Technical Product Specification

Customization Intel® Local Control Panel TPS

Revision 1.2

Intel order number C96442-003

10.4 Menu Customization

The Intel

Local Control Panel supports customization of the menus. This customization

includes changing the order of listed menus, adding or removing menu items, and adding new

menu items to display existing Intel

Local Control Panel functions. To understand the menu

structure, correlate the 128 menu numbers (ranged 0-127) to the first 128 strings of the string

data.

The Intel

Local Control Panel menus are defined by a packed array of data bytes. This array

consists of 128 menu items, with each menu item defined by eight bytes. Each menu item has a

menu item number that equates to that menu item‟s position in the menu array. For example,

the 4th set of eight bytes in the array has a menu item number of 03h. Menu item 00h in the

array is a special menu item number and is used as a terminator. Menu item 00h should not be

modified other than changing the next pointer if desired.

The eight bytes of an individual menu item are defined by the following for the menu:

1. Index of previous menu item in the menu: This byte is a pointer to the menu item

number of the menu item that appears before this menu item in the menu display. This is

the menu item that the Intel

Local Control Panel will navigate to when the user presses

the Up button.

2. Index of the next menu item in the menu: This byte is a pointer to the menu item

number of the menu item that appears after this menu item in the menu display. This is

the menu item that the Intel

Local Control Panel will navigate to when the user presses

the Down button.

3. Index of the parent: This byte is a pointer to the menu item number of the menu item

that will act as a parent menu in the menu display. This is the menu item that the Intel

Local Control Panel will navigate to when the user presses the Back button. The menu

item will only appear if the user first navigates to the parent menu.

4. Index of the operation to execute when the Enter button is pressed while this item

is highlighted: This byte is a pointer to the built-in operations of the Intel

Local Control

Panel. Some operations require additional arguments. These arguments are defined by

data bytes 5 and 6.

5. Argument 1 for the operation (byte): This argument is used with the operation index

number.

6. Argument 2 for the operation (byte): This argument is used with the operation index

number.

7. Behavior flags for the menu item: These define functionality for a specific operation.

This allows for the modification of the execution path of the menu option, such as the

ability to set a menu field as an editable value, instead of a displayed value.

8. Security access level for the item (access level required to trigger the operation):

Sets the IPMI privilege level required to execute the menu item.