Intel® Server Boards S5520HC, S5500HCV, and S5520HCT TPS Functional Architecture
Revision 1.8
Intel order number E39529-013
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3.7 Baseboard Management Controller
The Intel
®
Server Boards S5520HC, S5500HCV and S5520HCT have an integrated BMC
controller based on ServerEngines* Pilot II. The BMC controller is provided by an embedded
ARM9 controller and associated peripheral functionality that is required for IPMI-based server
management.
The following is a summary of the BMC management hardware features used by the BMC:
• 250 MHz 32-bit ARM9 Processor
• Memory Management Unit (MMU)
• Two 10/100 Ethernet Controllers with NC-SI support
• 16-bit DDR2 667 MHz interface
• Dedicated RTC
• 12 10-bit ADCs
• Eight Fan Tachometers
• Four PWMs
• Battery-backed Chassis Intrusion I/O Register
• JTAG Master
• Six I
2
C interfaces
• General-purpose I/O Ports (16 direct, 64 serial)
Additionally, the BMC integrates a super I/O module with the following features:
• Keyboard style/BT interface
• Two 16550-compatible serial ports
• Serial IRQ support
• 16 GPIO ports (shared with the BMC)
• LPC to SPI bridge for system BIOS support
• SMI and PME support
The BMC also contains an integrated KVMS subsystem and graphics controller with the
following features:
• USB 2.0 for Keyboard, Mouse, and Storage devices
• USB 1.1 interface for legacy PS/2 to USB bridging.
• Hardware Video Compression for text and graphics
• Hardware encryption
• 2D Graphics Acceleration
• DDR2 graphics memory interface
• Up to 1600x1200 pixel resolution
• PCI Express* x1 support