Certification Process:Server and Storage
Tokyo, 2014
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Certifying an OCP Machine
1. An specification needs to be approved by IncubationCommittee (IC)
2. Certification/C&I project develops certification spec
3. Testing tool development on target platforms
4. Certification specification becomes official
5. Vendor submits for certification
6. Certified status granted by OCP Foundation
7. Results are published

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2014/9/18-1-OCP Project Submission
Sign membership agreement
Format spec using OCP template
Review spec with project lead
Collect feedback from community - mailing list orsummit
Upload spec to owncloud
Present spec to IC, incorporate feedback, IC votes

Publish on OCP website
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IC voting process
Spec is distributed to IC
Spec owner presents to IC (optional)
IC review and feedback (1 week)
Owner revises and submits updated spec
IC votes on spec (1 week)
Results of the vote are publishedPublish on OCP website
Spec revisions
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IC/Project Partnerships
Chair: Andreas Bechtolsheim - Arista Networks
Vice-Chair: Amir Michael -Coolan/OCP CoFounderServer - Mark Shaw,

Bob Ogrey - AMDChilung Wang - ITRI
Matt Corddry - Facebook

Hardware Management - Rajeev
Agrawala / Badriddine Khessib
Open Rack - Steve Mills / Brian
Obernesser

Aaron Sullivan - Rackspace

Certification - YF Juan

Conor Malone - Hyve Solutions

Storage - Asghar Riahi

Bill Carter - Intel

Data Center - Jason S Schafer

Kushagra Vaid - Microsoft

Networking - Omar Baldonado /Carlos Cardenas
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Certifying an OCP Machine
1. An specification needs to be approved by Incubation
Committee (IC)
2. Certification/C&I project develops certification spec
3. Testing tool development on target platforms
4. Certification specification becomes official
5. Vendor submits for certification
6. Certified status granted by OCP Foundation
7. Results are published

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Certifying an OCP Server
ITRI OCP Certification Testing Center Operations:• Workflow processes• Results examples• Lessons learnt

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2014/9/18-6-• Workflow processes• Results examples• Lessons learnt

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Table of Content

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Submission Request

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Email Notification

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Jira Tracking

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•Workflow processes•Results examples (Wiwynn submission)•Lessons learnt

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P. 7: CPU

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P. 9-10: Temperature

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P. 12: Power Reset

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P. 13-14: ID Check

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P. 40: BIOS

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P. 42: Power Restore

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Report Statistics• Page Count: 81• Page 1: Cover Page
• Page 2: Certification Results Source• Page 3-6: Test/Sample Description• Page 7-39: Test Results (Text-based)• Page 40-81: Appendix (screen shots)

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Agenda• Workflow processes• Results examples• Lessons learnt

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Information Collection• SUT Spec: configurations for all systems MUST beidentical– For example, if each machine uses different DIMM, it
will be sent back

• PXE Boot: must have MAC address

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Vendor Settings• Sensor ID naming conventions– Each vendor is different, ITRI had to ask/confirm
individually– Current process is liable to human errors• BIOS default settings– Each vendor is different, ITRI had to ask/confirm
individually– Current process is liable to human errors

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Logs Issues• “System Firmware Error”– Message lacks granularity– ITRI had to call and confirm this is the expectedbehavior (when battery is unplugged)– Suggest that vendor provide more granular information
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Certified Systems

URL: www. OCP Certification Center .org
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Certify Knox/Cold Storage
1. Spec: Knox/OpenVault v0.8+
2. Partners: Seagate, UTSA, ITRI, Canonical
3. Certification spec: v0.13
4. Certification Package: please join us
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Q&AThank You

Y.F. Juan / 阮耀飛
Deputy Director
Global Strategy & Business Development
Industrial Technology Research Institutet: +886 3.591.6173
m: +886 975.876.919
e: yf.juan@itri.org.tw
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