VSC210
IPMI Baseboard Management
Controller Product Brief
Overview
The VSC210 is an embedded controller tailored for
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) applications.
The feature set selection and flexibility of this device
makes it the perfect BMC solution for entry through high-
end servers. No additional logic is required to interface
the VSC210 into Intel-Architecture (IA) servers and
workstations supporting LPC or X-Bus. Two I
2
C serial
multi-master controllers and UARTs allow system
designers to mix and match IPMB, ICMB and private I
2
C
configurations to best meet the requirements of a
particular system.
The VSC210 includes a high
performance, 32-bit RISC processor, which provides the
processing bandwidth and addressability required for
sophisticated platform management strategies. The
Software Development Kit (SDK) and evaluation board
allow for reduced development cycles, high code reuse
between implementations and faster time-to-market.
Device Features
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IPMI 1.0 Compatible
LPC and X-Bus System Interfaces
KCS and SMIC Logical Interfaces
32-bit, RISC CPU w/Debug Port
Three IPMB or Multi-Master I
2
C Interfaces
Two UARTs (one with ICMB)
Up to 26 Programmable General Purpose I/Os
User definable clock from 20-50MHz
PLL for use with low frequency/cost crystals
Internal 4KB SRAM
Four External 1MB Address Ranges
External Flash and/or SRAM (60ns to 350ns)
100 PQFP Package
Software Development Kit Features
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Abstracts IPMI Message handling to easy to use
APIs
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Modular architecture to support migration to other
I/O technologies and protocols
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Extensive peripheral device library
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Sample Personality Module source code
System Bus (LPC or X-Bus)
BASEBOARD
CHASSIS MGMT BOARD
IPMB Chassis
Controller
FLASH
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Code Storage
System Event Log
SDR Repository
Baseboard FRU Info
Vitesse VSC210
(IPMI BMC)
IPMB
Monitoring &
Control Circuitry
FRU SEEPROM
General Purpose I/Os
(x8, 12mA)
I
2
C Serial Bus
FRU SEEPROM
FRU SEEPROM
Vitesse VSC055
GPIO Expander
(x64 12mA)
RS-485
Transceivers
(optional)
STORAGE MGMT
BOARD
Vitesse
VSC100/200
Enclosure
Controller
Monitoring &
Control Circuitry
FRU SEEPROM
SCSI
FC-AL
MEMORY BOARD
PROCESSOR
BOARD
ICMB
VSC210 Based IPMI Server Baseboard Architecture
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