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Super X13DEG-PVC User's Manual
1.5 ACPI Features
ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. The ACPI specification defines
a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power
management features throughout a computer system, including its hardware, operating
system and application software. This enables the system to automatically turn on and off
peripherals such as network cards, hard disk drives and printers.
In addition to enabling operating system-directed power management, ACPI also provides a
generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play, and an operating system-independent
interface for configuration control. ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures,
while providing a processor architecture-independent implementation that is compatible with
appropriate Windows operating systems. For detailed information regarding OS support,
please refer to the Supermicro website.
1.6 Power Supply
As with all computer products, a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable
operation. It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates where
noisy power transmission is present.
The X13DEG-PVC motherboard utilizes two Supermicro proprietary power supplies via
PSU1 and PSU4. In addition, twelve GPU power connectors (GPU-PWR1/2/3/4/5/6, GPU-
PWR15/16/17/18/19/20) and six backplane power connectors (BP-PWR1/2/3/4/5/6) are also
used to provide power from X13DEG-PVC to GPUs and backplane devices.
It is strongly recommended that you only use Supermicro approved redundant power supply
units for the Supermicro system chassis.
1.7 System Reboot
This motherboard, Intended to be used in a Supermicro GPU server, supports an innovative
cooling technology, which will continue cooling down the system even after shutting down.
After the system is shutdown, the power button LED on the front panel will start to blink green,
indicating that the cooling procedure is in progress. This cooling procedure will take 120
seconds to complete. When the procedure is complete, the power button LED will turn solid
amber. We recommend the user to allow this cooling procedure to complete before issuing
a power-on command or removing power cable(s) from the system.
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