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Shelf Management Overview

TheShelfManagerisresponsibleformonitoringconditionsofmodulesandothershelf

componentsandcontrollingtheiroperationinordertokeepthemworkingproperly.The

ShelfManagerworkstogetherwiththeIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)

infrastructuretomonitorthestatusofthesystemandcorrectproblemswhennecessary.The

ShelfManagerreportseventsandanomaliestoasystemmanagerandrespondstoaction

requestsfromthesystemmanager.

Thehardwareplatforminterface(HPI)providesastandardapplicationprogramminginterface

(API)forsystemmanagerdevelopment.

Shelf management features

TheShelfManagerautomaticallystartsatboottimeandisrequiredtobefullyoperational

beforetherestoftheplatform.Inconjunctionwiththeothershelfmanagementcomponents,

theShelfManagermonitorsplatformhealth,manageseventsanderrorconditions,and

providesmanagementinterfacesforremoteinteractions.

Platform health monitoring

TheShelfManagerperformsthefollowingoperationstomonitorplatformhealth:

•Gathersandtrackstheshelfinventoryandassociatedresourcedatarecords(RDRs)inthe

resourcepresencetable(RPT),includingeachsensordatarecord(SDR)

•Retrievessensordata

•Logssystemevents

• ReceivesfailurenotificationsandothereventsfromintelligentFRUsintheshelf

• Respondstoalarmswithaudibleorvisibleindicationsoreventmessagestothesystem

managerasappropriate

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