American Megatrends MegaRAC M300V, User Manual

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6 MegaRAC® M300V Card Implementer’s Reference and User’s Guide
Conventions
The following table describes the conventions used in this specification.
Term Definition
Down solution This refers to a basic, BMC-based, IPMI 1.5-compliant management subsystem that is
soldered to the motherboard.
OPMA When OPMA is used as a noun, it should be taken by the reader to mean the OPMA
specification.
Upgrade kit This refers to a mCard which is used to add enhanced capabilities to a server that employs a
down solution.
Hardware signal names OPMA hardware signal names are presented in capital letters with underscores between
words. If the name ends with “L” then the signal is low true. If the name does not end with
“L”, it is high true.
Example: MCARD_CLR_CMOS_L
IPMI command names The names of all IPMI commands are presented with no spaces between the words in the
name. Only the first letter of each word is capitalized. Example: GetSystemTypeIdentifier
IPMI command parameters The names of all IPMI command parameters are presented with spaces between the words in
the name. Only the first letter of each word is capitalized unless the word is an acronym or
abbreviation.
Example: Interface ID
ms Abbreviation for millisecond(s) (1/1,000
th
of a second)
μ s Abbreviation for microsecond(s) (1/1,000,000
th
of a second)
h Suffix for a number expressed in hexadecimal. Every four digit set is separated by an
underscore for readability.
Example: 1234_5678h
Note:
Decimal is the default radix.
b Prefix for a number expressed in binary. Every four digits set is separated by an underscore
for readability.
Example: 1010_1101b
Note:
Decimal is the default radix
.
Bit fields [x:y] Brackets designate bit fields. For example, [0] means bit zero. [3:0] refers to bits zero through
three.