Server Management - Intel SR4850HW4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Product Manual

Platform Description

Server Management

The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) monitors system platform management events and
logs their occurrences in the non-volatile System Event Log (SEL). This includes events such as
over-temperature and over-voltage conditions, and fan failures. The BMC can also provide the
interface to the monitored information so system management software can poll and retrieve the
present status of the platform.
The BMC also provides the interface to the non-volatile Sensor Data Record (SDR) Repository.
Sensor Data Records provide a set of information that system management software can use to
automatically configure itself for the number and type of IPMI sensors (such as temperature and
voltage sensors) in the system.
The following is a list of the major functions of the BMC:
System power control (including providing Sleep/Wake push-button interfaces for ACPI
Platform Event Paging (PEP) / Platform Event Filtering (PEF)
Monitoring:
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Power distribution board monitoring
- Temperature and voltage monitoring
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Fan failure monitoring
- Processor presence monitoring (no processors installed) and processor temperature
monitoring
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Interlock monitoring
Processor core ratio speed setting
Speaker beep capability on standby and when system is powered up
Hot-plug PCI slot status reporting
Chassis control:
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General fault light control
- Chassis cooling failure light control
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Chassis power fault light control
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Chassis power light control
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Chassis ID LEDs control
System Event Log (SEL) interface
Sensor Data Record (SDR) repository interface
SDR/SEL timestamp clock
Board set FRU information interface
Fault resilient booting
System management watchdog timer
Front panel system diagnostic-interrupt handling
Platform Management Interruption (PMI) / System Diagnostic Interrupt (SDI) status monitor
Event receiver
System interface to the IPMB (via system interface ports)
IPMI Management Controller Initialization Agent (MCIA)
Emergency Management Port (EMP) interface
Serial/modem and LAN alerting
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