Intel Server Board S2400BB

Intel® Server Board S2400BB TPS

Revision 2.0

platform debug feature provides a means to capture this data for each installed power supply.

The data can be analyzed by Intel for failure analysis and possibly provided to the power supply

vendor as well. The BMC gets this data from the power supplies via PMBus manufacturer-

specific commands.

o Storage of system identification in power supply. The BMC copies board and system serial

numbers and part numbers into the power supply whenever a new power supply is installed in

the system or when the system is first powered on. This information is included as part of the

power supply black box data for each installed power supply.

 Accessibility via IPMI interfaces. The platform debug file can be accessed via an external IPMI interface

(KCS or LAN).

 POST code sequence for the two most recent boots. This is a best-effort data collection by the BMC as

the BMC real-time response cannot guarantee that all POST codes are captured.

 Support for multiple debug files. The platform debug feature provides the ability to save data to 2

separate files that are encrypted with different passwords.

o File #1 is strictly for viewing by Intel engineering and may contain BMC log messages (a.k.a.

syslog) and other debug data that Intel FW developers deem useful in addition to the data

specified in this document.

o File #2 can be viewed by Intel partners who have signed an NDA with Intel and its contents are

restricted to specific data items specified in this with the exception of the BMC syslog messages

and power supply “black box” data.

6.10.15.1 Output Data Format

The diagnostic feature shall output a password-protected compressed HTML file containing specific BMC and

system information. This file is not intended for end-customer usage, this file is for customer support and

engineering only.

6.10.15.2 Output Data Availability

The diagnostic data shall be available on-demand via the embedded web server, KCS, or IPMI over LAN

commands.

6.10.15.3 Output Data Categories

The following tables list the data to be provided in the diagnostic output. For items in Table 18, this data is

collected on detection of CATERR, ERR2, PERR, SERR, and SMI timeout. The data in Table 19 is

accumulated for the three most recent overall errors.

Table 17. Diagnostic Data.