Wired For Management (Wfm) - Intel S7000FC4UR Technical Product Specification

BIOS Role in Server Management
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Through the redirection capabilities of the BMC on Intel platforms, the Serial Port B (UART)
input/output stream can be further redirected and sent over a platform LAN device as a
packetized serial byte stream. This BMC function is called Serial over LAN (SOL) .In addition,
space requirement and server management compatibility are further optimized. BIOS starts the
console redirection on Serial Port B automatically when it detects SOL is enabled in BMC. BIOS
sets Serial Port B flow control and baud rate from the BMC IPMI Serial/Modem configuration.
Data bits are set to 8 bits / character, no parity and one stop bit as per IPMI messaging
requirement. The console type is set to VT100+.

18.4 Wired For Management (WFM)

Wired for Management is an industry-wide initiative to increase overall manageability and
reduce total cost of ownership. WFM allows a server to be managed over a network. The
system BIOS supports the System Management BIOS Reference Specification, Version 2.5 to
help higher-level instrumentation software meet the Wired For Management Baseline
Specification, Revision 2.0.
18.4.1 PXE BIOS Support
The BIOS supports the EFI PXE implementation as specified in the Extensible Firmware
Interface Reference Specification, Version 1.1 Chapter 15. To utilize this, the user must load
EFI Simple Network Protocol driver and the UNDI driver specific for the network interface card
being used. The UNDI driver should be included with the network interface card. The Simple
Network Protocol driver is available at
The BIOS supports legacy PXE Option ROMs in legacy mode and includes the necessary PXE
ROMs in the BIOS image for the onboard controllers. The legacy PXE ROM is required to boot
a non-EFI operating system over the network.
18.5 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
The BIOS provides support for the System Management BIOS Reference Specification, Version
2.5 to create a standardized interface for manageable attributes. These attributes are expected
to be supported by DMI-enabled computer systems. The BIOS provides this interface via data
structures through which the system attributes are reported. Using SMBIOS, a system
administrator can obtain the following: server component information:
Types
Capabilities
Operational status
Installation date
Other information
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