Intel® Server System S7000FC4UR Hot-Swap Controller (HSC) Architecture
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28. Hot-Swap Controller (HSC) Architecture
The HSC uses a VSC410* SAF-TE enclosure processor (SEP). This microcontroller employs a
v3000 RISC CPU, 8 KB of internal SRAM, GPIO, SGPIO, two general purpose UARTs, one
SPI, and four I
2
C compatible interfaces.
Figure 71. HSC Interface Routing
* If present, SGPIO is disconnected.
** If present, I2C3 is disconnected.
28.1.1 I
2
C Interfaces
The VSC410 supports four I
2
C compatible serial interfaces. These multi-master interfaces are
configured in firmware to operate at 100 KHz. Optional support functions, such as I
2
C bus
cleanups, can be configured in firmware.
Table 105. I
2
C Bus Assignements
I
2
C Bus Number Connection Protocol Connected Device(s)
I2C0 Reserved None
I2C1 Master / slave I
2
C (private bus) Temperature sensor, NV/FRU EEPROM
I2C2 IPMB Baseboard management controller
I2C3 SES2-over-I
2
C, SAFTE Host bus adapter
28.1.2 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
The VSC410 SPI accesses operational code in a separate SPI-compatible EEPROM device.
This interface is private and can only be accessed by the HSC to retrieve or update firmware.