Specifications

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Preface
About this manual
ThismanualdescribestheRadisysShelfManagementSoftware(the“ShelfManager”),the
HardwarePlatformInterface(HPI)serverframework,theIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)infrastructure,andtherelatedsoftwareinterfacesforAdvancedTCA®(ATCA®)
shelves.TheShelfManagerisasoftwarecomponentthatresidesonasupportedfront
module.TheshelfmanagementsoftwaremonitorsIPMIsensorsandcontrols,respondsto
hardwareevents,andpromotessmoothoperationofATCAmodulesandshelfcomponentsin
aRadisysshelf.
Thismanualdescribestheshelfmanagementarchitecture,operation,andapplication
programminginterface.Themanualprovidesusageinformationforshelfmanagementtools
andcommandinterfaces,andassumesyouknowhowtouseandconfigureoperatingsystems
andnetworks.
Forcommandsyntax,mode,descriptionandrelatedcommandsseetheCommandLine
InterfaceReference.
What’s new in this manual
•Addedsupportforthefollowingmodules:
•ATCA‐4616ComputeProcessingModule(CPM)
•ATCA‐4618CPM
•ATCA‐4648CPM
•AddedinformationaboutATCA‐45xxseriesandATCA‐46xxseriesCPMsoperatingin
enhancedmodebydefault(seepage 24).
• Updatedthelistofmenuoptionsforthehpiapp(seepage 64).