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10007175-02 KAT4000 User’s Manual
9-1
Section 9
System Management
The KAT4000 provides an intelligent hardware management system, as defined in the
AdvancedTCA
®
Base Specification (PICMG
®
3.0; AMC.0). This system implements an Intel-
ligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC) based on the proprietary BMR-H8S-ATCA®
reference design from Pigeon Point Systems.
The KAT4000 IPMC implements all the standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface
(IPMI) commands and provides hardware interfaces for other system management fea-
tures such as Hot Swap control, LED control, power control, and temperature and voltage
monitoring. The IPMC also supports an EIA-232 interface for serial communications via the
Serial Interface Protocol Lite (SIPL) IPMI commands.
IPMC OVERVIEW
The basic features of the KAT4000 IPMC include:
• Conformance to ATCA Base Specification (PICMG 3.0)
• Geographical addressing according to PICMG 3.0
• Ability to read and write Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) data on each capable AMC site
• Ability to reset IPMC from IPMB-0
• Ability to read an inlet and outlet temperature sensor
• Ability to read payload voltage/current levels
• Ability to send event messages to a specified receiver
• All sensors generate assertion and/or de-assertion event messages
• Support for fault tolerant field upgrades
• Support for field updates of firmware via the payload processor interface
• Hardware added to accommodate console redirection over IPMB