Intelligent peripheral management controller, 1 ipmc overview, 2 functional overview – Artesyn ATCA-8310 Installation and Use (May 2014) User Manual
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Chapter 7
ATCA-8310 Installation and Use (6806800M72E)
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Intelligent Peripheral Management Controller
7.1
IPMC Overview
The ATCA-8310 provides an intelligent hardware management system, as defined in the
AdvancedTCA® Base Specification (PICMG® 3.0; AMC.0). This system incorporates two IPMI
controllers:
An Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC) based on the BMR-H8S-AMCc®
reference design from Pigeon Point Systems.
A Module Management Controller (MMC) residing at the RTM based on the BMR-AVR-
AMCm® reference design from Pigeon Point Systems.
7.2
Functional Overview
The ATCA-8310 implements all the standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
commands and provides hardware interfaces for other system management features such as
Hot Swap control, LED control, power control, as well as temperature and voltage monitoring.
The IPMC also supports a Keyboard Controller Style (KCS) based host interface for direct
payload to IPMI communication.