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X9DR7-LN4F/X9DR7-JLN4F/X9DRE-LN4F Motherboard User’s Manual
It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX
power supply Specification 2.02 or above. It must also be SSI compliant. (For more
information, please refer to the Website at http://www.ssiforum.org/). Additionally, in
areas where noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a line
filter to shield the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install a
power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.
1-7 Advanced Power Management
The new advanced power management features supported by this motherboard
include IPNM and ME. Please note that you will need to do following to use these
two new features:
•
Use a power supply that supports PMBus 1.1 or 1.2.
•
Install the NMView software in your system. NMView is optional and can be
purchased from Supermicro.
Intel
®
Intelligent Power Node Manager (IPNM)
The Intel
®
Intelligent Power Node Manager (IPNM) provides your system with
real-time thermal control and power management for maximum energy efficiency.
Although IPNM is supported by the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller),
your system must also have IPNM-compatible Manageability Engine (ME) firmware
installed in your system for IPNM support.
Note
: Support for IPNM Specification Version 1.5 or Vision 2.0 depends
on the power supply used in the system.
Manageability Engine (ME)
The Manageability Engine, which is an ARC controller embedded in the PCH,
provides Server Platform Services (SPS) to your system. The services provided by
SPS are different from those provided by the ME on client platforms.
1-8 Overview of the Nuvoton WPCM450R Controller
The Nuvoton WPCM450R Controller, a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC),
supports 2D/VGA-compatible Graphic Cores with PCI interface, creating multi-media
virtualization via Keyboard/Video/Mouse Redirection (KVMR). The WPCM450R
Controller is ideal for remote system management.
