Special Features; System Health Monitoring - Supermicro X11DPG-HGX2 User Manual

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Super X11DPG-HGX2 User's Manual

1.3 Special Features

This section describes the health monitoring features of the X11DPG-HGX2 motherboard. The

motherboard has an onboard ASPEED AST2500 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 X11DPG-HGX2 motherboard. The

motherboard has an onboard Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) chip that supports

system health monitoring.

Onboard Voltage Monitoring

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. 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 IPMI 2.0.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control

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 IPMI 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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