Intel® Server Board S2600IP and Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR TPSPlatform Management Overview
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Byte 3:
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4.5 Platform Management Interface
This chapter describes the supported BMC communication interfaces:
1. Host SMS interface by means of low pin count (LPC)/keyboard controller style (KCS)
interface
2. Host SMM interface by means of low pin count (LPC)/keyboard controller style (KCS)
interface
3. Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) I2C interface
4. LAN interface using the IPMI-over-LAN protocols
4.5.1
Channel Management
Every messaging interface is assigned an IPMI channel ID by IPMI 2.0. Commands are
provided to configure each channel for privilege levels and access modes. Table 23 shows the
standard channel assignments:
Table 23. Standard Channel Assignments
Channel
ID
Interface
Supports
Sessions
0
Primary IPMB
No
1
LAN 1
Yes
2
LAN 2
Yes
3
LAN3
1
(Provided by the Intel
®
Dedicated Server Management NIC)
Yes
4
Reserved
Yes
5
USB
No
6
Secondary IPMB
No
7
SMM
No
8
– 0Dh
Reserved
–
0Eh
Self
2
–
0Fh
SMS/Receive Message Queue
No
Notes:
1. Optional hardware supported by the server system.
2. Refers to the actual channel used to send the request.
4.5.2
User Model
The BMC supports the IPMI 2.0 user model. 15 user IDs are supported. These 15 users can be
assigned to any channel. The following restrictions are placed on user-related operations:
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