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1.5
Software Support
The following table contains information related to software supported by the AM4204.
Table 1-2: AM4204 Software Specification
Specifications
General
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The system supports IPMI version 1.5 for board level management (AMC.0).
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Support for accessing serial interfaces of Octeon with Serial Over LAN (SOL) as per IPMI version 2.0
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Support for IPMI over LAN (IoL) on e1000 Ethernet port
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Support for onboard IPMI event log (SEL)
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Reliable field upgrades for all software components, including boot loader and IPMI firmware
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Optional Dual boot images with roll-back capability.
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Software development kit based on Cavium cnusers SDK
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Offline Diagnostic software for running diagnostics tests
Bootloader
U-Boot
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Power On Self Test
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multi image support
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loadable bootimage via e1000 and Octeon Ethernet ports (bootp/tftp)
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loadable boot image via PCI Express (boot from RAM)
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loadable boot image from onboard flash and flash disk connected via USB (boot from flash, boot from
filesystem)
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reliable field upgradable
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KCS interface to MMC
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serial console support
Operation System
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Linux Operating system on Octeon processor
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Wind River Platform for Network Equipment 2.0 (PNE 2.0) Linux Edition board support package