System Management: OEM Boot Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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netFn:

 

LUN:

Cmd:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get Power Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICMG

 

2C, 2D

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Bused Resource

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICMG

 

2C, 2D

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(Release, Query, Force, Bus Free)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The IPMC implements many standard IPMI commands. For example, software can use the watchdog timer commands to monitor the system’s health. Normally, the software resets the watchdog timer periodically to prevent it from expiring. The IPMI specification allows for different actions such as reset, power off, and power cycle, to occur if the timer expires. The watchdog’s ‘timer use’ fields can keep track of which software (Operating System, Sys- tem Management, etc.) started the timer. Also, the time-out action and ‘timer use’ infor- mation can be logged automatically to the System Event Log (SEL) when the time-out occurs. Refer to the IPMI specification (listed in Table 1-2) for details about each command’s request and response data. The IPMC also implements ATCA commands, see the ATCA Base Specification (PICMG 3.0).

OEM BOOT OPTIONS

The Set System Boot Options and Get System Boot Options commands provide a means to set/retrieve the boot options. The IPMI specification defines a set of standard boot option parameters. In addition, the specification includes a range of numbers (96-127) for OEM extensions. Emerson utilizes this area for OEM function extensions, such as boot bank selec- tion and POST configuration. The following table describes these extensions:

Table 7-6:Emerson Boot Option Parameters

Parameter:

#

Parameter Data:

Boot Bank

96

data 1 — Set Selector. This is the processor ID for which the

(non-volatile)

 

boot option is to be set.

 

 

data 2 — Boot Bank Selector. This parameter is used to

 

 

indicate the boot bank from which the payload will boot.

 

 

00h

= Primary (i.e., default) Boot Bank is selected.

 

 

01h

= Secondary Boot Bank is selected.

 

 

02h-FFh = unused

 

 

 

POST Type

97

data 1 — Set Selector. This is the processor ID for which the

(non-volatile)

 

boot option is to be set.

 

 

data 2 — PSOT Type Selector. This parameter is used to

 

 

specify the POST type that the payload boot firmware will

 

 

execute.

 

 

00h

= Short POST

 

 

01h

= Long POST

 

 

02h-FFh = unused

 

 

 

 

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ATCA-9305 specifications

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