Artesyn System Management Interface Based on HPI-B 2.0(Centellis 4620/4440) User's Guide (June 2014) - Manual (Page 37)

Chapter 4
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Using HPI-B
4.1 Overview
This chapter provides information which is necessary when writing applications that are based
on the Artesyn HPI-B distribution. It lists limitations with respect to the HPI-B specification and
describes extensions which were added by Artesyn.
4.2 Limitations
This section describes those HPI-B features which the Artesyn HPI-B implementation for the
Centellis 4620/4440 environment does not support.
4.2.1 Limitations with Respect to HPI-B Base Specification
The following limitations apply with respect to the compatibility with the SAI-HPI-B.01.02
specification. Note that these limitations apply to the current and also to all future Artesyn HPI-
B releases for Centellis 4620/4440 platforms. There are no plans to implement these features
in the future.
 Firmware Update Management Instrument (FUMI) functionality not supported.
 Diagnostic Management Instrument (DIMI) functionality not supported.
 Limited saHpiIdrAreaAdd() call
If the space is available, the function saHpiIdrAreaAdd() adds an OEM Inventory Area
including two pre-defined fields as multi-record with a maximum size of 255 Byte. The first
one is a read-only field containing the ManufacturerID (3 bytes). The second field (252
bytes) can be updated by the user. The Artesyn HPI-B implementation of
saHpiIdrAreaAdd()
does not support the creation of other types of Inventory Areas.
 Limited saHpiIdrAreaDelete() call
Artesyn HPI-B does not allow deleting Inventory Area with saHpiIdrAreaDelete(),
except OEM Multi Records not specified by the PICMG ATCA and AMC specifications.
 Unsupported saHpiParamControl() call
Artesyn HPI-B does not support saHpiParamControl().
 Unsupported resource event log
Artesyn HPI-B does not support resource event logs.
 Unsupported Unicode character set
Artesyn HPI-B does not support the Unicode character set.