9. THE PEF AND ALERTING DESIGN
The PEF and Alerting mechanism are implemented in BMC. In order to make it active, the user
must configure the Event Filter Table and Alert Policy Table correctly. For detailed configuration
methods, please refer to IPMI v2.0 Spec. Note that an improperly configured E.F.T. may cause the
system do the power cycle action again and again. The supported PEF actions are listed below:
Power down
Power cycle
Reset
Diagnostic interrupt(NMI)
Send alert
The default PEF startup delay is 60 seconds. There is neither built-in E.F.T. entry nor built-in
alert destinations in the system. All these content is empty in the beginning. Set this configuration at
your own risk. BMC support 40 E.F.T entries, 60 A.P.T entries, and 4 alert strings.
Note: The PEF startup delay time must be more than 35 seconds. If not, the system maybe do
“Power Cycle”, “Reset” or “Power Down” over and over, and user has no change to close PEF
function.
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