Chapter 2: Introduction
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Software
BIOS
The PT Embedded BIOS (AMI BIOS core) is user-configurable to boot an operating system
from one of the following locations:
•
USB mass storage device (hard drive, CD-ROM drive, disk key (flash), etc.)
•
SATA hard drives
•
Ethernet (PXE)
•
Any add-on cards/boards that support a BIOS boot specification option ROM
“BIOS Configuration Overview,” on page 46
Operating Systems
The following operating systems are supported by the Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor on
the AMC123:
•
Microsoft
®
Windows XP Embedded SP2 or later
•
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later
•
NexusWare Core CGL OS and Development Environment
•
Red Hat Enterprise™ Linux 5
•
Solaris 10
•
CentOS
®
5.2
•
Wind River
®
Linux 2.0
•
Wind River VxWorks
®
6.6
•
FreeBSD
®
6.3
•
Microsoft Windows Vista
®
“Operating Systems Supported,” on page 51
.
Drivers
The Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor Software Drivers for Embedded Applications package
contains all the software drivers necessary to utilize the hardware functionality of the Intel
EP80579 Integrated Processor. For the most recent software package updates from Intel,
please visit:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
“Installing Drivers,” on page 51
IPMI
For more information about how to program software to interact with the IPMI firmware, refer to
the
Intelligent Platform Management Interface v1.5 Specification
and the
Intelligent Platform
Management Interface Implementer's Guide
. A link to these publications is available in the
topic
“Module Management Controller,” on page 104
.
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