Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Intelligent Platform Management Interface

Updated the buses used with the Intelligent Platform Management Interface [IPMI]. The Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification is the protocol portion of the standards.

The Intelligent Chassis Management Bus [ICMB] is used as a chassis to chassis interface that uses RS485 as the electrical layer.

The Intelligent Platform Management Bus [IPMB] interface is used within a particular chassis to communicate with the board controllers.

All three interface standards are listed off the Interface Buses 'I' listing.

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