Onboard Platform Instrumentation Management Features And Functionality - Intel SE7520AF2 Technical Product Specification

Platform Management
− Power Distribution Board (PDB) monitoring (Standard and Advanced systems only)
− Updateable BMC Firmware
−
System Management Power Control (including providing Sleep/Wake and power push-
button interfaces)
−
Platform Event Filtering (PEF)
− Platform Fan Speed Control and Failure Monitoring (mBMC, Heceta*, FRUSDR)
− Speaker 'Beep' Capability (used to indicate conditions such as FRB failure) (Standard
and Advanced systems only)
− Baseboard FRU Information interface
− Diagnostic Interrupt (Front Panel NMI) Handling
− SMI/NMI status monitor (Standard and Advanced systems only)
−
System interface to the IPMB (via System Interface Ports) (Standard and Advanced
systems only)
− System interface to the PCI SMBus (via System Interface Ports) (Standard and
Advanced systems only)
− Secure Mode Control - front panel lock/unlock initiation.
−
Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification v1.5 Management Controller
Initialization Agent function
−
Emergency Management Port (EMP) Serial/Modem platform management interface
(Standard and Advanced systems only)
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Dedicated Network Interface controller and full TCP/IP software stack (Advanced only)
6.2 Onboard Platform Instrumentation Management Features and
Functionality
The mini Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC) is an Application Specific Integrated
Circuit (ASIC) with many peripheral devices embedded into it. The mBMC contains the logic
needed for controlling the system, monitoring the sensors, and communicating with other
systems and devices via various external interfaces.
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Intel® Server Board SE7520AF2 TPS
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