Patent ID: 7103704
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A compact peripheral component interconnect (CPCI) system, comprising a chassis; a circuit board forming a backplane within said chassis; a node card coupled with said circuit board and having a central processing unit (CPU) for providing a computational service on said system, said computational service including management and access of said system; an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI); an IPMI micro-controller coupled with said circuit board and communicating with said CPU via said IPMI; an Inter Integrated Circuit (I2C) interface; a field replaceable unit (FRU) coupled with said IPMI micro-controller and communicating with said IPMI micro-controller via said I2C interface; wherein said IPMI micro-controller off-loads a plurality of management and access functions of said FRU from said CPU to said IPMI micro-controller; and wherein said CPU can manage and access said FRU via said IPMI micro-controller.