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PCE-7210 User Manual 90
Chapter 9 IPMI
9.1 IPMI introduction
This product fully supports Intelligent Platform Management Interface
2.0 (IPMI 2.0) and PICMG1.3R1.0 specifications. It uses a micro-con-
troller (Hitachi H8/2167) to run an IPMI firmware.
9.2 Definitions
• BMC - (Baseboard Management Controller) This is the common abbre-
viation for an IPMI Baseboard Management Controller
• IPMB – (Intelligent Platform Management Bus) Protocol defined for
passing IPMI messages over a public I2C bus.
• IPMI - (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) A standardized
system management interface. Please refer to the IPMI Specification
for more detail.
• IPMIv2.0 – Specifically version 2.0 of IPMI
9.3 IPMI function list
The following standard IPMI commands will be supported. The 5th col-
umn (Mandatory / Optional) is the record to distinguish the command is
mandatory or optional based on the definitions of Intel IPMI specification
(Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification v2.0, revision
1.0, Intel Hewlett-Packard NEC Dell).
Table 9.1: Supported IPMI commands
IPMI Device Global Com-
mands
NetFn Cmd
Mandatory /
Optional
Get Device Id App 0x01 M
Cold Reset App 0x02 O
Get Self Test Results App 0x04 M
Manufacturing Test On App 0x05 O
Set ACPI Power State App 0x06 O
Get ACPI Power State App 0x07 O
Get Device GUID App 0x08 O