Emerson 4620 About this Manual

System Management Interface Based on HPI-B (Centellis 4620) User’s Guide (6806800D85A) 9

About this Manual

Overview of Contents

This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendices.

zChapter 1, System Management Interfaces Overview, on page 13

Provides an overview on HPI-B in Emerson AdvancedTCA systems

zChapter 2, Software Installation and Configuration, on page 17

Describes how to install and configure HPI-B clients and HPI-B daemons.

zChapter 3, Developing Applications, on page 21

Describes the necessary steps in order to build HPI-B client applications

zChapter 4, Using HPI-B, on page 23

Describes in detail which HPI-B features are supported

zAppendix A, Example Applications, on page 39

Briefly describes HPI-B example applications, which are delivered as part of the Emerson

HPI-B distribution

zAppendix B, Related Documentation, on page 51

Provides references to other, related documentation

Abbreviations

This document uses the following abbreviations:

Abbreviation Description

AMC Advanced Mezzanine Module

ATCA Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture

BT Block Transfer

CGE Carrier Grade Edition

CPIO Copy In/Out

CPU Central Processing Unit

ECC Embedded Communications Computing

FRU Field Replaceable Unit

HPI Hardware Platform Interface

IA Intel Architecture

ID Identifier

IP Internet Protocol

IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface

Contents

Main Trademarks Notice Limited and Restricted Rights Legend Contact Address Contents Page List of Tables Page Page Page About this Manual Overview of Contents Abbreviations Conventions The following table describes the conventions used throughout this manual. Summary of Changes Comments and Suggestions Page System Management Interfaces Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Standard Compliances 1.3 Architecture 1.3.1 HPI Library 1.3.2 HPI Daemon 1.4 High Availability Page Software Installation and Configuration 2.1 Overview 2.2 Installing and Configuring the HPI-B Daemon 2.2.1 Installing an HPI-B Daemon 2.2.2 Configuring an HPI Daemon 2.3 Setting Up HPI Clients 2.3.1 Installing HPI Clients 2.3.2 Configuring HPI Clients Developing Applications 3.1 Overview 3.2 Building the Application Page Using HPI-B 4.1 Overview 4.2 Limitations 4.2.1 Limitations with Respect to HPI-B Base Specification 4.2.2 Limitations with Respect to HPI-B AdvancedTCA Mapping Specification 4.3 Working with the Multishelf Library 4.3.1 Overview 4.3.2 Accessing HPI Domains 4.3.3 How Domains and Shelves are Represented Page 4.3.3.1 Domain Management Resource 4.3.3.2 Shelf Management Resource Table 4-3 Domain Management Control Table 4-4 Domain Management Control State Table 4-5 Shelf Management Resource 4.3.3.2.1 Domain Management Control 4.3.3.2.2 Connection State Sensor 4.3.3.3 HPI Domain Events 4.3.4 Discovering Shelves and Domains 4.3.5 Adding and Removing Shelves and Domains 4.3.5.1 Adding Shelves and Domains 4.3.5.2 Removing Shelves and Domains 4.4 Emerson Extensions 4.4.1 HPI Controls for Domain and Shelf Management 4.4.2 IPMI System Boot Options Support Page 4.4.3 POST Type Control 4.4.4 HPI Logging Support Table 4-13 POST Type HPI Control RDR Table 4-14 POST Type HPI Control Sate Values Refer to the header file MotorolaHpi.h for used defines. Table 4-15 Log RDR Table 4-16 Log Control Table 4-17 Log Control State A A.1 Overview A.2 Example Application Source Files A.3 List of Supported Example Applications Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page B B.1 Emerson Network Power - Embedded Computing Documents B.2 Related Specifications