Specifications

QSSC-S4R Technical Product Specification BMC Messaging Interfaces
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25.9.12 P l a t f o r m E v e n t F i l t e r ( P E F)
The BMC includes t he abili t y t o genera t e a selec t able ac t ion , such as a sys t em power-o ff or rese t, when a ma t ch
occurs t o one o f a con f igurable se t o f even t s . This capabili t y is called Pla tf orm Even t Fil t ering , or PEF . One o f t he
available PEF ac t ions is t o t rigger t he BMC t o send a LAN aler t t o one or more des t ina t ions .
The BMC suppor t s 20 PEF f il t ers . The f irs t t welve en t ries in t he PEF f il t er t able are precon f igured (bu t may be
changed by t he user) . The remaining en t ries are le ft blank , and may be con f igured by t he user .
Table 200. Factory Configured PEF Table Entries
E v e n t
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O ff s e t M as k E v e n t s
1 Non-critical, critical and non- Temperature sensor out of range
2 Non-critical, critical and non- Voltage sensor out of range
3 Non-critical, critical and non- Fan failure
4 General chassis intrusion Chassis intrusion (security violation)
5 Failure and predictive failure Power supply failure
6 Uncorrectable ECC BIOS
7 POST error BIOS: POST code error
8 FRB2 Watchdog Timer expiration for FRB2
9 – Reserved (not preconfigured; reserved for
10 Power down, power cycle, and Watchdog timer
11 OEM system boot event System restart (reboot)
12 – Reserved (not preconfigured; reserved for
Addi t ionally , t he BMC suppor t s t he f ollowing PEF ac t ions :
x
Power o ff
x
Power cycle
x
Rese t
x
OEM ac t ion
x
Aler t s
The “ Diagnos t ic in t errup t ” ac t ion is no t suppor t ed .
25.9.13 L A N A l e r t i n g
The BMC suppor t s sending embedded LAN aler t s , called SNMP PET (Pla tf orm Even t t raps) , as well as SMTP email
aler t s .
The BMC suppor t s a minimum o f f our LAN aler t des t ina t ions .
25.9.14 S N M P P l a t f o r m E v e n t T r a p s ( P E T s )
This f ea t ure enables a t arge t sys t em t o send SNMP t raps t o a designa t ed I P address via LAN . These aler t s are
f orma tt ed per t he I n t elligen t Pla tf orm Managemen t I n t er f ace Speci f ica t ion Second Genera t ion v2 . 0 . A M I B f ile
associa t ed wi t h t he t raps is provided wi t h t he BMC FW t o f acili t a t e in t erpre t a t ion o f t he t raps by ex t ernal SW .
The f orma t o f t he M I B f ile is covered under RFC 2578 .
25.9.15 A l e r t P o l i c y T a b l e
Associa t ed wi t h each PEF en t ry is an aler t policy t ha t de t ermines which I PM I channel t he aler t is t o be sen t. There is
a maximum o f 20 aler t policy en t ries . There are no pre-con f igured en t ries in t he aler t policy t able because t he
des t ina t ion t ypes and aler t s may vary by user . Each en t ry in t he aler t policy t able con t ains 4 by t es f or a maximum
t able size o f 80 by t es .
25.9.16 E - m a i l A l e r t i n g
The Embedded Email Aler t ing f ea t ure allows t he user t o receive e-mails aler t s indica t ing issues wi t h t he server . This
allows e-mail aler t ing in an OS-absen t (e . g ., Pre-OS and OS-Hung) si t ua t ion . This f ea t ure provides suppor t f or
sending e-mail via SMTP , t he Simple Mail Transpor t Pro t ocol as de f ined in I n t erne t RC 821 . The e- mail aler t