Technical Product Specification

Platform Management Intel® Server Boards S5520HC, S5500HCV, and S5520HCT TPS
Revision 1.9
Intel order number E39529-013
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 Fault resilient booting (FRB): FRB2 is supported by the watchdog timer functionality.
 Chassis intrusion detection (dependant on platform support)
 Basic fan control using TControl version 2 SDRs
 Fan redundancy monitoring and support
 Power supply redundancy monitoring and support
 Hot swap fan support
 Acoustic management: Supports multiple fan profiles
 Signal testing support: The BMC provides test commands for setting and getting
platform signal states.
 The BMC generates diagnostic beep codes for fault conditions.
 System GUID storage and retrieval
 Front panel management: The BMC controls the system status LED and chassis ID LED.
It supports secure lockout of certain front panel functionality and monitors button presses.
The chassis ID LED is turned on using a front panel button or a command.
 Power state retention
 Power fault analysis
 Intel
®
Light-Guided Diagnostics
 Power unit management: Support for power unit sensor. The BMC handles power-good
dropout conditions.
 DIMM temperature monitoring: New sensors and improved acoustic management using
closed-loop fan control algorithm taking into account DIMM temperature readings.
 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP): The BMC sends and responds to ARPs (supported
on embedded NICs)
 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP): The BMC performs DHCP (supported on
embedded NICs)
 Platform environment control interface (PECI) thermal management support
 E-mail alerting
 Embedded web server
 Integrated KVM
 Integrated Remote Media Redirection
 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support
 Intel
®
Intelligent Power Node Manger support