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| Training - Intelligent Platform
Management Interface [IPMI v2.0]
(reference: 004746A) |
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Prerequisites
- Experience of a
32-bit processor, such as Freescale
ColdFire or AMCC 4XX microcontrollers
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Course Objectives
- Explaining
the functional units used in an IPMI
system (BMC, SDR, SEL, PEF, etc.)
- Understanding
the bus protocols on which IPMI messages
are transferred : I2C, IPMB, SMbus
- Clarifying
the chassis management based on ICMB
protocol
- Sending
alerts through LAN or serial/modem
interfaces
- Explaining
the parameterizing of message channels
- Studying
the IPMI commands through sequences
- Detailing
how system software and BMC embedded
software interact
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Duration
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Topics (The full description of this course
can be provided on request)
INTRODUCTION TO IPMI
- Objectives
- BMC, required functions
- Serial port and LAN interfaces
- System Management Software, system
interfaces
- Messaging
- System Event Log
- Field Replacement Unit
- Platform Event Filtering
- Interaction between host software and
IPMI
X86 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODE
- Platform specific software
- Automatic save / restore mechanism when
SMI# is asserted
- Entering low power modes
IPMI I2C-BASED PROTOCOLS
- I2C protocol basics, transfer
sequence, START / STOP session delimiters
- Electrical interface
- Addressing, 7- and 10-bit modes,
broadcast
- Clock stretching
- Multi-master operation
- Accessing a serial EEPROM
- Intelligent Platform Management
Bus [IPMB]
- Interconnection topology
- Request / response protocol
- Interleaving requests and
responses
- Missing response handling
- Network functions and commands
- Completion codes
- Hardware interface, connectors
- System Management Bus [SMBus]
- Physical layer
- Device identification
- Commands
- Bus protocols
- Address resolution protocol,
related commands
INTELLIGENT CHASSIS MANAGEMENT BUS
- Introduction, possible topologies,
addressing
- Physical layer
- Link layer, framing, packet format
- Bridged ICMB-to-IPMB request message
- ICMB-to-IPMB response message
- Event message
- Arbitration and collision
- Dynamic address assignment
- Population discovery
- Bridge command summary, chassis commands
IPMI MESSAGING
- Message interface description
- Channel number, protocol type, medium
type and access mode
- GetChannelInfo command
- BMC channels
- Event Message Buffer
- User and password support
- Session activation and IPMI challenge
response
- IPMI messaging support commands
SYSTEM INTERFACE
- Keyboard Controller Style [KCS] interface
- Server Management Interface Chip [SMIC]
- Block Transfer [BT] interface
- SMBus System Interface [SSIF]
LAN INTERFACE
- Introduction to RMCP
- VLAN support
- LAN configuration
- Sessions
- IPMI messages related to LAN interface
- Serial over LAN
SERIAL / MODEM INTERFACE
- Serial / modem capabilities
- Serial port sharing
- Connection mode auto-detect
- Basic mode
- PPP/UDP mode
- Serial / modem callback
- Terminal mode
- IPMI messages related to serial / modem
interface
EVENT MESSAGES
- Critical events and system event log
restrictions
- Event receiver handling of event messages
- Platform Event Filtering [PEF]
- Event Filter Table
- Alert Policy table
- Event filter, policy, destination and
string relationships
- Event commands, PEF and alerting commands
IPMI DEVICE GLOBAL COMMANDS
- GetDeviceID
- ColdReset
- WarmReset
- GetSelfTestResults
- ManufacturingTestOn
- GetDeviceGUID
SDR REPOSITORY
- Discovering management controllers and
device SDRs
- Reading the SDR repository
- Sensor types and data conversion
- Sensor initialisation agent
- Related commands
FRU INVENTORY
- FRU format
- GetFRUInventoryAreaInfo command
- ReadFRUData command
- WriteFRUData command
ACTEL FUSION SUPPORTING IPMI
APPLICATIONS
- Analog functions
- Embedded flash memory block
- DirectCore IP in IPMI
- IPMI software
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Documentation
Training manuals will be given to participants
during training. Precise and easy of use, those
notes can be used as a reference afterwards. |
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Other trainings :
If you want to know our other training courses
and their contents, you can consult or download
our complete training courses list on this page :
Training courses - General
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