Artesyn ATCA-8330 Installation and Use (April 2015) - Manual (Page 91)

BIOS
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BIOS creates the DMI structure type 38 to provide IPMI host interface information to the OS.
BIOS reads and creates the IPMI boot parameter, which are stored in the IPMC. The list of the
supported IPMI boot parameter is described in
Table 9-15 on page 192 .
4.10 Watchdog Support
BIOS uses the IPMI payload watchdog for two phases:
 BIOS phase
 Operation System boot phase
The IPMC starts automatically the IPMI payload watchdog after the payload board comes out
of reset. In this case the FRB2 flag of the IPMI watchdog is set.
BIOS can enable the IPMI watchdog for monitoring the loading of the Operating System. The
watchdog is started just before BIOS starting the OS boot loader.
The IPMI watchdog can be configured in the BIOS Setup, refer Table 4-12 .
4.11 BIOS Error Logging
BIOS supports the following methods to report errors:
 SMBIOS error logging
 IPMI event logging
 Error logging to the console
4.11.1 Runtime Error Logging
BIOS supports Runtime Error Logging for memory errors and PCI errors. See BIOS Setup
Advanced -> Runtime Error Logging. Errors are logged to the IPMI controller and to the SMBIOS
event log.
The Runtime Error Logging can be enabled or disabled. If enabled, the PCI Error Logging can be
enabled or disabled separately.