ADLINK cPCI-6S10 - Manual (Page 29)

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cPCI-6S10
3 Hardware Platform Management
3.1 Platform Management Overview
The purpose of the hardware platform management system is to
monitor, control, and assure proper operation of CompactPCI
blades. The hardware platform management system watches over
the basic health of the system, reports anomalies, and provides
feedback to the chassis management module (CMM) when
needed. The hardware platform management system can retrieve
inventory information and sensor readings as well as receive
event reports and failure notifications from blades and other Intelli-
gent FRUs. The hardware platform management system can also
perform basic recovery operations such as power cycle or reset of
managed entities.
The IPMC controller on the cPCI-6S10 supports an intelligent
hardware management system, based on the Intelligent Platform
Management Interface Specification. The hardware management
system provides the ability to manage the power, cooling, and
interconnect needs of intelligent devices; monitor events; and log
events to a central repository.