Data Sheet

Ethernet Controller I210 —System Manageability
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For details, refer to the NC-SI specification.
10.6.1.3.2 NC-SI Frames Receive Flow
Figure 10-6 shows the flow for frames received on the NC from the BMC.
10.6.2 Supported Features
The I210 supports all the mandatory features of the NC-SI specification (rev 1.0.0). Table 10-31 lists
the supported commands.
Note: If an unsupported command is received, an error is returned with a response = Unsupported
(0x3) and reason = UNKNOWN_COMMAND (0x7ff).
Table 10-32 lists optional features supported.
Figure 10-6. NC-SI Frames Receive Flow for the NC
Table 10-31.Supported NC-SI Commands
Command
Supported over
NC-SI
Supported over
MCTP with Pass
Through
Supported over MCTP
without Pass
Through
Clear initial state Yes Yes Yes
Get Version ID Yes Yes Yes
Get Parameters Yes Yes Yes
Get Controller Packet Statistics Yes, partially Yes, partially Yes, partially
Get Link Status Yes Yes Yes
NC-SI frame
received from MC
EtherType ==
NC-SI EtherType?
Process as NC-SI Control Frame Yes
Source MAC address ==
previously configured MAC
address?
No
Send to LAN with matching
configured MAC address
Yes
No
Drop frame (belongs to a
different Package)