Session ID: HKG18-317
Session Name: HKG18-317 - Arm Server Ready Program
Speaker: Dong Wei
Track: Ecosystem Day
★ Session Summary ★
To fulfill our vision of having Arm servers everywhere and easy to deploy, Arm has created the Arm ServerReady Program where we have created the Server Base System Architecture (SBSA) and Server Base Boot Requirements (SBBR) specifications and the Architecture Compliance Suite (ACS) tools for the system developers to enable customers to deploy Arm servers with confidence that they work out of the box. In this talk, I will update you on the progresses we have made working with the partners in preparation of the official launch of the Arm ServerReady Program.
In addition, I will update you with the preview of the updates to the next revision of the SBSA/SBBR specifications. I will also provide an overview of the Server Base Manageability Guide (SBMG) that is to be released later this year and the related sample implementation in OpenBMC.
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-317/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-317.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-317.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: Ecosystem Day
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★ Resources ★
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HKG18-501 - EAS on Common Kernel 4.14 and getting (much) closer to mainlineLinaro
"Session ID: HKG18-501
Session Name: HKG18-501 - EAS on Common Kernel 4.14 and getting (much) closer to mainline
Speaker: Chris Redpath
Track: Mobile, Kernel
★ Session Summary ★
This session will introduce the changes to EAS planned for 4.14 kernel, and how Arm hopes that EAS will develop in future. EAS has already evolved from an Arm/Linaro joint project to involving a much wider community of SoC vendors, Google and interested device manufacturers. We will highlight the product-specific pieces remaining in the Android Common Kernel EAS implementation, and our plans to provide an upstreaming plan for each product feature. In particular, the new 'simplified energy model' is designed to provide mainline-friendliness and comparable performance using a simple DT expression of cpu power/performance.
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-501/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-501.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-501.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: Mobile, Kernel
'http://www.linaro.org'
'http://connect.linaro.org'
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Follow us on Social Media
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/1026961"
HKG18-315 - Why the ecosystem is a wonderful thing, warts and allLinaro
"Session ID: HKG18-315
Session Name: HKG18-315 - Why the ecosystem is a wonderful thing warts and all
Speaker: Andrew Wafaa
Track: Ecosystem Day
★ Session Summary ★
The Arm ecosystem is a vibrant place, but it's not always smooth sailing. This presentation will go through the highs and lows of getting the ecosystem fully Arm enabled.
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-315/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-315.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-315.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: Ecosystem Day
'http://www.linaro.org'
'http://connect.linaro.org'
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Follow us on Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/LinaroOrg
https://www.youtube.com/user/linaroorg?sub_confirmation=1
https://www.linkedin.com/company/1026961"
HKG18- 115 - Partitioning ARM Systems with the Jailhouse HypervisorLinaro
"Session ID: HKG18-115
Session Name: HKG18-115 - Partitioning ARM Systems with the Jailhouse Hypervisor
Speaker: Jan Kiszka
Track: Security
★ Session Summary ★
The open source hypervisor Jailhouse provides hard partitioning of multicore systems to co-locate multiple Linux or RTOS instances side by side. It aims at low complexity and minimal footprint to achieve deterministic behavior and enable certifications according to safety or security standards. In this session, we would like to look at the ARM-specific status of Jailhouse and discuss applications, to-dos and possible collaborations around it with the ARM community. The session is intended to be half presentation, half Q&A / discussion.
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-115/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-115.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-115.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: Security
'http://www.linaro.org'
'http://connect.linaro.org'
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Follow us on Social Media
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"Session ID: HKG18-TR08
Session Name: HKG18-TR08 - Upstreaming SVE in QEMU
Speaker: Alex Bennée,Richard Henderson
Track: Enterprise
★ Session Summary ★
ARM's Scalable Vector Extensions is an innovative solution to processing highly data parallel workloads. While several out-of-tree attempts at implementing SVE support for QEMU existed, we took a fundamentally different approach to solving key challenges and therefore pursued a from-scratch QEMU SVE implementation in Linaro. Our strategic choice was driven by several factors. First as an ""upstream first"" organisation we were focused on a solution that would be readily accepted by the upstream project. This entailed doing our development in the open on the project mailing lists where early feedback and community consensus can be reached.
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-tr08/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-tr08.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-tr08.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: Enterprise
'http://www.linaro.org'
'http://connect.linaro.org'
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HKG18-113- Secure Data Path work with i.MX8MLinaro
"Session ID: HKG18-113
Session Name: HKG18-113 - Secure Data Path work with i.MX8M
Speaker: Cyrille Fleury
Track: Digital Home
★ Session Summary ★
NXP presentation on Secure Data Path work with i.MX8M Soc. Demonstrate 4K PlayReady playback with Android 8.1 running on i.MX8M. Focus on security (MS SL3000 and Widevine level 1)
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-113/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-113.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-113.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: Digital Home
'http://www.linaro.org'
'http://connect.linaro.org'
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Follow us on Social Media
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HKG18-120 - Devicetree Schema Documentation and Validation Linaro
"Session ID: HKG18-120
Session Name: HKG18-120 - Structured Documentation and Validation for Device Tree
Speaker: Grant Likely
Track: Kernel
★ Session Summary ★
Devicetree has become the dominant hardware configuration language used when building embedded systems. Projects using Devicetree now include Linux, U-Boot, Android, FreeBSD, and Zephyr. However, it is notoriously difficult to write correct Devicetree data files. The dtc tools perform limited tests for valid data, and there there is not yet a way to add validity test for specific hardware descriptions. Neither is there a good way to document requirements for specific bindings. Work is underway to solve these problems. This session will present a proposal for adding Devicetree schema files to the Devicetree toolchain that can be used to both validate data and produce usable documentation.
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-120/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-120.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-120.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: Kernel
'http://www.linaro.org'
'http://connect.linaro.org'
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Follow us on Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/LinaroOrg
https://www.youtube.com/user/linaroorg?sub_confirmation=1
https://www.linkedin.com/company/1026961"
"Session ID: HKG18-223
Session Name: HKG18-223 - Trusted Firmware M : Trusted Boot
Speaker: Tamas Ban
Track: LITE
★ Session Summary ★
An overview of the trusted boot concept and firmware update on the ARMv8-M based platform and how MCUBoot acts as a BL2 bootloader for TF-M.
Trusted Firmware M
In October 2017, Arm announced the vision of Platform Security Architecture (PSA) - a common framework to allow everyone in the IoT ecosystem to move forward with stronger, scalable security and greater confidence. There are three key stages to the Platform Security Architecture: Analysis, Architecture and Implementation which are described at https://developer.arm.com/products/architecture/platform-security-architecture.
_Trusted Firmware M, i.e. TF-M, is the Arm project to provide an open source reference implementation firmware that will conform to the PSA specification for M-Class devices. Early access to TF-M was released in December 2017 and it is being made public during Linaro Connect. The implementation should be considered a prototype until the PSA specifications reach release state and the code aligns._
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★ Resources ★
Event Page: http://connect.linaro.org/resource/hkg18/hkg18-223/
Presentation: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/presentations/hkg18-223.pdf
Video: http://connect.linaro.org.s3.amazonaws.com/hkg18/videos/hkg18-223.mp4
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★ Event Details ★
Linaro Connect Hong Kong 2018 (HKG18)
19-23 March 2018
Regal Airport Hotel Hong Kong
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Keyword: LITE
'http://www.linaro.org'
'http://connect.linaro.org'
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Follow us on Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/LinaroOrg
https://www.youtube.com/user/linaroorg?sub_confirmation=1
https://www.linkedin.com/company/1026961"
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
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- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
3. 3
Base System Architecture (BSA)
• Defines hardware requirements
Base Boot Requirements (BBR)
• Defines firmware requirements
These specifications require a minimum set of hardware and firmware
implementations that will ensure OS and firmware will interoperate
SBSA/SBBR are the BSA/BBR for the server systems
• Developed using feedback from vendors across the industry (Silicon vendors, OSVs, Hypervisor
vendors, BIOS vendors, OEMs and ODMs)
• SBBR defines the required, recommended and optional UEFI, ACPI and SMBIOS interfaces
SBSA and SBBR are now available at https://developer.arm.com/
• Current versions are SBSA v3.1 and SBBR v1.0. No click through license required.
• SBSA v5.0 and SBBR v1.1 will be available soon
Server Base Manageability Guide (SBMG)
• Defines guidance for server management standardization
• Work In Progress
Server Architecture
4. 4
We have created an Engineering Change Request (ECR) process for SBSA / SBBR / SBMG
1. Partner submit the change requirement to Arm (armserverac-request@arm.com) using the template with
the following info: Summary of Change, Benefits of the Change (justifications), Impact of the Change.
2. Partner and Arm work together to understand the change requirement and brainstorm the solution that
meets the requirement . When the solution is defined, post it to an Arm Drop Zone for broader partners
review
3. External Mantis-based ECR tracking database Work In Progress
Logistics:
Two discussion channels:
Partner to Arm over armserverac-request@arm.com protected by NDA
Anybody on the Arm server AC discussion group: armserverac-discuss@arm.com
• If you are on ArmServerAC, you are already on armserverac-discuss@arm.com, and if you are not then ask us
• Weekly phone conferences on the as-needed basis would be the most scalable solution, complemented by ftf
gathering
Formalizing how to request spec content updates
5. 5
SBSA Status
Drafting SBSA v5.0 (BETA available on Dropzone)
Core / System:
• RAS requirements (AARCH-4638)
• ROP and JOB requirements for SBSA (AARCH-11320)
• SBSA and SVE (AARCH-11319)
• Nested virtualization (AARCH-12054)
• MPAM requirements for SBSA (AARCH-11323)
• Forced writeback (AARCH-11326)
• Add Activity Monitor Requirements to SBSA (AARCH-12044)
• Crypto Requirements to SBSA (AARCH-12058)
• 48bit mode (AARCH-12858)
• Ban non-standard interrupt controller (AARCH-11329)
• PPI assignments (AARCH-11753)
• Base frequency standardisation (AARCH-11324)
• Assign PPIs for new timers in v8.4 (AARCH-11321)
• Secure EL2 (AARCH-13144)
• TLBI-range (AARCH-12159)
• SVE heterogenity (AARCH-13132)
IO:
• PCIe clarifications (AARCH-12301)
• UART clarifications (AARCH-12701)
• PCIe requirements for assignable devices (AARCH-11610)
• PCIe Precision Time Measurement Root source (AARCH-
12571)
• PCIe Deadlock (AARCH-4698)
• ACS and Peer to Peer (AARCH-12303)
Security:
• TCG TPM (AARCH-12312)Some highlights
Cleanup:
• Deprecate old SBSA levels (AARCH-11330)
• Clean to point of persistence (AARCH-13385)*
6. 6
PCIe improvements – SBSA
PCIe feature SBSA
revision
Clarifications, 4G and Non-Prefetchable BARs SBSA 5.0
PTM and system counter
Access control and Peer to Peer traffic
RCIE minimum requirements SBSA - next
Error logging and reporting minimal requirements
Vendor defined message handling
DPC minimal requirements
Memory ordering requirements
7. 7
Additional work on PCIe
We want to improve testability of SBSA rules relating to PCIe
• Our current approach is based on modified drivers (SATA) and this limits coverage
• Very hard to use pre-silicon
• We are working with pre-silicon and post-silicon solutions to generate test IP
• Enables us to generate specific traffic patterns and increase coverage in areas such as coherency, deadlocks and
interrupts
We are also working on PCIe guidance ( as opposed to mandates ):
• PCIe integration guide - currently trying to nail topic list
• PCIe performance verification guide – alpha is in dropzone
8. 8
SBBR Status
SBBR 1.1 (EAC available on Dropzone)
UEFI:
• UEFI PCI Root Bridge IO Protocol Address
Translation clarifications
• UEFI GOP implementation clarifications
• UEFI REST Protocol support
• UEFI Capsule Service clarification
• Native AArch64 image requirements for UEFI
applications and drivers
• UEFI RNG Protocol*
ACPI:
• ACPI Interrupt-signaled Events support
• ACPI Generic Event Devices support
• ACPI PCI IO Address Translation clarifications*
• IORT implementation guidelines
SMBIOS/Management:
• SMBIOS Processor Information
• SMBIOS structure data requirements clarification
• SMBIOS Redfish Host Interface support
• SPMI recommendation removal
Cleanup:
• Clarifications of SSDT being optional
• Clarifications on UEFI Load File and Load File 2
Protocols
• Updated referenced specifications to: UEFI 2.7,
ACPI 6.2, SMBIOS 3.1.1
• Secondary core boot standardization with PSCI
Security:
• Secure and Trusted Boot
• Secure Firmware Update
9. 9
UEFI Option ROM Availability
Architecturally Arm requires the support of AArch64 native binary UEFI drivers
Arm testing room will be open at UEFI Plugfest next week to provide:
• Real HW Setup in which to test native AArch64 drivers
• Help and suggestions on how to get your driver recompiled for AArch64
Arm is creating a “getting started guide” and a list of off-the-shelf systems that can be
used for continuous testing
Arm is collecting a list of vendors/cards with AArch64 drivers:
• Contact us (uefi@arm.com) if you would like to be on it or if you’d like more
information
10. 10
Secure Server Profile
What are included:
• Verified Boot (Reset - Arm TF - UEFI Secure Boot -OS)
• Measured Boot (TPM, TCG Trusted Boot)
• Secure Firmware Update
What else?
11. 11
SBMG Status and Plans
Host (UEFI,
OS)
SoC
Elements
(e.g.
sensors)
On-chip
Management
BMC
Redfish
API
Redfish Host Interface
Redfish enabled
PLDM/MCTP
Redfish
enabled
PLDM/MCTP
Platform
Elements
MCTP compliant Transport: PCIe, or
I2C/SMBus (SMLink)
In-band
Out-of-band
SoC
NIC
LM0: current implementation
LM1: Redfish
LM2: Redfish enabled PLDM/MCTP
IPMI support: optional in addition
12. 12
SBSA/SBBR roadmap
CY2018H1 CY2018H2 CY2019H1Available Future
SBSA 5.0 BETA
SBBR 1.1 BETA
SBSA 5.0 EAC
SBSA-next EAC
SBBR-next EACSpecs
Enterprise ACS
For ARM Server Ready 1.0
Arm Server Ready 2.0
FY2018H1 FY2018H2 FY2019H1Available Future Released
Development
Adv. Planning
Concept
Ongoing updates
SBSA/SBBR
Enterprise ACS 1.3
Compliance
test suites
SBBR 1.1 EAC
SBSA 5.0 REL
ECR Database
SBBR next
Alpha
SBSA next Alpha
- Next Arch revision
-Additional PCIe rules
Enterprise ACS
For ARM Server Ready 1.0
Enterprise ACS for Server Ready
2.0-Alpha
Supporting SBSA5.0/SBBR1.1
Enterprise ACS for Server Ready
2.0-Alpha
Supporting SBSA5.0/SBBR1.1
SBMG-1.0 Alpha
SBMG-1.0 Beta SBMG-1.0 EAC
PCIe perf verification
guide Alpha
PCIe perf verification
guide Beta
PCIe Integration
guide Alpha
PCIe perf verification
guide EAC
PCIe Integra
guide EAC
SBSA-next-next Alpha
14. 14
Vision | Mission | Elevator Pitch
Vision
• Arm servers everywhere and easy to deploy
Mission
• We provide the tools to enable customers to deploy Arm servers
with confidence
Elevator
• ServerReady gives the confidence that your server works out of
the box.
15. 15
SBSA test covers
• SBSA CPU properties
• SBSA defined system components
• SBSA rules for PCIe integration
– Based on the PCIe specification
– Based on standard OS drivers with no quirks enabled
SBBR test covers
• UEFI testing based on the UEFI SCT
• ACPI testing based on FWTS
• SMBIOS testing
V1.4 released! Apache v2 licensed
• https://github.com/ARM-software/sbsa-acs
• https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-enterprise-acs
SBSA and SBBR Architectural Compliance Suites
16. 16
Server Ready testing
OEM/ODM/SiP/IBV
• runs the tests
Arch Team
• Develops tests
• Takes tests reports
and provides
certification
Support team
• Supports
ODM/OEM/Silicon
vendor or BIOS
vendor on running
the tests and fixing
issues
We are engaging with silicon vendors,
ODMs, OEMs and BIOS vendors to run the
tests
Tests are developed by our architecture
team, which also develops the
specifications
We have a support team that helps in
running of test, debugging etc
17. 17
Inputs for certification
Certification request document (CRD) contains
• Board information table
• Enterprise ACS logs
• Explanation for fails and skips
• OS boot logs
• CentOS x.x (Kernel version y.y)
• Or RHEL x.x (Kernel version y.y)
• Suse Linux x.x (Kernel version y.y)
• Ubuntu x.x
Board Information table
ODM Name
Board Name
Silicon provider
Silicon version
Bios vendor
Target market
Is it a SKU of a previously
certified board? If yes, name
of the board.
18. 18
Likely to Launch in Q4’2018
Call to Action
• Partners continue to work with Arm to evaluate the tests
• Partners invited to write guest blogs promoting the program
• Partners get ready to co-launch
Arm Server Ready Program Launch
19. 1919
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