Specifications
QSSC-S4R Technical Product Specification Contents
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24.32.1 Backplane Types ........................................................................................................................................................ 284
24.33 LAN Leash Event Monitoring ............................................................................................................................ 284
24.34 CATERR Reporting .......................................................................................................................................... 284
24.35 CMOS Battery Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 285
25. BMC Messaging Interfaces ................................................................................................ 286
25.1 Channel Management ........................................................................................................................................ 286
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25.3 Sessions ............................................................................................................................................................. 287
25.4 Media Bridging .................................................................................................................................................... 288
25.5 Request / Response Protocol ............................................................................................................................. 288
25.6 Host to BMC Communication Interface .............................................................................................................. 288
25.6.1 LPC / KCS Interface ..................................................................................................................................................... 288
25.6.2 Receive Message Queue ............................................................................................................................................. 289
25.6.3 SMS / SMM Status Register ......................................................................................................................................... 289
25.6.4 Server Management Software (SMS) Interface ............................................................................................................ 289
25.6.5 SMM Interface .............................................................................................................................................................. 290
25.7 IPMB Communication Interface .......................................................................................................................... 290
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25.7.2 IPMB LUN Routing ....................................................................................................................................................... 291
25.7.3 Management Engine IPMB .......................................................................................................................................... 291
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25.8.1 COM Port Switching ..................................................................................................................................................... 292
25.8.2 Terminal Mode ............................................................................................................................................................. 292
25.9 LAN Interface ...................................................................................................................................................... 293
25.9.1 IPMI 1.5 Messaging ...................................................................................................................................................... 293
25.9.2 IPMI 2.0 Messaging ...................................................................................................................................................... 293
25.9.3 RMCP / ASF Messaging .............................................................................................................................................. 294
25.9.4 BMC Embedded LAN Channels ................................................................................................................................... 294
25.9.5 BMC IP Address Configuration..................................................................................................................................... 294
25.9.6 DHCP BMC Hostname ................................................................................................................................................. 295
25.9.7 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) ............................................................................................................................. 296
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26. BMC Flash Update ............................................................................................................. 299
26.1 Logical Firmware Image Blocks ......................................................................................................................... 299
26.2 Firmware Transfer Mode Update ....................................................................................................................... 299
26.2.1 Command Support During Firmware Transfer Mode .................................................................................................... 300
26.3 Boot Recovery Mode .......................................................................................................................................... 300
26.4 Force Firmware Update Jumper ......................................................................................................................... 300
26.5 Restore Default Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 301
26.6 Fast Firmware Update over USB ....................................................................................................................... 301
27. BIOS-BMC Interactions ...................................................................................................... 302
28. BMC-HSC Interactions ....................................................................................................... 303
28.1 HSC Availability .................................................................................................................................................. 303
28.2 Interactions ......................................................................................................................................................... 303
29. Sensors .............................................................................................................................. 304