docs/designs/guard-on-bmc.md

21 **Guard Records**: A file in the persistent storage with the list of permanently
38 These records will be created when an error is encountered on an element that
45 hardware resources in a server system. The BMC creates guard records on a
48 be controlled by BMC. The BMC retrieves the guard records for presenting to an
63 - An option should be given to list the guard records.
64 - An option should be given to delete all guard records
66   on the guard records.
70 - The guard records on the units which are owned by the host will be applied
74 - The clearing of the records after the replacement of the faulty component
75   should be done by the component owning the guard records.
81 The guard proposed here is an aggregator for the guard records from various
83 records.
92 records and retrieving information about guard records. The methods and
101 - Clear all guard: Clear all guard records in the system.
133     system platforms guarded hardware records may not be deleted and used for
214 The guard records can be created for any components which are redundant and
221 - The host creates, applies, and present guard records: In this case, BMC has no
224   are required for guard records created by BMC and host.
226   for presenting or managing the guard records created by multiple hosts or BMC
227   itself. There are some guard records created after a severe failure in the
229   situations and create the records.
233 - The guard records will be presented as an extension to logs
241 The necessary tests needed are creating, deleting, and listing the guard records