Datasheet

Intel® S5000 Server Board Family Datasheet System Management
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4. System Management
4.1 Feature Support
This section provides a high-level list of management features supported by the Intel
®
631xESB
/ 632xESB I/O Controller Hub BMC.
4.1.1 Legacy Features
These features are carried over from previous platforms with little or no change in functionality.
4.1.1.1 IPMI 2.0 Features
See the IPMI 2.0 Specification for more information on the features listed in this section.
 Baseboard management controller (BMC) functionality
 Watchdog timer
 Messaging support – Includes command bridging and user/session support.
 Chassis device functionality – Includes power / reset control and BIOS boot flags
support.
 Alert processing device – Includes Platform Event Trap (PET) SNMP alerts via LAN
interfaces.
 Platform event filtering (PEF) device functionality.
 Event receiver device functionality – The BMC receives and processes events from
other platform subsystems.
 Field replaceable unit (FRU) inventory device functionality – The BMC supports access
to system FRU devices using IPMI FRU commands.
 System event log (SEL) device functionality – The BMC supports and provides access to
a SEL.
 Sensor device record (SDR) repository device functionality – The BMC supports storage
and access of system SDRs.
 Sensor device and sensor scanning / monitoring– The BMC provides IPMI management
of system sensors. The BMC polls various platform sensors for the purpose of
monitoring and reporting system health. These include soft sensors used for reporting
system state and events, as well as hardware sensor monitoring.
 IPMI interfaces:
- Host Interfaces – Includes SMS (with “receive message queue” support) and SMM
interfaces.
- Serial- Interface – Basic mode and terminal mode support.
- PCI-SMBus Interface – Allows plug-in PCI cards to send commands to BMC via
IPMB-like command protocol.
- IPMB Interface
- LAN Interfaces – Supports IPMI over LAN protocol (RMCP, RMCP+)