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1.10.5 Alert Standard Format (ASF) Support (Optional)
NOTE
Alter Standard Format (ASF) support is available only on boards that use the Intel 82573E
Ethernet Controller or the Intel 82562GZ PLC device.
The board provides 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
• LAN Subsystem Software
1.11 Hardware Management Subsystem
The hardware management features enable the board to be compatible with the Wired for
Management (WfM) specification. The board has several hardware management features,
including the following:
• Chassis intrusion detection
• Fan monitoring and control (through the hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC)
• Thermal and voltage monitoring
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