Dell PowerEdge C6100 Using the Baseboard Management Controller - Page 46

www.dell.com | support.dell.com BMC/BIO Version Information The Get Device command is used to retrieve the intelligent device's hardware revision, firmware/software revision, and sensor and event interface command specification revision information. For additional information, refer to the IPMI v2.0 specifications. Table 1-38. Get Device Command Response Data Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4 Byte 5 Data Field Completion code Device ID Device revision [7] 1 - Device provides device SDRs 0 - Device does not provide device SDRs [6:4] - Reserved. Return as 0. [3:0] - Device Revision, binary encoded Firmware revision 1 [7] - Device available 0 = Normal operation 1 = Device firmware, SDR repository update or self-initialization in progress. Firmware/SDR repository updates can be differentiated by issuing a Get SDR command and checking the completion code. [6:0] - Major firmware revision, binary encoded Firmware revision 2: Minor firmware revision. BCD encoded Example: Get device ID: ipmitool mc info Response: 0x00 0x25 0x01 0x01 0x00 0x02 0xbf 0xa9 0x19 0x00 0x3b 0x00 0x6e 0x6d 0x00 0x00 This indicates that the BMC version is V1.00. 46 Using the Baseboard Management Controller