Table of Contents

Intel® Server Board SE7520JR2

5.1

Platform Management Architecture Overview .....................................................

115

5.1.1

5V Standby ..........................................................................................................

116

5.1.2

IPMI Messaging, Commands, and Abstractions xxx............................................

116

5.1.3

IPMI ‘Sensor Model’.............................................................................................

117

5.1.4

Private Management Busses...............................................................................

118

5.1.5

Management Controllers .....................................................................................

118

5.2

On-Board Platform Management Features and Functionality

.............................. 121

5.2.1

Server Management I2C Buses ...........................................................................

122

5.2.2

Power Control Interfaces .....................................................................................

122

5.2.3

External Interface to the mBMC...........................................................................

122

5.3

mBMC Hardware Architecture .............................................................................

123

5.3.1

Power Supply Interface Signals...........................................................................

124

5.3.2

Power Control Sources........................................................................................

126

5.3.3

Power-up Sequence ............................................................................................

126

5.3.4

Power-down Sequence........................................................................................

126

5.3.5

System Reset Control..........................................................................................

126

5.3.5.1

 

Reset Signal Output .........................................................................................

126

5.3.5.2

 

Reset Control Sources .....................................................................................

127

 

 

5.3.5.3 Control Panel System Reset ............................................................................

127

5.3.5.4

 

Control Panel Indicators...................................................................................

128

5.3.5.5

 

Control Panel Inputs.........................................................................................

129

5.3.6

Secure Mode Operation.......................................................................................

131

5.3.7

Baseboard Fan Control........................................................................................

131

5.3.8

mBMC Peripheral SMBus....................................................................................

131

5.3.9

Watchdog Timer ..................................................................................................

131

5.3.10

System Event Log (SEL) .....................................................................................

131

5.3.10.1

SEL Erasure...................................................................................................

132

5.3.10.2

Timestamp Clock ...........................................................................................

132

5.3.11

Sensor Data Record (SDR) Repository ...............................................................

132

5.3.11.1

Initialization Agent ..........................................................................................

132

5.3.12

Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Inventory Devices ................................................

133

 

 

5.3.12.1 mBMC FRU Inventory Area Format ...............................................................

133

5.3.13

NMI Generation ...................................................................................................

133

5.3.14

SMI Generation....................................................................................................

133

5.3.15

Event Message Reception...................................................................................

133

5.3.16

mBMC Self Test...................................................................................................

134

5.3.17

Messaging Interfaces...........................................................................................

134

5.3.17.1

Channel Management....................................................................................

134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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