Artesyn ATCA-7350 Installation and Use (September 2014) - Manual (Page 90)

Functional Description
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4.6.10 USB Port
The ATCA-7350 provides three external USB interfaces. The two USB interface on the ATCA-
7350 panel complies with USB2.0 and can work in the High Speed mode. The other one on the
panel of the RTM complies with USB1.1 and can be used to connect such devices as mouse and
keyboard.
4.7 BIOS BOOT Banks
The ATCA-7350 supports two 8 Mbit (1 MByte) BIOS flash ROMs, i.e. BIOS bank A and BIOS
bank B. The blade supports redundant BIOS mechanism and the IPMC controls active and
standby modes to improve system reliability.
The ATCA-7350 boots up from BIOS bank A i.e. flash ROM by default.
4.7.1 Redundant BIOS
The ATCA-7350 supports the dual-BIOS backup function. If the current BIOS fails to boot, the
current BIOS is switched over to the backup BIOS automatically.
When you upgrade the BIOS through the IPMC or with an Artesyn upgrade tool, you can
upgrade the currently selected BIOS bank only. To switch over the BIOS and query the current
BIOS, run the commands "Set/Get System Boot Options" together with the OEM boot
parameter #96 mentioned in ATCA-7350 IPMI Users manual.
4.8 Intelligent Platform Management Controller
4.8.1 Functions
The Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC) is based on a High-speed central
processing unit with an internal 16-bit architecture.
The IPMC module provides the following functions:
 IPMI 2.0 compatible
 PICMG 3.0 R2.0 compatible