Virtual Front Panel; Embedded Platform Debug - Intel S2600CO Family Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Board S2600CO Family TPS
Server Power Control - Ability to force into Setup on a reset.
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6.10.14

Virtual Front Panel

Virtual Front Panel is the module present as "Virtual Front Panel" on the left side in the
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embedded web server when "remote Control" tab is clicked.
Main Purpose of the Virtual Front Panel is to provide the front panel functionality virtually.
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Virtual Front Panel (VFP) will mimic the status LED and Power LED status and Chassis
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ID alone. It is automatically in sync with BMC every 40 seconds.
For any abnormal status LED state, Virtual Front Panel will get the reason behind the
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abnormal or status LED changes and displayed in VFP side.
As Virtual Front Panel uses the chassis control command for power actions. It won't log
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the Front button press event since Logging the front panel press event for Virtual Front
Panel press will mislead the administrator.
For Reset through Virtual Front Panel, the reset will be done by a "Chassis control"
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command.
For Reset through Virtual Front Panel, the restart cause will be because of "Chassis
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control" command.
During Power action, Power button/Reset button should not accept the next action until
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current Power action is complete and the acknowledgment from BMC is received.
EWS will provide a valid message during Power action until it completes the current
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Power action.
The VFP does not have any effect on whether the front panel is locked by "Set Front
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Panel Enables" command.
The chassis ID LED provides a visual indication of a system being serviced. The state of
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the chassis ID LED is affected by the following actions:
Toggled by turning the chassis ID button on or off.
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There is no precedence or lock-out mechanism for the control sources. When a new
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request arrives, previous requests are terminated. For example, if the chassis ID button
is pressed, then the chassis ID LED changes to solid on. If the button is pressed again,
then the chassis ID LED turns off.
Note that the chassis ID will turn on because of the original chassis ID button press and
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will reflect in the Virtual Front Panel after VFP sync with BMC. Virtual Front Panel won't
reflect the chassis LED software blinking by the software command as there is no
mechanism to get the chassis ID Led status.
Only Infinite chassis ID ON/OFF by the software command will reflect in EWS during
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automatic /manual EWS sync up with BMC.
Virtual Front Panel help should available for virtual panel module.
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At present, NMI button in VFP is disabled in Intel
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Platforms. It can be used in future.
6.10.15

Embedded Platform Debug

The Embedded Platform Debug feature supports capturing low-level diagnostic data (applicable
MSRs, PCI config-space registers, and so on). This feature allows a user to export this data into
a file that is retrievable from the embedded web GUI, as well as through host and remote IPMI
methods, for the purpose of sending to an Intel engineer for an enhanced debugging capability.
The files are compressed, encrypted, and password protected. The file is not meant to be
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