Alert Standard Format (ASF) Specification

Alert Standard Format (ASF) Specification v2.0 DMTF Document DSP0136

DSP0136 23 April 2003 Page 2 of 94

1 Introduction

The term “system manageability” represents a wide range of technologies that enable remote

system access and control in both OS-present and OS-absent environments. These technologies

are primarily focused on minimizing on-site I/T maintenance, maximizing system availability and

performance to the local user, maximizing remote visibility of (and access to) local systems by I/T

managers, and minimizing the system power consumption required to keep this remote

connection intact. The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) defines Desktop

Management Interface (DMI) and Common Information Model (CIM) interfaces that operate when

the managed client is fully operational in its OS-present environment. This specification defines

remote control and alerting interfaces that best serve the clients’ OS-absent environments.

1.1 Target Audience

Following are the target audience for this specification:

• OEMs and ISVs developing platform firmware

• OEMs and IHVs developing SMBus devices

• OEMs and ISVs developing system management software

• OEMs and IHVs developing communication devices, e.g. Ethernet controllers or modems

1.2 Related Documents

This document uses acronyms to reference other documents. For example, the acronym

IPMI_1.0 refers to the Intelligent Platform Management Interface, Version 1.0. Acronyms are

unique and enclosed in square brackets [IPMI_1.0]. For detailed information about the document

referenced by an acronym, see the associated URL.

• [ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification, 2.0, 27 July 2000,

http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/spec.htm

• [RFC1157] A Simple Network Management Protocol, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1157.txt

• [CIM] CIM Standards, http://www.dmtf.org/spec/cims.html

• [BR1] Entity Authentication and Key Distribution, Bellare and Rogaway, 1993.

• [RFC2104] HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication,

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2104.txt

• [IEEE_802] IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard document family. http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/

• [IPMI_1.0] Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification v1.0, rev 1.1, August 26,

1999, http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/

• [RFC1188] IP and ARP on FDDI Networks, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1180.txt

• [FRU] IPMI Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Information Storage Definition, v1.0, 16 September

1998, ftp://download.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/fru1010.pdf

• [NDCPM] Network Device Class Power Management Reference Specification, v1.0a, 21

November 1997, http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/specs/PMref/PMnetwork.htm

• [PET_1.0] Platform Event Trap Specification, v1.0, 7 December 1998,

ftp://download.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/pet100.pdf

• [PET] Platform Event Trap Specification, v1.1, TBD,

ftp://download.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/TBD

• [SCMIS] SMBus Control Method Interface Specification, v1.0, 10 December 1999,

http://www.smbus.org/specs/index.html