Technical Product Specification for Canoe Pass - Preminary - Intel

Intel ® Server Board S2600CP and Intel ® Server System P4000CP Platform Management
Intel ® Server Board S2600CP and Server System P4000CP TPS
5.2.5 Embedded Platform Debug
The Embedded Platform Debug feature supports capturing low-level diagnostic data (applicable
MSRs, PCI config-space registers, etc.). This feature allows a user to export this data into a file
that is retrievable via the embedded web GUI, as well as through host and remote IPMI
methods, for the purpose of sending to an Intel engineer for an enhanced debugging capability.
The files are compressed, encrypted, and password protected. The file is not meant to be
viewable by the end user but rather to provide additional debugging capability to an Intel support
engineer.
A list of data that may be captured using this feature includes but is not limited to:
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1. Platform sensor readings – This includes all “readable” sensors that can be accessed
by the IBMC FW and have associated SDRs populated in the SDR repository. This does
not include any “event-only” sensors. (All BIOS sensors and some IBMC and ME
sensors are “event-only”; meaning that they are not readable using an IPMI Get Sensor
Reading command but rather are used just for event logging purposes).
2. SEL – The current SEL contents are saved in both hexadecimal and text format.
3. CPU/memory register data useful for diagnosing the cause of the following
system errors: CATERR, ERR[2], SMI timeout, PERR, and SERR. The debug data is
saved and timestamped for the last 3 occurrences of the error conditions.
a. PCI error registers
b. MSR registers
c. MCH registers
4. BMC configuration data
5. BMC FW debug log (that is, SysLog) – Captures FW debug messages.
5.2.6 Data Center Management Interface (DCMI)
The DCMI Specification is an emerging standard that is targeted to provide a simplified
management interface for Internet Portal Data Center (IPDC) customers. It is expected to
become a requirement for server platforms which are targeted for IPDCs. DCMI is an IPMIbased
standard that builds upon a set of required IPMI standard commands by adding a set of
DCMI-specific IPMI OEM commands.
At the time this was written, the current DCMI specification was DCMI 1.0. A DCMI 1.1
specification is expected to be released in Q2 2010 and will include DCMI 1.0 features plus
errata and corrections. The DCMI 1.5 specification builds on the DCMI 1.0/1.1 specifications
and is currently at a draft level (rev0.5). It is not expected to reach rev1.0 until Q2 of 2011.
The current EPSD direction is that the IPDC server segment will be supported on EPSD
products by implementing the mandatory features in the IBMC FW (DCMI 1.0 compliance for
Bromolow and DCMI 1.5-compliance for Romley).
5.2.7 Local Directory Authentication Protocol (LDAP)
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an application protocol supported by the
IBMC for the purpose of authentication and authorization. The IBMC user connects with an
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