OpenBMC MRW Requirements

This document describes the data requirements that OpenBMC has on the machine readable workbook XML generated by Serverwiz2. The requirements in this document are broken up by the OpenBMC functions that use them.

If a particular OpenBMC implementation doesn't use a certain function, then that MRW data isn't required.

System Inventory

The system inventory can be generated from the MRW XML. The inventory typically contains all FRUs (field replaceable units), along with a few non-FRU entities, like the BMC chip and processor cores.

To specify a target in the MRW should be in the inventory:

  • Set the FRU_NAME attribute of that target.

Note: The BMC and cores will be automatically added without the need to set FRU_NAME.