IPMI can be used for server configuration and management on each database server.
B. The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), which supports IPMI, runs as a multithreaded process on the storage server O/S.
C. The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), which supports IPMI, runs as a single-threaded process on the storage server O/S.
D. IPMI can be used for server configuration and management on each storage server.

AC

A: IPMIshort for Intelligent Platform Management Interfaceis an interface standard that allows remote management of a server from another using standardized interface. The servers in the Exadata Database Machine follow that. Its not an Exadata command but rather a general Linux one. To power on a cell or database server, issue this from another server: # ipmitool -H prolcel01-ilom -U root chassis power on To stop a server, use the shutdown command. To stop immediately and keep it down, i.e. not reboot, execute:# shutdown -h -y now C: Like the KCS interface, the SSIF Interface is only specified as a Single Threaded Interface for standard IPMI commands. That is, the BMC implementation is not expected to process more than one IPMI request at a time. While an implementation is allowed to have a degree of command queuing, for standard IPMI messages the SSIF lacks a Seq field that software can use to match up particular instances of requests with responses. References: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/ipmi-intelligent-platform-mgt-interface-spec-2nd-gen-v2-0- spec-update.pdf