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Onboard Controllers/Ports
One fl oppy drive controller and an onboard ATA/100 controller are provided to sup-
port up to two IDE hard drives or ATAPI devices (one IDE connection is reserved
for a Compact Flash card). The color-coded I/O ports include one COM port (an
additional COM header is located on the serverboard), a VGA (monitor) port, two
USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports and two Gb Ethernet ports.
ATI Graphics Controller
The X7QC3 features an integrated ATI video controller based on the ES1000 graph-
ics chip. The ES1000 was designed specifi cally for servers, featuring low power
consumption, high reliability and superior longevity.
IPMI
IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) is a hardware-level interface speci-
fi cation that provides remote access, monitoring and administration for Supermicro
server platforms. IPMI allows server administrators to view a server's hardware
status remotely, receive an alarm automatically if a failure occurs, and power cycle
a system that is non-responsive. Optional add-on cards for IPMI use include the
AOC-SIMSO or the AOC-SIMSO+. An optional cable (CBL-0177L) must be used for
dedicated LAN. Please refer to our web page for the X7QC3 for more details.
Other Features
Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni-
tors, a chassis intrusion header, auto-switching voltage regulators, chassis and CPU
overheat sensors, virus protection and BIOS rescue.
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