Network Card User Manual
32  MPCMM0001 Chassis Management Module Software Technical Product Specification
Built-In Self Test (BIST)
The BIST has been broken down into stages consisting of groups of tests that run at certain times 
throughout the boot process. The following table shows the different BIST stages and the tests 
associated with each stage:
Figure 1.  BIST Flow Chart
Power Up/ 
Reset 
RB image 
and backup 
RB image 
checksum 
Memory Test
FPGA, 
DS1307, NIC
BlueCat 
loaded (active 
CMM) 
BlueCat 
Image 
C
hecksu
m
Load backup 
FPGA image
Jump to 
run from 
RB
Run from 
backup 
RB 
Load FPGA 
image 
NOT (backup 
FPGA image 
pass and 
FPGA image 
fail)
backup FPGA 
image pass 
and FPGA 
image fail
RB image pass
RB image fail
FPGA image 
and backup 
FPGA image 
checksum 
IPMB 
Bus Test 
Table 4.  BIST Implementation
Boot-BIST Early-BIST Mid-BIST Late-BIST
RedBoot image 
checksum
Strobe WDT to extend 
timeout period
Extended memory test BlueCat image checksum
FPGA image checksum FPGA version check IPMB bus test
Base memory test DS1307 RTC test
Local PCI bus/NIC 
presence test










