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Order Number : 301561- 001 Intel ® NetStructure™ MPCHC552 5 Sy stem Ma ster Pr oces sor Boa rd IPM I Re fere nce Driver User ’s Man u al Ma y 2004[...]
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2 Intel ® NetStruc ture™ MPCHC5525 System Mast er Pro cess or Boar d IPMI Ref erence Driver Use r’s Man u al INFORMA TION IN THIS DOCUME NT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INT ELR PRODUCTS. E XCEP T A S PROVIDED IN INTEL ’S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE FO R SUCH PRODUCTS, INTEL A SSUMES NO LIABIL ITY WHA TS OEVER, AND INTE L DISCLAIMS ANY EXP[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver User’ s Manual 3 Contents Content s 1 Usin g Th is Guid e ..... .. ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .. ..... .... ... ..... .... ... .... ..... .. ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .... ... ..... .. ..... .... .. 7 1.1 Ter ms a nd Defi nitio n s .... ...[...]
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4 Intel ® NetStruc ture™ MPCHC5525 Syst em Mast er Proc essor Boa rd I PMI Refe rence Dr iver Us er’s Manua l Contents 4.2.4 SDR Comm ands ........... ................... ................... ................... .............. .................. 24 4.2.5 FRU Inventory D evice Co mmands . .. ..... ....... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ..... .. .......[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver User’ s Manual 5 Contents Revision History Date R evision Description May 20 04 001 Ini tia l Re lease of th is man ua l.[...]
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6 Intel ® NetStruc ture™ MPCHC5525 Syst em Mast er Proc essor Boa rd I PMI Refe rence Dr iver Us er’s Manua l Contents[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 7 Us ing Th is Gu id e Using This Gui de 1 The In tel ® NetS t ructure ™ MP CH C5525 S ys te m Master Proc essor Boar d IPMI Refer ence Driv er User’ s Guide is inte nded for users qualifi ed in electroni cs or elect rical engi neerin[...]
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8I n t e l ® NetStr uct ure™ MPCHC5525 Syst em Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref erence Driver Use r ’s G uid e Usi ng Th is Gui de 1.2 Other Sources of Information SDR Sens or Data Record SE L System Ev ent L og SMI Sys te m Ma nage men t Inte rface T ab le 2. Reference Documents Doc ume nt Can be fo und at In tel ® Net S t ru ctur e™ MPC[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 9 IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty IBMU Functionality 2 2.1 I ntrodu cti on The Int el ligent Bo ard Ma nagement Unit (IBMU) eq uips the Inte l ® NetS tru cture™ MP CBL5525 board wit h In te llige nt Platform Mana gem e nt Interfa ce (I PMI ) fu[...]
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10 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty 2.1. 3 Whe re Is IP MI -Re lev an t Inf or mat ion Stor ed? The follo wing table shows which info rmation is stored in whic h repos i tory of a BMC/PM. The IBMU pro vides a pproxim ately 10 0 Kbytes of fla sh me[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 11 IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty 2. 1.4 Bas ic C omm u ni cat io n Prin cip le s The sys te m m ana gem en t software communic ates wit h the devices via the BMC. It can communi cate with: • Boards /devi ces with IPMI c ontr oller • Boards /[...]
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12 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty 2. 1.5.2 No nintelligen t Dev ices For the co mmunica tio n between the s ys tem management softwar e and no nint ellig ent devi ces the f oll owing compo nents are ne ce ssary: • I P MI dri ver fo r operati n[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 13 IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty 2.1 . 6 A vail ab le D riv ers IPMI driv ers for the following ope ratin g systems ar e avail able: • VxW orks* • W i ndows 2000/ NT* • Solaris* • MontaV ista Lin ux* These drive rs i nclude a n appl icat[...]
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14 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty Wherea s the Key boar d Contr oll er St yle ( KCS0) interfa ce and the Inte ll igent P eri pheral Mana gement Buses (IP MB) allow communic ation betwe en componen ts withi n one chassis , the KCS0 int erface an [...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 15 IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty Note: Aft er instal ling or removing a board under hot -swap condit ions, it is pos sible tha t noninte ll igent devic es will bloc k the IPMB bus. The r efo re: • If the devi ce is powered by its own power sup[...]
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16 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty 2. 2.1.3 O n-Board T empe ratur e Sensor T o read out th e ac tua l tempera ture v al ue from the on -boa rd se ns or , the proc edure is as follo ws: 1. The syste m management softwa re sends the IPMI command ?[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 17 IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty The connec tion via I CMB is use ful for maintena nce purposes . I f , for ex ample, th e CPU board in one chas sis ha n g s , th e BMC in th e oth er cha ss is can read th e log fi le of t he af fect ed BMC vi a[...]
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18 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de IBMU Fu nct i on ali ty 1. The system manage m ent software residi ng on t he CPU board i n chassis 2 s ends a n ICMB mes s ag e to th e BMC2. Thi s ICMB mes s age co n ta ins th e ICMB hea der in for mat ion an d t h e IP MI com mand [...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 19 Prep aring Software for IPM I Usage Prepar ing Softw are for IPM I Usag e 3 3.1 Actio n Plan Before being a ble to u se IPMI th e fol lowing s teps are re quired a nd will be de scribed i n th is chapt er . 3.2 Notes on W riting Y our O[...]
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20 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de Preparing Software fo r IPMI U sage 3.3 Sensor Dat a Records For each se ns or at tached to an IPMI cont rol ler in a syst em you nee d S DRs. SDRs for s ensor s on For ce CPU boards are provide d by Force Compute r s . SD Rs for senso[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 21 Prep aring Software for IPM I Usage 3. 4.2 Ch eck in g C PU Boar d Si gn als The IBMU is equi ppe d with severa l discret e sensors used to chec k the as se rti on or deass ertion of CPU board si gnals . After an asse rtion or de assert[...]
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22 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de Preparing Software fo r IPMI U sage 3. 4.2.4 POS T Code Thi s sensor allo ws you to read the board’ s POST code with the IPMI command “Ge t Sensor Re adi n g” . Note: T his s ensor doe s n ot gen erate e vent message s. 3. 4.3 Mo[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 23 Su pported IP MI Comm ands and B MC/PM Address es Supported IPMI Commands and BMC/PM Addresses 4 4.1 S t an dar d IP MI Commands This se ct ion provide s informa tion on which IPMI comm ands ar e support ed. A ll co mmands are unique ly[...]
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24 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de Supp or te d IP M I C om m an ds and B MC /PM Ad dres se s 4. 2.3 S EL Comma nd s All c ommands in th is cate gory def ine d as ma ndatory by t he IPMI s pecifi cati on ar e imple mente d. In addi tion, th e followin g opti onal com ma[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 25 Su pported IP MI Comm ands and B MC/PM Address es 4. 2.6 Sen sor Dev ice Co mma nds All c omman ds in thi s ca te gory d ef in ed as m and at ory b y th e I PMI sp ec ifi catio n ar e i mplem en ted . I n addit ion, the f oll owing opt [...]
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26 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de Supp or te d IP M I C om m an ds and B MC /PM Ad dres se s 4.3 Force-Specific Comma nds The Force Comput ers IPMI firm ware sup ports severa l commands tha t are not de fined in the IPMI spe ci fication but are intro duced by Force Com[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 27 Su pported IP MI Comm ands and B MC/PM Address es 4.3.2 F las hFile S ystem Cle ar This command is us ed to dele te all th e S D R, FRU and SEL rep osito ry and to upd at e the FRU da ta . 4.3. 2.1 Reques t Dat a 4.3. 2.2 Resp onse Dat [...]
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28 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de Supp or te d IP M I C om m an ds and B MC /PM Ad dres se s 4. 3.4.1 Re quest D at a 4. 3.4.2 Re sponse Dat a 4. 3.5 S et ShadowR epos ito ryE nable Thi s co mman d i s us ed t o en a ble o r di s abl e the ac ce ss to th e s h ad o w r[...]
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In tel ® NetSt r ucture™ MPCHC5525 System Master Proce ssor Board IPMI Referen ce Driver Us er ’s Gu id e 29 Su pported IP MI Comm ands and B MC/PM Address es addre sses is define d in the PIC MG 2.9 Spec ifi cati on and is als o shown in the ta bl e that foll ows. The IPMI c ont roller of a board which ha s t he geograph ical addre ss 4 in a [...]
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30 Inte l ® NetStruct ure™ MPCHC5525 System Maste r Processo r Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de Supp or te d IP M I C om m an ds and B MC /PM Ad dres se s[...]
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In tel ® Net Structur e™ MPCHC5525 System Mast er Processor Boar d IPMI Reference Dri ve r User’s G u id e 31 Customer Suppo rt Customer Support 5 5.1 Cust omer Sup port This cha pter of fers techn ic al and sales assi stance inform at ion for this produc t. Informat ion on return ing an Intel ® NetS tru c tu re ™ produ ct for ser vice is i[...]
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32 Intel ® NetStruct ure ™ MPCH C5525 Syst em Master Proc essor Boar d IPMI Ref ere nce Driver Use r’s G ui de Customer Supp ort[...]