> > > >
> > > There is a private method by which the firmware decides whether the host
> > > OS is
> > > alive and healthy. If so, then the host does this work. If not, then the
> > > firmware takes over.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I have been looking for a place to ask this quesiton, and this might be
> > it: What occurs if the machine is suspended and the NIC is still hot (maybe
> > WOL enabled). Will the ME also be running?
>
> Yes!
>
> > If so, the OS is not, will it still know that OS is alive and healthy, or
> > decide it is bad and try and reboot?
>
> Neither. The firmware is running and one can remotely reboot it using a
> management tool, but on its own, the ME takes no action.
I havn't fully read the materials, and I guess what the ME
actually does is beyond the scope of this discussion. However, I
suspect that there is a mechanism in the "private method" described
above that at least lets the ME know the host is going into an S3
state, and that the Solaris components *will* use this API, so if the
host is in this state, the ME can properly report the condition.
>
> > Will it be able to generate a PME and resume? (and maybe a host of other
> > questions surrounding suspended machines).
> >
>
> No. This is not a general watchdog facility.
PME is not a watchdog facility, but the hardware wake mechanism.
And though again I guess what the ME actually does is beyond our
control, I am interested that it has desired capabilities (it can wake
a sleeping system), or else it needs to be documented to discourage
this combination.
---- Randy
>
> -- Garrett
>
