Supero B1SA4-2550F, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction
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1-7 Advanced Power Management
Intel
®
Intelligent Power Node Manager (NM)
The Intel
®
Intelligent Power Node Manager (IPNM) provides your system with
real-time thermal control and power management for maximum energy efficiency.
Although IPNM Specification Version 1.5 is supported by the BMC (Baseboard
Management Controller), your system must also have IPNM-compatible Manage-
ability Engine (ME) firmware installed to use this feature.
Manageability Engine (ME)
The Manageability Engine, which is an ARC controller embedded in the IOH (I/O
Hub), provides Server Platform Services (SPS) to your system. The services
provided by SPS are different from those proveded by the ME on client platforms.
1-8 Introduction to the BMC (Baseboard Management
Controller)
This motherboard incorporates the ASPEED AST2400 Graphics and BMC.
The AST2400 is ASPEED's 5th generation of Advanced PCIe Graphics & Remote
Management Processor, with a mainstream double data rate memory migrating from
DDR2 to DDR3. The AST2400, provides the motherboard with DDR3 support, with
the best cost/performance ratio. The AST2400 is integrated with PCIe 1x support.
In addition to the the AST2400's advanced BMC features. The chip's PCIe 2D
VGA provides servers with a local display, without the added cost and with minimal
pin counts. The embedded ARM9 and DDR3 is clocked at 400MHz to meet the
increasing performance requirements of today's server applications.