MegaRAC Development Kit for AST2600 BMC

MegaRAC^® Development Kit for the AST2600 BMC

The MegaRAC Development Kit for the AST2600 BMC features hardware, tutorials, and access to MegaRAC firmware to help developers and engineers gain experience in sensor porting, management technologies such as Serial over LAN (SOL) and UART, and virtual media (vMedia). These complete kits allows OEM and ODM customers to begin immediate development and training projects using the MegaRAC BMC Firmware with the AST2600 BMC from ASPEED Technology.

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List Price: $1999 USD

Units begin shipping in October 2020!

MegaRAC OSP Development Kit for the AST2600 Contents

Bundled Hardware

AST2600 EVB with Power adapter
Fan
Sensor board
Host system

Tutorials

Firmware & AMI DevNet Installation and environment preparation
Projects to gain development experience:

Sensor porting
Management (SOL, UART...)
Virtual Media

ODM/OEM Provided

USB driver (SD, USB flash... for virtual media)
Ethernet, serial and/or display cable(s)

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Download MegaRAC OSP Development Kit For The AST2600 BMC Data Sheet

MegaRAC SP-X BMC Firmware

MegaRAC® SP-X is a powerful server management solution composed of firmware and software components based on industry standards like IPMI 2.0, Restful APIs, SMASH, Serial over LAN (SOL) and key serviceability features like remote presence, CIM profiles and advanced automation. It is available for all the major System-On-Chip (SoC) designs and supports the following platform architectures:

Intel® / AMD x86
Arm® 64 (including Ampere eMAG™, Marvell and Qualcomm)

POWER® 8/9 from IBM

MegaRAC SP-X firmware features a high level of modularity, with the ability to easily configure and build the firmware image by selecting features using an intuitive graphical development tool chain. These features are available in independently maintained packages, for superior manageability of the firmware stack.

Robust RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)
User-friendly web interface through integrated web server
Command line protocol (CLP) based on the DMTF SMASH specification

Programmable web services based on the WSMAN standard
Secure-Shell (SSH)-based Serial over LAN for remote access
Remote KVM with complete console redirection

Rich Virtual Media for mass storage redirection
Power and Cooling management via DCMI support
OEM Customization support (with optional toolset)

MegaRAC^® OSP Firmware

MegaRAC OSP is a hardened, production version based on OpenBMC firmware. MegaRAC OSP can be enhanced with proprietary AMI IP packages based on the proven MegaRAC SP-X Service Processor firmware stack, trusted for years by leading OEMs and ODMs for its robust, secure remote server management. MegaRAC OSP features an intuitive, extensible open-architecture development framework.

Key to its flexibility is a robust "common core" concept that delivers a highly-managed source base with high ROI, and a complete Service Processor Solution for wide product deployments. MegaRAC OSP includes dedicated support, code patches and security advisories that all AMI customers trust and expect.

MegaRAC OSP encompasses a family of blended Firmware / Software, Tools & Utilities and Services:

MegaRAC OSP FW/SW Solutions

Server Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Enclosure (Chassis or Rack Manager) BMC
Essential licensable IP modules to provide complete manageability
Full-featured AMI DevNet development environment, which offers distinct advantages and benefits for FW enhancement

MegaRAC OSP Services

Fee-based services for complete development and delivery of the product
Turnkey and Engineering (NRE) Services, including BMC feature design and customization
Hardware Platform Porting
Quality Assurance (QA) & Security Analysis Services

MegaRAC OSP firmware supports a number of Customer Reference Board (CRB) designs, with new platform support being added on a periodic basis. Currently supported platforms include:

Microsoft® Project Olympus platform
Intel® Server System ("Wolfpass") CRB

Bundled Hardware

This kit includes the following bundled hardware.

AST2600 EVB

AST2600 Remote Management Server Processor

Host

Raspberry Pi

Fan

Cooling fan

With pin header, RPM, Tach

AMI Sensor Board

The series 997 Sensor Board is designed to mimic the sensors that are typically found on data center server platforms. This allows ODM and OEM customers to begin immediate development using the MegaRAC OSP BMC firmware with the AST2600 BMC. Firmware engineers gain hands-on experience with sensor porting, management via Serial Over LAN, management via UART and with vMedia.

2x Current/voltage sensors (INA219A) for 12V and 5V DC power monitoring
2x NVMe/SAS/SATA connectors (SFF-8639)
2x U.2/U.3 NVMe connectors (x4 OCulink)
2x SATA/SAS connectors (standard 7-pin SATA)
1x Backplane Controller (AMI MG9100) UBM/VPP/SGPIO host protocol for drive, LED and BMC management

MG9100 can be configured via DIP Switches to serve multiple backplane applications

1x NVMe I²C management interface (accessible via pin header)
1x 2-channel I²C MUX with Interrupt (PCA9543A)
2x temperature sensors (TM75AID)
1x 64K bit EEPROM (24LC64)
1x 2-to-1 I²C master de-multiplexer with an arbiter function (PCA9641)
1x I²C repeater (PCA9617)
1x Parallel-in/serial-out (74LV165A) with 8 position DIP switch

2x Serial-in/parallel-out (74LV595A) with 7 segment LED display
2x potentiometers for +12V, +5V voltage monitoring (to BMC ADC input)
1x 2-channel +12V DC FAN control(PWM)/monitoring(TACHO)

Signals are available via pin headers for composing desired I²C topologies

4 GPIO controlled LEDs
4 digital input implementation with 4pcs tactile switches

Why work with AMI?

AMI has a simplified step-by-step plan for OEM and ODM customers for migration from MegaRAC SP-X Service Processor to MegaRAC OSP, to retain all the proprietary features developed for SP-X.