|
|
|
|
| INTRODUCTION TO IPMI |
 |
Objectives |
|
BMC, required functions |
|
Serial port and LAN interfaces |
|
System Management Software, system interfaces |
|
Messaging |
|
System Event Log |
|
Field Replacement Unit |
|
Platform Event Filtering |
|
Interaction between host software and IPMI |
| X86 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODE |
|
Platform specific software |
|
Automatic save / restore mechanism when SMI# is asserted |
|
Entering low power modes |
| IPMI I2C-BASED PROTOCOLS |
|
 |
I2C protocol basics, transfer sequence, START / STOP session delimiters |
|
|
Electrical interface |
|
Addressing, 7- and 10-bit modes, broadcast |
|
Clock stretching |
|
Multi-master operation |
|
Accessing a serial EEPROM |
|
|
Intelligent Platform Management Bus [IPMB] |
|
|
Interconnection topology |
|
Request / response protocol |
|
Interleaving requests and responses |
|
Missing response handling |
|
Network functions and commands |
|
Completion codes |
|
Hardware interface, connectors |
|
|
System Management Bus [SMBus] |
|
|
Physical layer |
|
Device identification |
|
Commands |
|
Bus protocols |
|
Address resolution protocol, related commands |
| INTELLIGENT CHASSIS MANAGEMENT BUS |
|
Introduction, possible topologies, addressing |
|
Physical layer |
|
Link layer, framing, packet format |
|
Bridged ICMB-to-IPMB request message |
|
ICMB-to-IPMB response message |
|
Event message |
|
Arbitration and collision |
|
Dynamic address assignment |
|
Population discovery |
|
Bridge command summary, chassis commands |
| IPMI MESSAGING |
|
Message interface description |
|
Channel number, protocol type, medium type and access mode |
|
GetChannelInfo command |
|
BMC channels |
|
Event Message Buffer |
|
User and password support |
|
Session activation and IPMI challenge response |
|
IPMI messaging support commands |
| SYSTEM INTERFACE |
|
Keyboard Controller Style [KCS] interface |
|
Server Management Interface Chip [SMIC] |
|
Block Transfer [BT] interface |
|
SMBus System Interface [SSIF] |
| LAN INTERFACE |
|
Introduction to RMCP |
|
VLAN support |
|
LAN configuration |
|
Sessions |
|
IPMI messages related to LAN interface |
|
Serial over LAN |
| SERIAL / MODEM INTERFACE |
|
Serial / modem capabilities |
|
Serial port sharing |
|
Connection mode auto-detect |
|
Basic mode |
|
PPP/UDP mode |
|
Serial / modem callback |
|
Terminal mode |
|
IPMI messages related to serial / modem interface |
| EVENT MESSAGES |
|
Critical events and system event log restrictions |
|
Event receiver handling of event messages |
|
Platform Event Filtering [PEF] |
|
Event Filter Table |
|
Alert Policy table |
|
Event filter, policy, destination and string relationships |
|
Event commands, PEF and alerting commands |
| IPMI DEVICE GLOBAL COMMANDS |
|
GetDeviceID |
|
ColdReset |
|
WarmReset |
|
GetSelfTestResults |
|
ManufacturingTestOn |
|
GetDeviceGUID |
| SDR REPOSITORY |
|
Discovering management controllers and device SDRs |
|
Reading the SDR repository |
|
Sensor types and data conversion |
|
Sensor initialisation agent |
|
Related commands |
| FRU INVENTORY |
|
FRU format |
|
GetFRUInventoryAreaInfo command |
|
ReadFRUData command |
|
WriteFRUData command |
| ACTEL FUSION SUPPORTING IPMI APPLICATIONS |
|
Analog functions |
|
Embedded flash memory block |
|
DirectCore IP in IPMI |
|
IPMI software |
