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Hardware Management Subsystem - video drivers

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Product Description 1.10.2 Alert Standard Format (ASF) Support The boards provide the following ASF support for PCI Express x1 bus add-in LAN cards and PCI Conventional bus add-in LAN cards installed in PCI Conventional bus slot 2: • Monitoring of system firmware progress events, including: ⎯ BIOS present ⎯ Primary processor initialization ⎯ Memory initialization ⎯ Video initialization ⎯ PCI resource configuration ⎯ Hard-disk initialization ⎯ User authentication ⎯ Starting operating system boot process • Monitoring of system firmware error events, including: ⎯ Memory missing ⎯ Memory failure ⎯ No video device ⎯ Keyboard failure ⎯ Hard-disk failure ⎯ No boot media • Boot options to boot from different types of boot devices • Reset, shutdown, power cycle, and power up options 1.10.3 LAN Subsystem Software LAN software and drivers are available from Intel's World Wide Web site. For information about Obtaining LAN software and drivers Refer to Section 1.3, page 15 1.11 Hardware Management Subsystem The hardware management features enable the board to be compatible with the Wired for Management (WfM) specification. The Desktop Board has several hardware management features, including the following: • Fan monitoring and control (through the hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC) • Thermal and voltage monitoring • Chassis intrusion detection 1.11.1 Hardware Monitoring and Fan Control ASIC The features of the hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC include: • Internal ambient temperature sensor 29

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Product Description
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1.10.2
Alert Standard Format (ASF) Support
The boards provide the following ASF support for PCI Express x1 bus add-in LAN cards and PCI
Conventional bus add-in LAN cards installed in PCI Conventional bus slot 2:
•
Monitoring of system firmware progress events, including:
⎯
BIOS present
⎯
Primary processor initialization
⎯
Memory initialization
⎯
Video initialization
⎯
PCI resource configuration
⎯
Hard-disk initialization
⎯
User authentication
⎯
Starting operating system boot process
•
Monitoring of system firmware error events, including:
⎯
Memory missing
⎯
Memory failure
⎯
No video device
⎯
Keyboard failure
⎯
Hard-disk failure
⎯
No boot media
•
Boot options to boot from different types of boot devices
•
Reset, shutdown, power cycle, and power up options
1.10.3
LAN Subsystem Software
LAN software and drivers are available from Intel’s World Wide Web site.
For information about
Refer to
Obtaining LAN software and drivers
Section 1.3, page 15
1.11 Hardware Management Subsystem
The hardware management features enable the board to be compatible with the Wired for
Management (WfM) specification.
The Desktop Board has several hardware management features,
including the following:
•
Fan monitoring and control (through the hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC)
•
Thermal and voltage monitoring
•
Chassis intrusion detection
1.11.1
Hardware Monitoring and Fan Control ASIC
The features of the hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC include:
•
Internal ambient temperature sensor