Special Features; System Health Monitoring - Supermicro X11QPL User Manual

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Super X11QPL User's Manual

1.3 Special Features

This section describes the health monitoring features of the X11QPL motherboard. This

motherboard has an onboard ASPEED 2500 (A2) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

that supports system health monitoring.

Recovery from AC Power Loss

The Basic I/O System (BIOS) provides a setting that determines how the system will respond

when AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can choose for the system to

remain powered off (in which case you must press the power switch to turn it back on), or

for it to automatically return to the power-on state. See the Advanced BIOS Setup section

for this setting. The default setting is Last State.

This section describes the health monitoring features of the X11QPL motherboard. The

motherboard has an onboard Baseboard Management Controller (AST 2500) that supports

system health monitoring. Once a voltage becomes unstable, a warning is given or an error

message is sent to the screen. The user can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the

sensitivity of the voltage monitor.

Onboard Voltage Monitors

The onboard voltage monitor will continuously scan crucial voltage levels. Once a voltage

becomes unstable, it will give a warning or send an error message to the IPMI WebGUI and

IPMIView. Real time readings of these voltage levels are all displayed in IPMI 2.0.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control

The system health monitor embedded in the BMC chip checks the RPM status of the cooling

fans. The CPU and chassis fans are controlled via lPMI 2.0.

Environmental Temperature Control

System Health sensors in the BMC monitor the temperatures and voltage settings of onboard

processors and the system in real time via the IPMI interface. Whenever the temperature

of the CPU or the system exceeds the manufacturer-defined threshold, system/CPU cooling

fans will be turned on to prevent the CPU or the system from overheating.

Note: To avoid possible system overheating, please be sure to provide adequate air-

flow to your system.

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