ASSET joined the Open Compute Project (OCP) earlier this year, and we attended our first Engineering Workshop in Dallas last week. The theme of this session was the OCP Telco Project. What did we learn?
When an x86 system has crashed, gathering forensics data to help diagnose root-cause of the failure is a top priority. But, how is this done if the system has crashed, and OS/BIOS-based application programs cannot access the platform?
The mission of the Open Compute Project (OCP) is to design and enable the delivery of the most efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs for scalable computing. ASSET has just joined the OCP to contribute to the reliability and availability of OCP designs.
Historically, hardware-assisted debugger access to Intel platforms was via a proprietary XDP 60-pin connector. This has now changed, with JTAG access available over USB3 ports.