Special Features; Recovery From Ac Power Loss; System Health Monitoring; Onboard Voltage Monitors - Supermicro X11SCE-F User Manual

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Super X11SCE-F User's Manual

1.3 Special Features

This section describes the health monitoring features of the X11SCE-F motherboard. The

motherboard has an onboard ASpeed 2500 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that

supports system health monitoring.

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 X11SCE-F motherboard. The

motherboard has an onboard Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) chip 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.

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 screen. The user

can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor. Real time

readings of these voltage levels are all displayed in the BIOS.

The system health monitor embedded in the BMC chip can check the RPM status of the

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

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 a user-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 provide adequate airflow to your

system.

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