User`s guide

Appendix C • 67

Appendix C

C.1 Baseboard Management

The Zircon CP BMC is used to manage all aspects of system boards. The

hardware features are summarized as follows.

• ARM7/TDMI controller with internal 14KB SRAM

• Six channels A-to-D converter for voltage monitoring, 10-bit resolution

• External 16-bit flash ROM interface with ROM size 8Mb

• Provide two host interface (BT, KCS)

• Provide two I2C bus

• Private I2C bus with bus master capability (use I2C bus #0)

• Support onboard hardware monitor (via I2C #0)

• Provide IPMB interface (use I2C bus #1)

• Provide two serial EEPROMs for SEL (64Kb, 500-record capability)

and FRU (64Kb)

QLogic provides a firmware suite supporting the Intelligent Platform

Management Interface (IPMI) specification, including the IntelligentPlatform

Management Bus (IPMB). The firmware features are summarized as follows.

• Support IPMI version 1.0

• Support online firmware update (via IPMI standard command)

• Support dynamic IPMB address allocation with compact PCI GA input

• Provide a IPMI standard watchdog timer

• Support SEL commands

• Support FRU commands

• Support IPMB message bridging functions