S2600GZ and S2600GL

Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL TPS Platform Management Functional Overview
6. Platform Management Functional Overview
Platform management functionality is supported by several hardware and software components integrated on
the server board that work together to control system functions, monitor and report system health, and control
various thermal and performance features in order to maintain (when possible) server functionality in the event
of component failure and/or environmentally stressed conditions.
This chapter provides a high level overview of the platform management features and functionality
implemented on the server board.
For more in depth and design level Platform Management information, please refer the BMC Core Firmware
External Product Specification (EPS) and BIOS Core External Product Specification (EPS) for Intel
®
Server
products based on the Intel
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Xeon
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processor E5-4600,2600,1600 product families.
6.1
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Firmware Feature Support
The following sections outline features that the integrated BMC firmware can support. Support and utilization
for some features is dependent on the server platform in which the server board is integrated and any
additional system level components and options that may be installed.
6.1.1
IPMI 2.0 Features
 Baseboard management controller (BMC)
 IPMI Watchdog timer
 Messaging support, including command bridging and user/session support
 Chassis device functionality, including power/reset control and BIOS boot flags support
 Event receiver device: The BMC receives and processes events from other platform subsystems.
 Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory device functionality: The BMC supports access to system FRU
devices using IPMI FRU commands.
 System Event Log (SEL) device functionality: The BMC supports and provides access to a SEL.
 Sensor Data Record (SDR) repository device functionality: The BMC supports storage and access of
system SDRs.
 Sensor device and sensor scanning/monitoring: The BMC provides IPMI management of sensors. It
polls sensors to monitor and report system health.
 IPMI interfaces
o Host interfaces include system management software (SMS) with receive message queue
support, and server management mode (SMM)
o IPMB interface
o LAN interface that supports the IPMI-over-LAN protocol (RMCP, RMCP+)
 Serial-over-LAN (SOL)
 ACPI state synchronization: The BMC tracks ACPI state changes that are provided by the BIOS.
 BMC self-test: The BMC performs initialization and run-time self-tests and makes results available to
external entities.
See also the Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification Second Generation v2.0.
6.1.2
Non IPMI Features
The BMC supports the following non-IPMI features.
 In-circuit BMC firmware update
 BMC FW reliability enhancements:
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