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Chapter Four Configuration Software and Utilities
Displaying a Given Area
When the utility is run with the /d DMI, /d FRU, or /d SDR command line flag, the
indicated area is displayed. Each area represents a sensor; one sensor for each
instrumented device in the server. If the given display function fails because of an
inability to parse the data present or a hardware failure, the utility displays an error
message and exits.
Displaying DMI Area
The DMI area is displayed in ASCII format when the field is ASCII or as a number
when the field is a number. Each DMI area displayed is headed with the DMI area
designated name. Each field has a field name header followed by the field in ASCII
or as a number.
Displaying FRU Area
The FRU area is displayed in ASCII format when the field is ASCII or as a number
when the field is a number. Each FRU area displayed is headed with the FRU area
designated name. Each field has a field name header followed by the field in ASCII
or as a number. The Board, Chassis and Product FRU areas end with an END OF
FIELDS CODE that indicates there is no more data in this area. The Internal Use
area is displayed in hex format, 16 bytes per line.
Displaying SDR Area
The SDR nonvolatile storage area is displayed in the following hex format. The data
is separated by a Sensor Record Number X header, where X is the number of that
sensor record in the SDR area. The next line after the header is the sensor record
data in hex format delineated by spaces. Each line holds up to 16 bytes. The data
on each line is followed by the same data in ASCII format; nonprintable characters
are substituted by a period (.).
Using Specified CFG File
The utility can be run with the command line parameter of -cfg filename.cfg. The
filename can be any DOS accepted, eight-character filename string. The utility
loads the specified CFG file and uses the entries in the configuration file to probe
the hardware and to select the proper SDRs to load into nonvolatile storage.
Displaying Utility Title and
Version
The utility displays its title:
FRU & SDR Load Utility, Version 3.0
Where X.XX is the revision number for the utility.
Configuration File
The configuration file is in ASCII text. The utility executes commands formed by
the strings present in the configuration file. These commands cause the utility to
perform various tasks needed to ultimately load the proper SDRs into the nonvolatile
storage of the BMC and possibly generic FRU devices. Some of the commands
may be interactive and require you to make a choice.